1. The “American” in American Architecture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Illustrations IX
5. Part I. As the Twig Is Bent
6. 1. The “American” in American Architecture 3
7. 2. The Impact of Technology 14
8. Part II. Giants in the Land
9. 3. Architects of Democracy: Jefferson and Wright 31
10. 4. Horatio Greenough, Yankee Functionalist 46
11. 5. Our Domesticated Utopians 65
12. 6. The Two Men in Sullivan’s Tomb 86
13. 7. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Fine Arts 104
14. 8. Homage to a Hero 124
15. 9. A Lever Long Enough: How Gropius Moved the World 133
16. 10. Miës and the Climate of Plato 156
17. Part III. The Field of Vision
18. 11. American Pleasure Garden 173
19. 12. Skyscraper: Skin for Its Bones 189
20. 13. At Peace with the Past: The Unfinished Church 203
21. 14. In Defense of the City 216
22. Part IV. Problems of the Day
23. 15. The Engineer: Friend or Foe? 229
24. 16. The Uses of History 241
25. 17. The Critic’s Shifting View 254
26. 18. The Esthetics of Plenty 268
27. Notes 285
28. Index 295