A collection of essays on the environmental culture of the American Midwest & the Canadian Northwest by a man who, as a professor at the Univ. of Michigan has spent his life studying the subject. The major series of essays deals with warehouses & warehouse districts in St. Paul, Omaha, St. Joseph, & Winnipeg, but there are other significant contributions dealing with the landscape architect Jens Jensen, little-known buildings by the Chicago architect John Wellborn Root, & the election series of paintings by George Bingham. Buildings are treated in terms of architectural design, structural considerations, materials, & function. Extensive black & white photos & drawings.