American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader

 

American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader
American Architectural History: A Contemporary Reader
by Authors: Keith Eggener
Released: 30 August, 2004
ISBN: 0415306957
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Picked up this book browsing at the recent publications table at the Society for Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand conference, and ended up late for the next session of papers! Despite its rather drab cover, it achieves just what editor Keith Eggener sets out to do - assembling essays of significant scholarship...that are concise, lively, accessible and engaging. The ambitious breadth of topics doesnt in any way compromise the rigour of the selection, and there is a great mix of familiar writers and new ones (at least for those of us in the Antopides who struggle to keep up with whats going on on the rest of the world). Liked very much Eggeners previous book on Luis Barragan and the introductory essay displays his characteristic clarity and umnpretentious scholarship. Favourite essay so far? Difficult to pick between the old friend of Alice Friedmans People who live in glass houses and a new one to me, though quite old, Neil Levine, writing about Venturi. An elegant and generous book.

 
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