A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. This definitive survey extends beyond the cities themselves to the American scene as a whole, which has inspired the reasonable balanced, closed and ordered forms, and above all the probity, that he feels typifies American architecture.
- ISBN10 1595341803
- ISBN13 9781595341808
- Publish Date 29 April 2013 (first published December 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Trinity University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English