"This encyclopedic guide to 500 of the most important architectural works in the United States examines 1,000 years of architectural evolution in America. The author personally traveled throughout all 50 states photographing over 2,000 architecturally significant structures in order to compile this unique volume. Arranged chronologically, this guide offers readers a historically continuous survey, from mysterious 11th-century Anasazi cli ..."
Source Book of American Architecture(1st Edition) 500 Notable Buildings from the 10th Century to the Present by PaulGoldberger Hardcover, 678 Pages, Published 1996 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-024-9, ISBN: 1-56898-024-8
"Source Book is an encyclopedic survey of and guide to American architecture, from cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. This critical, chronological survey of 500 of America's most distinguished buildings provides a unique overview of the thousand-year architectural development of the United States. Indispensable in the library, Source Book also serves as a splendid and detailed guide for the tourist.G. E. ..."
"Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects created a spectacular three-level terminal, approximately one million square feet, to accommodate 16 million passengers each year. Readers will be thrilled and inspired with this closer look at the new Terminal that has caught the admiring eye and earned the appreciation of thousands who put it to the test each day. Cesar Pelli & Associates is based in Washington, DC."
"In only ten years of practice, New York-based architect Alexander Gorlin has established a prominent reputation as the designer of more than 20 residences for high-profile clients in the media and fashion industries. In his work Gorlin investigates the dialogue between architecture and landscape, exploring the affinities between classicism and modernism, in materials ranging from the sensual to the industrial.The first monograph on Gorl ..."
"Young design partners Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat combine modernist architecture with vibrant primary hues, sensuous materials, sculptural walls, and classic modern furniture. The firm's first monograph presents 20 buildings and projects as well as commentary. The book's innovative graphics and stunning photography reflect Stamberg Aferiat's urbane, cutting-edge approach to design. 160 illus. 100 in color."
"Richard Meier is one of the most renowned architects working today. His works are characterized by their rationalism, their rather detached purity, and their large expanses of reticulated forms masterfully articulating voids and solids. An architect obsessed with visual effects, Meier is known for such large-scale projects as the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This oversize book, however, concentrates solely on Meier's residential works. ..."
"The Statue of Liberty, the Parthenon, and the Tower of London are just a few of the hundreds of remarkable souvenir buildings in this book. No type of building, from any place or time, has escaped the collection of Ace Architects, which is regarded as having the best single collection of its kind. The heyday of souvenir buildings was the early decades of the twentieth century, and the range of buildings included here is nothing short of ..."
"The Gwathmey Siegel design process takes the genre of the house as central to the tradition of architecture and a point of departure for all other building types, directing its investigations of modernist principles toward such prestigious architectural commissions as the addition to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Baker Library for the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University, and the master pl ..."
"The Essential William H. Whyte offers the core writings of a great observer of the postwar American scene. Included are selections from The Organization Man, Securing Space for Urban America: Conservation Easements, The Last Landscape, The Social Life of Urban Spaces, and City: Rediscovering the Center, as well as many of Whyte’s articles from Fortune Magazine."
"Richard Meier is one of the most renowned architects working today. His works are characterized by their rationalism, their rather detached purity, and their large expanses of reticulated forms masterfully articulating voids and solids. An architect obsessed with visual effects, Meier is known for such large-scale projects as the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This oversize book, however, concentrates solely on Meier's residential works. ..."
"The Essential William H. Whyte offers the core writings of a great observer of the postwar American scene. Included are selections from The Organization Man, Securing Space for Urban America: Conservation Easements, The Last Landscape, The Social Life of Urban Spaces, and City: Rediscovering the Center, as well as many of WhyteGCOs articles from Fortune Magazine."
"Internationally known architect Adam D. Tihany has created some of the world's best-known restaurant and hotel interiors. His famous integrated design approach -- in which he links architecture, interior design, graphics, furniture, and tableware design -- is evident in each one. Energy, excitement, and spontaneity, along with careful consideration of the smallest details, characterize Tihany's works. This first monograph on the archite ..."
"* Contributions include critical appraisals by Peter Rowe, Michael Sorkin and Michael Webb * Only book to chronicle the work of this highly respected academic and architect * Features the full range of building types present in his work * Detailed descriptions of his most recent completed project - the Vancouver Library, Canada * Contains almost 800 stunning photographs * Detailed descriptions of his most recent completed"
"Architects And Studies . As New - Come Nuovo. Brossura Originale, 296 Pagine Profusamente Illustrate, Perlopiù A Colori, Nel Testo In Lingua Inglese - English Text. Spedizione In 24 Ore Dalla Conferma Dell Ordine."
"Not all skyscrapers can expect lasting artistic recognition, far from it, but those which combine intelligent placing, fitness of purpose, technical daring, and architectural beauty find their place among the most impressive monuments of the 20th century. These buildings have been the guiding factor in conceiving and producing this book which preents some 250 skyscrapers. In addition, this book portrays 21 exemplary skyscrapers--execu ..."