American Architecture : : a History

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Chapter 1: The First American Architecture : Ceremonial Enclosures and Homes. A Vast and Varied Continent -- The First Americans -- The Historical or Post-contact Cultures -- Reinvigorated Architecture for a New Millennium -- Chapter 2: Europeans in the New World, 16001700 : Transplanted Vernaculars. Spanish Settlements -- French Settlements -- Swedish Settlement -- Dutch Settlements -- English Settlements -- Town Planning in the Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 3: In the Latest Fashion, 16901785 : Georgian Architecture and Vernacular Traditions. Georgian Colonial Town Planning -- Early Georgian Architecture, 16901750 -- Late Georgian Architecture, 17501785 -- Chapter 4: A New Architecture for a New Nation, 17851820 : Searching for Symbols of Democracy. Eclecticism -- Planning the National Capitol -- Samuel McIntire -- Charles Bulfinch -- Asher Benjamin -- Benjamin Henry Latrobe -- Other Influences and Émigré Architects -- Thomas Jefferson -- American Urban Growth -- Trans-Appalachian Development and Vernacular Architecture -- Chapter 5: Appropriation and Innovation, 18201865 : Images of the Past, Visions of the Future. The Greek Revival -- The Gothic Revival -- A Miscellany of Historic Styles -- Commercial and Industrial Building -- The Octagon Style -- Urban Growth -- Vernacular Building -- In Search of an American Architecture -- Chapter 6: Architecture in the Age of Energy and Enterprise, 18651885 : Parvenu Taste in an Expanding Economy. Architectural Education -- Creative Eclecticism -- Second Empire Baroque -- High Victorian Gothic -- Frank Furness -- Richard Morris Hunt -- Industry Buildings and Housing -- Model Urban Tenements -- Frederick Law Olmsted and the Public Parks Movement -- American Urban Growth, 1865-1885 -- The Emergence of American Architectural Publishing -- The Centennial Exposition, 1876 -- Suburban and Country Residences -- Transportation and the Impact of Technology -- Henry Hobson Richardson -- Chapter 7: The Architecture of the American City and Suburb, 18851915 : The Search for Order. Women and the American Architectural Profession -- The Impact of the École des Beaux-Arts -- Commercial Architecture: The Invention of the Office Skyscraper -- Classicism and the Search for Order -- American Parallels to Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts Movement -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- The San Francisco Bay Area Tradition -- Urban Planning -- Housing Reform -- Vernacular Architecture -- Chapter 8: Nostalgia and the Avant-Garde, 19151940 : Architecture for a New Century. The First World War and Industrial Housing -- The Suburb and the Automobile -- The Architecture of Reassurance: Historicism in the Jazz Age -- Movie Palaces: The Architecture of Illusion -- American Modernism -- Skyscrapers, 19151940 -- Art Deco and Moderne -- Frank Lloyd Wright, the Middle Years -- Rudolf Schindler and Richard Neutra -- Urban Planning and Housing -- The Great Depression -- Chapter 9: The Emergence of American Modernism, 19401973 : Social Agenda or the Latest Aesthetic? Housing War Workers -- Modernism -- The Modern House -- Form Follows Form -- Silence and Light: The Architecture of Louis I. Kahn -- Heroic Expressionism -- Alvar Aalto in America -- Urbanism: Cities and Suburbs -- Urban Renewal -- Preservation: The Uses of the Past -- Chapter 10: Late Modernism and Alternatives, 19722001. Rethinking Modernism and Its Shortcomings -- Historic Preservation -- Contextualism -- The Beginnings of Postmodernism -- Postmodern Classicism -- Late Expressionist/Heroic Modernism -- Frank Gehry and Late Expressionism -- Deconstructivism -- Regionalism -- The Cult of the High-Profile Architect -- The 1980s and 1990s: A Public Architecture of Self-Absorption -- Making Communities -- Green Architecture: The First Shoots -- Chapter 11: Looking at the Future: Into the 21st Century. Slender Towers -- The Age of Computer Architecture -- Starchitects/Global Architects -- Architectural Activity in the Twenty-First Century -- The Long Life of Traditionalism -- Green Architecture.
"More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present, from the everyday vernacular to the high style of aspiration. Eleven chronologically organized chapters chart the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped the growth and development of American towns, cities, and suburbs, while providing full description, analysis, and interpretation of buildings and their architects. The second edition features an entirely new chapter detailing the green architecture movement and architectural trends in the 21st century. Further updates include an expanded section on Native American architecture and contemporary design by Native American architects, new discussions on architectural education and training, more examples of women architects and designers, and a thoroughly expanded glossary to help today's readers. The art program is expanded, including 640 black and white images and 62 new color images. Accessible and engaging, American Architecture continues to set the standard as a guide, study, and reference for those seeking to better understand the rich history of architecture in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

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