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American glamour and the evolution of modern architecture / Alice T. Friedman.
Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: ix, 262 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300116540 :
- 0300116543 :
- NA712 .F75 2010
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The stylish style : Philip Johnson and the many faces of modern architecture -- 2. Palm Springs eternal : Richard Neutra's Kaufmann desert house -- 3. Modern architecture for the "American century" : Eero Saarinen and the art of corporate image-making -- 4. "Just get me plenty of glamour" : Morris Lapidus's Miami Beach hotels -- 5. Mount Sinai in the suburbs : Frank Lloyd Wright's Temple Beth Sholom in context -- Conclusion : to Postmodernism and back again.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 712 .F75 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5014539 |
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| NA 710 .P59 2009 Stillness & light : the silent eloquence of Shaker architecture / | NA 710.5 .G73 K46 2010 Greek revival America / | NA 712 .D47 2008 Design Group revisited / | NA 712 .F75 2010 American glamour and the evolution of modern architecture / | NA 712 .R54 1998 A field guide to contemporary American architecture / | NA 712 .W57 1998 Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers / | NA 712.7 .E64 2007 Young Americans : new architecture in the USA / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The stylish style : Philip Johnson and the many faces of modern architecture -- 2. Palm Springs eternal : Richard Neutra's Kaufmann desert house -- 3. Modern architecture for the "American century" : Eero Saarinen and the art of corporate image-making -- 4. "Just get me plenty of glamour" : Morris Lapidus's Miami Beach hotels -- 5. Mount Sinai in the suburbs : Frank Lloyd Wright's Temple Beth Sholom in context -- Conclusion : to Postmodernism and back again.
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