Larry Millett

Gebundenes Buch

Minnesota Modern

Architecture and Life at Midcentury

Beschreibung

From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities are nothing short of a living museum of midcentury modernism, the new style of architecture that swept through much of America from 1945 to the mid-1960s. Renowned Minnesota archit

Autor

Larry Millett, a Minneapolis native, spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In 1985 he became the newspaper’s first architecture critic, a post he held until his retirement in 2002. His many books include Minnesota’s Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes and Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities (Minnesota, 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 289mm x 235mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 1824g
• ISBN-13: 9780816683291
• ISBN-10: 0816683298
• Artikelnr.: 42648416