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A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture
Carole Rifkind
出版
Penguin
, 2001
主題
Architecture / General
Architecture / Criticism
Architecture / History / General
Architecture / Reference
Architecture / Regional
ISBN
0452280311
9780452280311
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=34nrAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Leading urbanist Carole Rifkind takes readers on an illuminating tour through half a century of design in this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book. From private homes and public housing to museums, religious and educational edifices, shopping centers, malls, and office buildings, the accessible text demonstrates the interplay between form and function, and how the uses of space, mass, materials, and ornament have evolved to produce the structures that surround us today. Rifkind also discusses the development of style and analyzes the contributions of more than two hundred architects, as well as the political and economic forces that influenced their work. Filled with over four hundred photographs and line drawings, A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture is an essential reference for both casual observers and serious scholars. Its in-depth exploration of the postwar intellectual, social, and artistic environment offers a unique perspective on our recent past and the forces that shape our modern landscape.
