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"America By Design is a five-part series exploring the origins and evolution of American architecture and design. The House examines the social and economic forces that have influenced how we shelter the American family; The Workplace views our history from the colonial farm to River Rouge and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:America by design (Television program)
Corporate Authors: PBS Video, Guggenheim Productions, inc, WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Other Authors: Kostof, Spiro, Schumann, Werner
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Guggenheim Productions, Inc., [2010][1986-1987]
Subjects:
Architecture > United States.
City planning > United States.
Dwellings > United States.
Parks > United States.
Public buildings > United States.
Work environment > United States.
Monuments > United States.
Land use > United States.
Roads > United States.
Transportation > United States.
Commercial buildings > United States.
Farm buildings > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Architecture.
City planning.
Commercial buildings.
Dwellings.
Farm buildings.
Land use.
Monuments.
Parks.
Public buildings.
Roads.
Transportation.
Work environment.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. The house (56:15)
  • Disc 2. The workplace (56:23)
  • Disc 3. The street (56:27)
  • Disc 4. Public places and monuments (56:20)
  • Disc 5 . The shape of the land (56:20).