The Atlas of American Architecture: 2000 Years of Architecture City Planning Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering

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This comparative history of American architecture social spaces and engineered environmentsorganized by style and then by chronologyis for the general reader. Within its heavily illustrated pages Tom Martinson traces two millennia of the built environment of this endlessly fascinating extraordinarily expansive and utterly diverse nation. Pairing vibrant photography with a rich knowledge of the history of architecture in Americafrom the Hopi and Colonial years to neomodernism Robert A. M. Stern and Zaha Hadidthe book is a comprehensive overview of styles and developments as well as telling the story of a country through its buildings.