The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States

Author	Betsy Hunter Bradley
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780195090000
Publisher	Oxford University Press, Usa
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press, Usa

The author of the book, Bradley, discusses how factory buildings were designed to meet the multifarious demands of industry. She argues that industrial aesthetic ideals were derived from functional engineering principles and contrasts the factory designs of engineers and architects.

This generously illustrated study of factory buildings documents how these factories were designed to meet the multifarious demands of industry, argues that industrial aesthetic ideals were derived from functional engineering principles (what she terms the "engineering aesthetic"), and contrasts the factory designs of engineers and architects. As Bradley probes the rationale behind the design of factories, she offers readers a useful typology and clarifying terminology.