Discover America's Favorite Architects (Preservation Press Series)

A wonderfully illustrated, fact-filled introduction to America's leading architects and their inspirational work What do the architects Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, and I.M. Pei share in common? Besides leading their profession in style, construction techniques, and social thought, these three architects and 12 other preeminent American architects, are brought to life in this witty, wonderfully illustrated book. Discover America's Favorite Architects offers an attractive and diverse combination of engaging individual biographies illustrated with more than 80, 4-color caricatures of 15 major American architects and their most important works. Delightful drawings introduce young readers to significant works by each architect, creating an imaginative landscape of residences, train stations, banks, museums, airports, outdoor plazas, public parks, even coffee shops. * Photos of the 15 architects are set in stylized frames reflecting each architect's personal design style PATRICIA BROWN GLENN (Kansas City, Missouri) is the award-winning author of Under Every Roof: A Kid's Style and Field Guide to the Architecture of American Houses. JOE STITES (Leawood, Kansas) illustrated Under Every Roof.