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v Fontainebleau Hotel 157 Seagram Building 165 TWA Flight Center 173 Watergate Complex 181 Sears Tower (Currently Known as the Willis Tower) 187 World Trade Center Twin Towers 193 Walt Disney Concert Hall 201 One World Trade Center 207 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE First Houses 215 Fallingwater 223 Cabrini-Green Homes 229 Levittown 235 Seaside 243 MILITARY ARCHITECTURE Japanese American Relocation Camp 251 The Pentagon 259 MEMORIAL ARCHITECTURE Lincoln Memorial 267 Vietnam Veterans Memorial 277 Biographical Appendix 281 Glossary of Terms 289 Bibliography 295 Index 311 Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi How to Evaluate Buildings and Structures xvii Chronology xxiii CIVIC ARCHITECTURE Pennsylvania Station 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 9 Attica Correctional Facility 17 Hoover Dam 25 Golden Gate Bridge 31 Interstate Highway System 39 Portland Public Service Building 47 Central Library 55 COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE Asch Building (Now Known as Brown Building) 63 Luna Park 73 Equitable Building 81 Ford River Rouge Complex 89 Grauman’s Chinese Theatre 97 Woolworth’s Store 105 Empire State Building 111 Flamingo Hotel 119 Northgate Shopping Center 127 Sun Record Studio 133 Lever House 141 McDonald’s 149 CONTENTS