Pride of Place: Building the American Dream

by Robert A.M. Stern

A study of American architecture explores dream houses ranging from Mark Twain's Hartford Home and Hearst's San Simeon to famous vacation palaces, state houses, and shopping malls

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction, The United States Of America

344 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1986

About the author

Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, was an American architect.

Stern's work is generally classified as postmodern, though a more useful classification would be a particular emphasis on context and the continuity of traditions. He may have been the first architect to use the term "postmodernism", but more recently he has used the phrase "modern traditionalist" to describe his work.

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