Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance

by Rami El Samahy, Chris Grimley, Michael Kubo

Imagining the Modern explores Pittsburgh's ambitious modern architecture and urban renewal program that made it a gem of American postwar cities, and set the stage for its stature today.

In the 1950s and '60s an ambitious program of urban revitalization transformed Pittsburgh and became a model for other American cities. Billed as the Pittsburgh Renaissance, this era of superlatives - the city claimed the tallest aluminum clad building,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580935230
• ISBN13: 9781580935234
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 9.3"