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Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture Book

Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture
Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture, Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917–1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy's entire ca, Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture has a rating of 3 stars
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Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture, Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917–1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy's entire ca, Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture
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  • Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture
  • Written by author William H. Jordy
  • Published by Yale University Press, April 2005
  • Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917–1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy's entire ca
  • This is the first collection of William H. Jordy’s influential essays on the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. Jordy’s writings—always incisive, witty, and accessible are drawn from his entire career and
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Foreword
Preface
Introduction1
Two temperaments in history : scientific and literary55
American architecture between world's fairs : Richardson, Sullivan, and McKim71
Four approaches to regionalism in the visual arts of the 1930s81
The Tennessee Valley Authority : lessons for the present and future103
Fiasco at Willow Run127
The symbolic essence of modern European architecture of the twenties and its continuing influence135
The international style in the 1930s151
"I am alone" : Le Corbusier, bathrooms, and airplanes159
William Lescaze reconsidered171
The aftermath of the Bauhaus in America : Gropius, Mies, and Breuer187
Seagram assessed227
Medical research building for the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia235
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; library, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire247
Robert Venturi and the decorated shed261
Bank of China tower277
Selected bibliography of writings by William H. Jordy294


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