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American Architecture

1. Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes

   Robin Lynn, Francis Morrone, Edward A. Toran, Et Al.

   A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience.More

2. Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives

   John Belle, Maxinne R. Leighton, James Rudnick, Et Al.

   Updated Edition

   A reissue of the celebrated photographic tribute timed to coincide with the building’s one-hundredth anniversary.More

3. New York Neon

   Thomas E. Rinaldi

   A brilliant visual tour and history of that iconic element of the cityscape: the neon sign.More

4. Long Island Modernism 1930–1980

   Caroline Rob Zaleski

   Chronicles a rich and little-known array of architecture on the island, a hotbed of modernism from the thirties on.More

5. Law for Architects: What You Need to Know

   Robert F. Herrmann, Menaker & Herrmann LLP

   An essential reference for practitioners, emphasizing how legal concepts affect the process of bringing architectural vision to reality.More

6. The Architecture of Bart Prince: A Pragmatics of Place

   Christopher Curtis Mead

   Revised and Updated

   With a look at new buildings by Bart Prince, this book examines the work of a uniquely American contemporary architect.More

7. American Vernacular: Buildings and Interiors, 1870-1960

   Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings

   A comprehensive examination of American vernacular buildings.More

8. Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style: A Life in Architecture

   Carter Wiseman

   The first in-depth biographical study of the brilliant but elusive architect who fundamentally redefined twentieth-century architecture.More

9. The Harvard Five in New Canaan: Midcentury Modern Houses by Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Philip Johnson, Eliot Noyes, and Others

   William D. Earls

   A virtual tour of thirty-five landmark houses, 1947-1966, built in a quiet New England community.More

10. The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries

    H. Allen Brooks, Vincent Scully

    One of the most original and dynamic developments in American architecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of the international revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts during the early years of the twentieth century.More

11. Churches for the Southwest: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of John Gaw Meem

    Stanford Lehmberg

    John Gaw Meem, the principal architect of the Santa Fe style, is well known for his houses and public buildings.
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12. Facing Southwest: The Life & Houses of John Gaw Meem

    Chris Wilson, Robert Reck

    A colorful exploration of the life and work of Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem.More

13. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

    Cyril M. Harris

    Since the Spanish established their first settlement in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, America has been an architectural melting pot, reflecting the contributions of every immigrant group that brought its traditions across the sea and adapted them to the places where they settled.
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14. The Struggle for Modernism: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning at Harvard

    Anthony Alofsin

    A history of modernism in the teaching of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning at Harvard.More

15. New York's Pennsylvania Stations

    Hilary Ballon, Norman McGrath

    A journey through the extraordinary history of New York's Pennsylvania Station.More