Description: American Buildings and Their Architects: Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, by William H. Jordy (Doubleday, 1972). Hardcover with dust jacket. 420pp. 168 illustrations (photographs, drawings, diagrams). 9.5"x6.5"x1.25". The turn of the century was one of the most creative and innovative periods in American architecture, a time of elaborate craftsmanship and functional simplicity when Louis Simpson's dictum, "Form follows function," became the new principle of architectural design. Jordy documents this marriage of technology and art in the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, Bernard Maybeck, Charles and Henry Greene, and Irving Gill. This book constitutes volume 4 of the 5-volume "American Buildings and Their Architects" series. This series was subsequently re-published in paperback by Oxford University Press. "These are essential volumes for anyone interested in American architecture....They are required reading on my courses at UCLA." --Thomas Hines, University of California and Los Angeles, "A Very Thorough and Well Documented Book." --George R. Rolfe, University of Washington Very good condition ; boards clean and unworn; binding square and tight; pages clean and unmarked; very modest wear to dust jacket - see images.
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Subjects: Art & Culture
Format: Hardcover
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Title: American Buildings and Their Architects: Volume 4:
Series: American Buildings and Their Architects
Topic: Architecture
Language: English
Publication Year: 1972
Book Title: AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND THEIR ARCHITECTS
Author: William H. Jordy
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
