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Exporting American Architecture

Book by Jeffrey W. Cody; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Architecture, American, Architecture, Modern--20th Century

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This study examines how North American architecture had been 'transplanted' elsewhere during the 20th century. It explains how, why and where American architects, contractors, developers and planners have marketed American architecture overseas.
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The American Architecture of To-Day

Book by G. H. Edgell; Charles Scribners Sons, 1928

Subjects:

Architecture--United States

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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE OF TO-DAY NEW YORK, N. Y. Proposed...G. Goodhue, Architect. THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE OF TO-DAY G. H. EDGELL...of three lectures on modern American architecture which the author was asked to...
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America Builds: Source Documents in American Architecture and Planning

Book by Leland M. Roth; Harper & Row, 1983

Subjects:

Architecture--United States, Architecture--United States--Designs And Plans

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...Source Documents in American Architecture and Planning ICON...Greenough on Function in American Architecture, 1843, 1852 77...J. J. Jarves, American Architecture, 1864 122...
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A Concise History of American Architecture

Book by Leland M. Roth; Westview Press, 1980

Subjects:

Architecture--United States

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A Concise History of American Architecture -ii- A Concise History of American Architecture Leland M. Roth Westview Press...Books Group A CONCISE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. CopyTight 1979 by Leland M...
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Roots of Contemporary American Architecture: A Series of Thirty-Seven Essays Dating from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present

Book by Lewis Mumford; Grove Press, 1959

Subjects:

Architecture, Architecture--United States

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...ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE a series of thirty-seven...Roots of Contemporary American Architecture is published in two editions...THE ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE rests on two main assumptions...

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Diagnosing the "Sir Walter Disease": American Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature

Journal article by Kerry Dean Carso; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 35, 2002

Subjects:

Architects--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Architecture, American--Analysis, Architecture--Analysis, Davis, Alexander Jackson--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gothic literature--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the "Sir Walter Disease": American Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature...romances changed the course of American architecture by influencing architect...architects and clients of American architecture quite seriously. Indeed...
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Ages of O'odham Architecture

Journal article by Donald Bahr; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 47, 2005

Subjects:

Adobe construction--Usage, Adobe--Usage, Concrete--Usage, Concretes--Usage, Earth houses--Forecasts and trends, Mud (Sediment)--Usage, Mud--Usage, Native American architecture--Forecasts and trends, Native Americans--Architecture, Native Americans--Forecasts and trends, Papagos--Buildings and facilities, Southwestern United States--Buildings and facilities, Steel--Usage, Wood--Usage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the ideals of his American teachers and bosses...stage of Oodham architecture, one as we will...songs. Whenever the architecture came up, it was...of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 25...sovereignty of Native American nations (see below...ages of Oodham architecture. He or she would...
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St Louis and Washington University

Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 47, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Modern Architecture in St. Louis--Washington University & Postwar American Architecture 1948-1973 (Book)--Book reviews

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...amp; Postwar American Architecture 1948-1973, edited...Mumford. School of Architecture, Washington University...crusade; it became American through the Louisiana...history of the Architecture School of Washington...years of the American student revolt...
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Why Did the BAE Hire an Architect?

Journal article by William A. Longacre; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 41, 1999

Subjects:

Anthropology--United States, Iroquois--Research, Native American architecture, Native Americans--Architecture, Pueblos (Native American people)--Research, Pueblos (Native Americans)--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...focused upon the architecture of Southwestern Native American peoples. Why...stimulate American archaeologists...interests. ON ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL...Bureau of American Ethnology...of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan...
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Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

Journal article by Joseph Manca; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 70, 2004

Subjects:

Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Barksdale Maynard surveys American architecture from the end of the eighteenth...main thesis is that early American architecture is neither as original nor...For this latter feature of American architecture, Maynard does make a rich...

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Architecture with a Snap: Photographer G.E. Kidder Smith Has Traveled the World to Help People 'See' Buildings

Magazine article by Thomas D. Sullivan; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, June 17, 1996

Subjects:

Photographers--Practice, Photography, Architectural--Personalities, Smith, G.E. Kidder--Works, Source Book of American Architecture (Book)--Publishing

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...world for nearly 60 years, revealing architecture through beautifully composed images in black, white and shades of gray. Now his American work can be seen in the Source Book of American Architecture, published this month by the Princeton...
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Brazil Still Builds

Magazine article by Peter Carolin; The Architectural Review, Vol. 217, May 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Brazil's Modern Architecture (Book)--Book reviews, Latin American Architecture, 1929-1960: Contemporary Reflections (Book)--Book reviews

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...London: Phaidon. 2004. pounds sterling45 LATIN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE 1929-1960: CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS Edited by...of its university architecture school. Latin American Architecture 1929-1960: Contemporary Reflections is a collection...
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McKim, Mead & White's Architectural Citizenship

Magazine article by Michael J. Lewis; New Criterion, Vol. 25, September 2006

Subjects:

American architecture--Forecasts and trends, American architecture--History, Architectural firms--History, Architectural firms--Influence, Architectural practice--History, Architectural practice--Influence, Architectural services--History, Architectural services--Influence, Architecture, American--Forecasts and trends, Architecture, American--History

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...account can be extended to American architecture. There too a similar stilted...Such an understanding of American architecture, however persuasive or attractive...Such a quality was rare in American architecture, which historically had...
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The Land of Eternal Spring - Contrasting Landscape, Varied Ecology, and the Confluence of Three Cultures-Mayan, Spanish, and Modern-Day- Entice Visitors to Guatemala

Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, August 2001

Subjects:

Church buildings--Guatemala, Churches--Guatemala, Guatemala--Description and travel, History--Guatemala, Mayan culture, Mayas--Architecture, Native American architecture, Popular culture--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Religion--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Travel industry--Guatemala, Volcanoes--Guatemala

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...immensely pleasing to the eye. Tikal, so grand in scale that a thorough visit would take at least three days, offers monumental architecture. Its main plaza is flanked by two tall pyramids. Climbing up the eighteen-inch risers was a challenge but well worth the...
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Church Provides "Extreme Home Makeovers"

Magazine article by Warren Mass; The New American, Vol. 23, February 5, 2007

Subjects:

Architecture, Domestic--Economic aspects, Architecture, Domestic--Forecasts and trends, Architecture, Domestic--Management, Church--Services, Extreme Home Makeovers (Television program), Home design--Economic aspects, Home design--Forecasts and trends, Home design--Management

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Is American Indian Architecture Just Shelter?

Newspaper article by Ellen Sands; The Washington Times, November 29, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Is American Indian architecture just shelter by Ellen...author of "Contemporary Native American Architecture." Miss Krinsky believes that...notes that contemporary Native American architecture is just beginning to emerge...
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Architecture Buffs and Foodies Beat a Path to Quincy, Ill

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 27, 2005

Subjects:

Adams, John Quincy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...beyond - especially as it relates to the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Its main exhibit, "A Kaleidoscope of American Architecture," uses Quincy as a backdrop as it ranges from 1885 to the "Birth of Modernism." The latter explores, through...
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Experience Architecture Done the Wright Way

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 19, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...buildings grow naturally from their surroundings. Organic architecture, he said, was appropriate to time, setting and man. Like nature...and performing arts. It is the home of the widely acclaimed American Players Theatre that celebrates its 28th season with five...
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Building Sights for Everyone; Terry Grimley Previews Midlands Contributions to Architecture Week

Newspaper article by Terry Grimley; The Birmingham Post (England), November 12, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of a desperately disappointing era of architecture in Birmingham, is due to be dwarfed...The architects for Arena Central are American firm HOK, but the other schemes illustrated...public awareness o or debate about, architecture has traditionally been limited - a regional...
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ARCHITECTURE : Amonument to Liverpool's Golden Age; Architectural Gems like India Buildings Are the Envy of the World. Alan Weston Reports

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ARCHITECTURE : Amonument to Liverpools Golden...refinement, typical of the North American art deco style of the 1920s. Italian...centre of the ground floor, another American feature The building was designed...place at the fledgling School of Architecture. He spent some time in the USA...

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American Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE the architecture produced in...United States. Early History American architecture properly begins in the 17th cent...in the United States. Modern American Architecture Wright, generally acknowledged...
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Colonial Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE see American architecture . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...geodesic and stressed-skin (light material, reinforced) structures. See also articles under countries, e.g., American architecture ; styles, e.g., baroque ; periods, e.g., Gothic architecture and art ; individual architects, e.g., Andrea...
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Canadian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...CANADIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE the various...see North American Native art...painted Native Americans, and Cornelius...20th cent. Architecture Canadian architecture adheres in...European and American trends, especially...
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Mexican Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the hardships of Native American peasant existence. Later Mexican Art and Architecture Modern Mexican painters...with European and North American techniques. In the great...examples of industrial architecture. Perhaps the most outstanding...

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