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Buell Center Books in the History and Theory of American Architecture
Buell Center Books in the History and Theory of American Architecture support the Center's mission by advancing the interdisciplinary study of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. This collection of scholarship asks new, often difficult questions about the material, cultural, and technological aspects of the built environment, and aims to support authors' first books, or those which have yet to be published in English.
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