The atlas of American architecture : 2000 years of architecture, city planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering / Tom Martinson ; foreword by Richard Meier.

By:

Martinson, Tom, 1944- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York ; Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2009Description: 543 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780847832576 (hbk.)
0847832570 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.973 22 M.T.A

LOC classification:

NA705 .M35 2009

Contents:

Pre-Columbian environments : Aboriginal cultures ; Indigenous cultures -- Colonial architecture : Spanish colonial architecture ; French colonial architecture ; Southern colonial architecture ; New England colonial architecture ; Mid-Atlantic colonial architecture -- American architecture : Neoclassicism ; Romantic revivals and eclecticism ; Victorian Gothic ; Beaux arts ; American colonial revivals ; Progressives ; The Chicago School ; Frank Lloyd Wright ; Prairie School ; Craftsman ; California ; Period revivals ; Moderne ; National romanticism ; The International Style ; Postwar modernism ; Modern masters ; Mid-century expressionism ; Brutalism ; Late modernism ; Postmodernism ; Neotraditionalism ; Deconstruction ; Neomodernism -- Selected American building types : Rural structures ; Industrial structures ; Transportation ; Retail and hotels ; Interior spaces ; Movie theaters ; Resorts ; Follies ; Fairs & expositions -- City planning : Ordering the land ; European new world town plans ; The mall ; National expansion ; Community development ; The city beautiful ; Physical plans ; The strip ; Popular culture ; Civic design -- Landscape architecture : Landscape in America ; Formalism ; Naturalism ; Regionalism ; Garden restorations ; Exotic landscapes ; Modernism ; Environmentalism ; Landscape features -- Civil engineering : Public works ; Roads ; Bridges ; Dams ; Public engineering -- Postscript.

Summary: This comparative history of American architecture, social spaces, and engineered environments--organized by style, and then by chronology--is for the general reader. Within its heavily illustrated pages, Tom Martinson traces two millennia of the built environment of this endlessly fascinating, extraordinarily expansive, and utterly diverse nation. Pairing vibrant photography with a rich knowledge of the history of architecture in America--from the Hopi and Colonial years to neomodernism, Robert A. M. Stern, and Zaha Hadid--the book is a comprehensive overview of styles and developments, as well as telling the story of a country through its buildings.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Main library C3 REF	Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Architectural)	720.973 M.T.A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		00008313

Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-513) and indexes.

Pre-Columbian environments : Aboriginal cultures ; Indigenous cultures --
Colonial architecture : Spanish colonial architecture ; French colonial architecture ; Southern colonial architecture ; New England colonial architecture ; Mid-Atlantic colonial architecture --
American architecture : Neoclassicism ; Romantic revivals and eclecticism ; Victorian Gothic ; Beaux arts ; American colonial revivals ; Progressives ; The Chicago School ; Frank Lloyd Wright ; Prairie School ; Craftsman ; California ; Period revivals ; Moderne ; National romanticism ; The International Style ; Postwar modernism ; Modern masters ; Mid-century expressionism ; Brutalism ; Late modernism ; Postmodernism ; Neotraditionalism ; Deconstruction ; Neomodernism --
Selected American building types : Rural structures ; Industrial structures ; Transportation ; Retail and hotels ; Interior spaces ; Movie theaters ; Resorts ; Follies ; Fairs & expositions --
City planning : Ordering the land ; European new world town plans ; The mall ; National expansion ; Community development ; The city beautiful ; Physical plans ; The strip ; Popular culture ; Civic design --
Landscape architecture : Landscape in America ; Formalism ; Naturalism ; Regionalism ; Garden restorations ; Exotic landscapes ; Modernism ; Environmentalism ; Landscape features --
Civil engineering : Public works ; Roads ; Bridges ; Dams ; Public engineering --
Postscript.

This comparative history of American architecture, social spaces, and engineered environments--organized by style, and then by chronology--is for the general reader. Within its heavily illustrated pages, Tom Martinson traces two millennia of the built environment of this endlessly fascinating, extraordinarily expansive, and utterly diverse nation. Pairing vibrant photography with a rich knowledge of the history of architecture in America--from the Hopi and Colonial years to neomodernism, Robert A. M. Stern, and Zaha Hadid--the book is a comprehensive overview of styles and developments, as well as telling the story of a country through its buildings.

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