Structures of our time : 31 buildings that changed modern life /
Roger Shepherd
- N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2002
- xi, 243 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- [Architectural record book] .
"These buildings are among the recipients of the American Institute of Architects' 25-Year Award, granted annually to a structure whose impact has stood the test of a quarter century of time."--Jacket Series statement on jacket.
Preface. - Introduction. - 1. The Garden in the City. Rockefeller Centre. Baldwin Hills Village. - 2. Elevating the User Experience. S.C. Johnson & Sons Administration Building. Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Ford Foundation Headquarters. Philips Exeter Academy Library. - 3. Where Nature and the Built World Meet. Taliesin West. Bavinger House. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Sea Ranch Condominium 1. - 4. The Essence of Style. Crow Island School. Crist Church Lutheran. Yale University Art Gallery. Price Tower. Dulles International Airport. - 5. A Sense of Proportion. Equitable Savings and Loan. 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments. Lever House. Seagram Building. - 6. The Way We Live. Eames House. Philip Johnson Residence [the Glass House]. Farnsworth House. Vanna Venturi House. Smith House. - 7. The Corporate Campus. General Motors Technical Centre. Deere & Company Administrative Centre. - 8. Sublime Innovation. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Gateway Arch. U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. John Hancock Centre. Kimbell Art Museum. - Afterword. - Notes. - Credits. - Index.
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American Institute of Architects--Awards.
Architecture--History--United States--20th century Buildings--United States.