American Buildings and Their Architects: Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the 20th Century

by William H. Pierson and William H. Pierson Jr.

The turn of the century was one of the most creative and innovative periods in American architecture, a time of elaborate craftsmanship and functional simplicity when Louis Simpson's dictum, "Form... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385057024
• ISBN13: 9780385057028
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Anchor / Doubleday
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

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American Buildings and Their Architects by W. H. Jordy

The book, American Buildings and Their Architects by W. H. Jordy, is an excellent chose for the architect student who is fascinated with the late 19th and early 20th century buildings and architects of America. It covers many of the American architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, the Greene Brothers, and Louis Sullivan. This is an upper grade level book for those freshmen starting college.