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One part photo essay, one part urban archeology adventure, and one part rally cry for historic preservation, this grand tour showcases 20th-century architectural treasures in cities around the world.
Join photographer Geoffrey Goddard on a road trip through 20th-century architecture—from neon-lit art deco theaters and Route 66 motels to futuristic modernist banks, Googie gas stations, and brutalist utopias. Architreasures shares unparalleled modern-day views of architecturally intriguing structures in Miami, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and other US cities, as well as England, France, Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand.
• The visual feast of heritage architecture from 1911 through 1984 showcases the buildings in chronological order of their construction, allowing readers to follow the evolution of 20th-century design movements—from the Jazz Age’s art deco to the brutalism of the 1970s and ’80s.
• This architectural tour through the lens of
