Styles And Types Of American Architecture

Social Function And Cultural Expression

• Author(s): Alan Gowans,
• Publisher: Avalon Publishing
• Pages: 416
• ISBN_10: 0064301753
  ISBN_13: 9780064301756
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / General ,

Description:... Discussing North American buildings, this book relates them to time and place, defining and identifying central characteristics, explaining social function and cultural expression. It integrates interior design and social and cultural history from the 17th century to the present.