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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Art deco San Francisco Art deco San Francisco Therese Poletti xi, 243 pages : 32 cm OL11804173W
From the ground up From the ground up Goodwin Steinberg,Goodwin B Steinberg,Susan Wolfe "Architect Goodwin Steinberg presents an insider's view of the development of Silicon Valley - what went right, what went wrong, and how conditions conspired to create the high technology capital of … OL12029669W
Capital sporting grounds Capital sporting grounds Brett L. Abrams "The stadium for the expansion Washington Nationals baseball team cost more than $600 million and while opponents decried the waste of taxpayer money, supporters said the stadium would generate econo… OL12499369W
A field guide to contemporary American architecture A field guide to contemporary American architecture Carole Rifkind "The most significant building types of the post-World War II period, and the social, political, and economic forces that shaped them."--Cover. OL15826212W
Twenty minutes in Manhattan Twenty minutes in Manhattan Michael Sorkin ""This is the most brilliant epitome of Manhattan ever written." --Mike Davis Every morning, the architect and writer Michael Sorkin walks from his apartment in Greenwich Village to his office in Tr… OL16726854W
A Field Guide to American Architecture A Field Guide to American Architecture Carole Rifkind Identifies American styles for homes, churches, public, and commercial buildings, and includes drawings, floor plans, and cross sections. OL1801426W
Architecture's odd couple Architecture's odd couple Hugh Howard "In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867-1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (19… OL20030063W
Secret zodiacs of Washington DC Secret zodiacs of Washington DC David Ovason "Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to a mystery. David Ovason, who has studied these astrological devices for ten years, now reveals why they h… OL225162W
Repairing the American Metropolis Repairing the American Metropolis Doug Kelbaugh "Repairing the American Metropolis is based on Douglas Kelbaugh's Common Place: Toward Neighborhood and Regional Design, first published in 1997. It is more timely and significant than ever, with new… OL3341553W
The architecture of leisure The architecture of leisure Susan R. Braden "As railroad barons Henry Flagler and Henry Plant pushed their lines southward, they also created a string of resort hotels to attract wealthy northerners with an appetite for balmy climates and luxu… OL5962647W
Louis Kahn's Situated Modernism Louis Kahn's Situated Modernism Sarah Williams Goldhagen "Louis Kahn is perhaps the most important architect to emerge in the decades following World War II. In this book Sarah Williams Goldhagen dismantles the myths that have cast Kahn variously as a myst… OL9381173W