ROBERT A. M. STERN
NEW DIRECTIONS
IN
AMERICAN
ARCHITECTURE
BEORGE BRAZILLER =U W YORK,8 gt srs
CONTENTS
Proace 6
ARCHITECTURE AND THE CTY 80
Formal Preccesstone and Prose 9)
Femagaton and Renewal 99
Trenowciy? 1s
Solctve Biblography 120
Index 120
Sources of ttatons 127PREFACE
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