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Structures of Our Time celebrates the power of architecture to touch us all with unprecedented in-depth portraits of the 31 winners of AIA's prestigious annual prize, which acknowledges a structure whose significance has stood the test of a quarter century of time. <p>From Fifth Avenue-shaping Rockefeller Center, the first AIA honoree in 1969, to Richard Meier's Darien, Connecticut, Smith House, created in 1965 to 1967 and winner of the year 2000 prize, this book investigates the structures that mark and define our era.</p> <p>In the company of their architects and admirers, users and bystanders, clients and critics, Structures of our Time probes innovations and influence. Each portrait of a prizewinner reveals new aspects of the meaning of structures -- from the feelings and perceptions of inhabitants to reverberations through community and culture, to architects' memories of projects' conceptions, to how the creators regard their works today.</p> <p>In Structures of Our Time, you'll explore the ways architecture gives identity, shape, and pleasure to communities. You'll witness the birth of important new forms and innovations: the garden city; the corporate campus; environmental

Author

Roger Shepherd; American Architectural Foundation

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780071369695

Subjects

Architecture, Sociology, History

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14