| The Architecture Traveler: A Guide to 262 Key Modern American Buildings Revised Edition Contributor(s): LeBlanc, Sydney (Author) |
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ISBN: 039373174X ISBN-13: 9780393731743 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: ARCHITECTURE IS THE HEART and soul of cities--it shows not just a place but also the spirit of the place. This portable book takes readers on a tour of over 250 American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information--addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, maps--needed to experience them first-hand and explains why each will reward a visit. The concise accompanying descriptions offer new insights into the buildings and designers of this vital part of the America heritage. Among the new landmark buildings included are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod Williams/Billie Tsien), Contemporary Arts Center (Zaha Hadid), Milwaukee Art Museum (Santiago Calatrava), and the "Solar Umbrella" House (Larry Scarpa/Angela Brooks). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 720.973 |
| LCCN: 2004065971 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.5" W x 7.78" (1.18 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This portable book takes readers on a tour of American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information-addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, maps-needed to experience them at first hand-of 262 landmark buildings and explains why each will reward a visit. The accompanying descriptions offer new insights about the buildings and designers of this vital part of the American heritage. Among the new buildings included in this edition are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod Williams/Billie Tsien), Contemporary Arts Center (Zaha Hadid), Milwaukee Art Museum (Santiago Calatrava), and the 'Solar Umbrella' House (Larry Scarpa/Angela Brooks). |
Contributor Bio(s): LeBlanc, Sydney: - Sydney LeBlanc, a writer and editor who specializes in architecture and landscape design, lives in New York City. |