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The Atlas of American Architecture
Tom Martinson
#UC9542
Hardcover, 543 pages; 2009
$63.75
Absolutely stunning in breadth of information and beauty of presentation, The Atlas of American Architecture is equally at home on a reference shelf or a coffee table. With more than a thousand striking color photographs, this sweeping survey of the history of man-made structures in the United States includes Native American and colonial construction, but focuses on the many schools of what we think of as American architecture, from neoclassicism to neomodernism. Using a diverse sampling of buildings from all across the country--including rural residences, airports, movie theaters, and skyscrapers--Tom Martinson illuminates the foundations and philosophies of each movement. Later sections offer fascinating, illustrated analyses of trends in city planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering in the U.S. over the past 2,000 years. You know the architecture enthusiast, history buff, or general appreciator of the marriage of form and function who will treasure this rich, beautiful, and hefty (about 12"x9") tribute to American ingenuity and craftsmanship.
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