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Thomas Jefferson: ArchitectThomas Jefferson: Architect by Hugh Howard
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Founding father and architect
The Architecture of Charles BulfinchThe Architecture of Charles Bulfinch by Harold Kirker
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The famed Boston architect
McKim, Mead & White: The MasterworksMcKim, Mead & White: The Masterworks by Samuel G. White
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Prolific and storied career of one of America's greatest architectural firms
Living ArchitectureLiving Architecture by James F. O'gorman
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America's first great architect
Frank Furness: The Complete WorksFrank Furness: The Complete Works by J.A. Cohen
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Long before the post-modernists
Sullivan's City: The Meaning of Ornament for Louis SullivanSullivan's City: The Meaning of Ornament for Louis Sullivan by David Van Zanten
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Who said ornament is a crime?
The Architecture of John Wellborn Root (Johns Hopkins Studies in Nineteenth-Century Architecture)The Architecture of John Wellborn Root (Johns Hopkins Studies in Nineteenth-Century Architecture) by Professor Donald Hoffmann
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Overshadowed by Sullivan, but no less an architect
Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture 3s)Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture 3s) by Robert McCarter
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Don't be fooled by the cover shown, this is the best monograph available of Wright.
Bernard Maybeck: Visionary ArchitectBernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect by Sally Byrne Woodbridge
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The Arts and Crafts Style in America
Raymond HoodRaymond Hood by Walter Kilham
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Eclectic, but a major figure in the development of the skyscraper
Richard Neutra, 1892-1970: Survival Through Design (Taschen Basic Architecture)Richard Neutra, 1892-1970: Survival Through Design (Taschen Basic Architecture) by Barbara Lamprecht
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Richard Neutra was an important figure in the Modern Movement
Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform: A Study in Modernist Architectural CultureIrving Gill and the Architecture of Reform: A Study in Modernist Architectural Culture by Thomas S. Hines
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An often overlooked early Modernist
The Architecture of R.M. SchindlerThe Architecture of R.M. Schindler by Michael Darling
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Probably the best architect to emerge from the Wright school.
Work of Charles and Ray EamesWork of Charles and Ray Eames by Donald Albrecht
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The most innovative couple in American design.
Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of ArchitectureLouis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture by David B. Brownlee
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An American original.
Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Architectural History Foundation Book)Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Architectural History Foundation Book) by Carol Herselle Krinsky
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The mind behind Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
The TWA Terminal: The Building Block SeriesThe TWA Terminal: The Building Block Series by Ezra Stoller
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Eero Saarinen: The architecture of flight
Paul Rudolph: The Florida HousesPaul Rudolph: The Florida Houses by Ezra Stoller
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The houses that got him started.
The Architecture of John LautnerThe Architecture of John Lautner by Alan Hess
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Reinventing the California style
Fay JonesFay Jones by Robert Adams Ivy Jr.
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American Gothic
Frank O. Gehry: The Complete WorksFrank O. Gehry: The Complete Works by Francesco Dal Co
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Love him or hate him, he has built an impressive body of work.
Antoine Predock: HousesAntoine Predock: Houses by Antoine Predock
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Clean, elegant forms