Architectural Follies in America

by Gwyn Headley

Book Overview

Architectural Follies in America

More than mere curiosities, all of the architectural folliesdescribed in this illustrated guide are masterpieces in their ownright. Each is the incarnation of its creator's singular passion, vanity, or idee fixe, from the home of the future to the storybookcastle, the palace of love to the monument of spite, the house ofdevotion to the pleasure garden.

Architectural Follies in America offers readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471143626
• ISBN13: 9780471143628
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"