| Description |
volumes <1-2, 4-5 > : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oxford paperbacks |
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Oxford paperbacks.
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| Contents |
v. 1. The colonial and neoclassical styles -- v. 2. Technology and the picturesque -- v. 4. Progressive and academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century -- v. 5. The impact of European modernism in the mid-twentieth century |
| Summary |
American Buildings and Their Architects is an ambitious, five-volume study of American architecture. Each volume is designed around a representative group of buildings, which were photographed and studied in detail by the authors. Presented in their social and historical context, these buildingsilluminate not only the development of American architecture, but the governing philosophies of America's most prominent architects. -- from book cover |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1970-c1978 |
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Vols. 4-5 by William H. Jordy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Architects -- United States.
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Architecture -- United States -- History.
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Architecture -- United States.
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Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- United States.
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| Author |
Jordy, William H.
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| LC no. |
86016348 |
| ISBN |
0195042166 (paperback: v. 1 : alk. paper) |
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0195042174 (paperback: v. 2) |
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0195042182 (paperback: v. 4) |
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0195042190 (paperback: v. 5) |
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