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Title: A Concise History of American Architecture by Leland M. Roth ISBN: 0-06-430086-2 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: September, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Good Survey of American Architecture
Comment: Allthought not the best book ever written on American Architecture (Learning from Las Vegas, etc), it does provide a good overview of the evolution of architecture in America from the functionality of house forms in the early colonial times to asthetic forms of the 20th century. The book focuses on the regional influences which dictated the building forms of the early periods from materials to climate, which are often overlooked in broader surveys. Much has been written about the Segrams building in other books, but this book will give you a better understanding of why houses in the South are brick with external chimneys and New England houses are clapboard with internal chimneys.

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