This major new text presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporar

Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration?

Explores the factors and influences that have enriched American architecture throughout its development from colonial times to the present, covering houses, apa

Introduction. Reshaping the study of early American architecture -- The origins of early American architecture. Early American architecture : a transatlantic pe

This history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflec