American Architect From The Colonial Era To The Present; Author: Elliott, Cecil D.; Paperback

Author: Elliott, Cecil D.
Paperback; Photographs, Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, I
192 pages
Published: November 2002
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786413913

This work is a four-part history of the development of architecture as a profession in the United States. Section One covers the beginnings in Colonial times when there were no identifiableprofessionals. Section Two examines architecture from 1800 to the Civil War, a period during which the first architects appeared. Section Three considers the profession from the time of the Civil Warto World War I and the strengthening of the profession's status. Section Four covers architecture since World War I.Each section discusses the training of architects, standards of practice, general management methods, information sources, minority participation, and other aspects of professional operation, with special attention given to the relationship between the profession's development andA four-part history of the development of architecture as a profession in the USA. It covers: architecture's beginnings in colonial times; its development from 1800 to the Civil War; the strengthening of the profession from the Civil War to World War I; and architecture since World War I.