Buildings of Texas: East. North Central. Panhandle and South Plains. and West (Buildings of the United States)

From DallasÐFort Worth to El Paso Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry and scores of places in between the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offers readers a definitive guide to the architecture of the Lone Star State. Canvassing Spanish and Mexican buildings in the south and southwest and the influence of Anglo- and African American styles in the east and north the latest book in the Buildings of the United States series serves both as an accessible architectural and cultural history and a practical guide. More than 1000 building entries survey the most important and representative examples of forts courthouses houses churches commercial buildings and works by internationally renowned artists and architects from the Kimbell Art MuseumÕs Louis Kahn Building to Donald JuddÕs art installations at La Mansana de Chinati/The Block. Brief essays highlight such topics as the history and construction of federal forts the growth and spread of H