Building The Dream Gwendolyn Wright Pdf To Jpg
Gwendolyn Wright, Introduction to Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1983). Assignment 1 due (before class, 2:00pm) // brief presentations this and next class Class 6: 10/02/16 The environmental body: Inhabiting the spaces in-between.
Building The Dream Gwendolyn Wright Pdf To Jpg File
“This book is concerned essentially with the model of domestic environment in this country, as it has evolved from colonial architecture through current urban projects. Wright shows us the controversies surrounding 13 different kinds of housing at the time each was first adopted and what happened when they were generally accepted. Beginning with Puritan townscape, topics include urban row housing, Big House and slave quarters, factory housing, rural cottages, Victorian suburbs, urban tenements, apartment life, bungalows, company towns, planned residential communities, public housing for the poor, suburban sprawl. All are part of the American dream, all riddled with contradictory messages.” — AIA Journal.