American Architecture: A Thematic History / Edition 1

by Dell Upton

Overview

Leading historian Dell Upton's American Architecture: A Thematic History reveals the dazzling richness of America's human landscape. The text covers indigenous, folk, ethnic, and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Native American houses while also exploring the great monuments of traditional histories like Jefferson's Monticello and Wright's Fallingwater. To make this text more useful for students, Upton outlines the modes of architectural knowledge—books, drawings, and models—that builders and scholars use to understand the built environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190245283
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/04/2019
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	599,162
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dell Upton is Distinguished Professor of Architectural History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Timeline

Introduction
Side Bar 1: Material Culture

Chapter 1: An American Icon
Side Bar 2: Plans
Case Study 1: The Annie Wetmore and William Watts Sherman House

Chapter 2: Community
Side Bar 3: Archaeology and Architectural History
Case Study 2: Plazas
Case Study 3: Christ Church Lutheran

Chapter 3: Nature
Case Study 4: The Sea Ranch
Case Study 5: Aqua

Chapter 4: Technology
Case Study 6: Harriet and Samuel Freeman House
Case Study 7: Illinois Institute of Technology

Chapter 5: Money
Case Study 8: Oak Ridge

Chapter 6: Art
Case Study 9: Wainwright Building

Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Upton's text is the most intellectually discerning and socially relevant survey of the built environment in the United States."
—E.G. Daves Rossell, Savannah College of Art and Design

" The author's critical treatment of architecture in the United States makes American Architecture the most rigorous and engaging textbook on the market."
—Kenny Cupers, University of Basel

"Dell Upton has pioneered studying how human beings perceive the built environment through senses in addition to sight; and by that I mean, smell, sound, touch, and movement. Students love to learn about this kind of analysis, whether they want to be designers or historians."
—Marta Gutman, City College of New York

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