Architectural Travel Guide to Utah

An Architectural Travel Guide to Utah invites visitorsand other explorers of Utah to see the state's history, material culture, settlement, and natural landscape through the lens of its buildings. With more than 600 buildings as examples, this guide takes readers throughUtah's cities and rural villages, exploring neighborhoodsand other built landscapes. An adobe house from the1860s speaks volumes about the transmission of ideas,respectability, the places of origin of Utah's whitesettlers, and their use of place-specific materials. TheUtah State Capitol reflects the Neoclassicism preferredfor statehouses throughout the nation, but its siteoverlooking a canyon to the east, the Great Salt Laketo the northwest, and the long view south down StateStreet - one of the longest streets in America - set itapart and make it very much of its place. From the mostcommon vernacular cabin to the modern architecture ofAbravanel Symphony Hall and the Salt Lake Arts Center,this guide uses the diversity of Utah's architectureto showcase the diversity of its people, their visionsfor the good life, and the particular responses of their built environment to the unique geography of thisbeautiful state.