What Makes American Architecture American? ^36.8%

The Nation - By Kate Wagner - 6/30/2026, 9:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 13.2% - Hasty Generalization 12.8% - Appeal to Emotion 9.9%

In the beginning, there were seemingly infinite natural resources and the violent consolidation of one-third of a continent under a single flag. In the middle, there was air conditioning. What separates the history of architecture in the United States from that of Europe is essentially a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle. Europe may... more