American building: the environmental forces that shape it
Auteur :
Fitch, James Marston / Bobenhausen, William
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195110401
Date de publication :
24 juin 1999
Dimensions :
18,0 x 25,4 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
1202 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
First published in 1947, American Building argues that the task of architecture is to mediate between the often-unpredicatble forces of nature and the needs of human beings. Buildings that are `beautiful and good', the author states, `wrest the objective conditions for our optimal development and well-being from a Nature which only seldom provides them'.