Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on ordinary commercial buildings--buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers rather than architects and t
Winner of the Society of Architectural Historians' 1999 Spiro Kostof AwardFrom the1920s to the 1950s, Los Angeles did for the shopping center what New York and Chicago had done forthe skyscraper. In a
Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects--Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth--who had a decisive impact on the course of
Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on ordinary commercialbuildings--buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers ratherthan architects and thu
Situated in Chicago's famed Gold Coast, just north of the Magnificent Mile, the Charnley house is one of the finest dwellings in the city and considered worldwide to be a stunning example of avant-gar
