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American Architect

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X001788875

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American Architecture

Author : Leland M. Roth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429973833

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More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present, from the everyday vernacular to the high style of aspiration. Eleven chronologically organized chapters chart the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped the growth and development of American towns, cities, and suburbs, while providing full description, analysis, and interpretation of buildings and their architects. The second edition features an entirely new chapter detailing the green architecture movement and architectural trends in the 21st century. Further updates include an expanded section on Native American architecture and contemporary design by Native American architects, new discussions on architectural education and training, more examples of women architects and designers, and a thoroughly expanded glossary to help today's readers. The art program is expanded, including 640 black and white images and 62 new color images. Accessible and engaging, American Architecture continues to set the standard as a guide, study, and reference for those seeking to better understand the rich history of architecture in the United States.

The American Architect from the Colonial Era to the Present

Author : Cecil D. Elliott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015056156733

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The American Architect from the Colonial Era to the Present by Cecil D. Elliott Pdf

Many professions have been blessed or cursed with sociological studies, but not architecture. Elliott (emeritus, architecture, North Dakota State U.) thinks that people active or interested in it might benefit from knowing what has changed and what remained the same about it over the past couple of centuries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Journey

Author : Alan Wanzenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1938461096

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Esteemed New York architect and interior designer Alan Wanzenberg shares his intimate story and brilliantly crafted projects in this personal monograph, Journey: The Life and Times of an American Architect.

Three American Architects

Author : James F. O'Gorman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0226620727

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''Discusses the individual and collective achievement of the three American architects.''--

The American Architect and Building News

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PRNC:32101080161001

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The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Author : Melvin L. Mitchell
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780595243266

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The Crisis of the African-American Architect by Melvin L. Mitchell Pdf

" another missing piece of our rich history and profound contribution to western civilization. For history buffs please put this book on your must read list... " George C. Fraser, Author of Race For Success and Success Runs In Our Race "[Mitchell] believes that the entire future of blacks in the field of architecture is in jeopardy He then discusses the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on black architecture and the subsequent emergence of Howard University as the center of the black architectural universe..." The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education " seminal " Architecture Magazine In this long overdue book, aimed at Black America and her allies, Melvin Mitchell poses the question "why haven't black architects developed a Black Architecture that complements modernist black culture that is rooted in world-class blues, jazz, hip-hop music, and other black aesthetic forms?" His provocative thesis, inspired by Harold Cruse's landmark book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, exposes the roots of an eighty-year-old estrangement between black architects and Black America. Along the way he provides interesting details about the politics of downtown development in the Marion Barry era of Washington, DC. Mitchell calls for a bold and inclusive "New (Black) Urbanism." He sees the radical reform and "re-missioning" of the handful of accredited HBCU based architecture schools as a critical tool in refashioning a rapprochement between black architects and Black America.

American Architect and Building News

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PRNC:32101080160862

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African American Architects

Author : Dreck Spurlock Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135956295

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African American Architects by Dreck Spurlock Wilson Pdf

Since 1865 African-American architects have been designing and building houses and public buildings, but the architects are virtually unknown. This work brings their lives and work to light for the first time.

Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000

Author : Jeffrey W. Cody
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135804879

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Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000 by Jeffrey W. Cody Pdf

The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world. Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where American architects, planners, building contractors and other actors have marketed American architecture overseas. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms. Using previously undocumented examples and illustrations, he shows how steel-frame manufacturers shipped their products abroad enabling the erection of American-style skyscrapers worldwide by 1900 and how this phase was followed by similar initiatives by companies manufacturing concrete components.

Native American Architecture

Author : Peter Nabokov,Robert Easton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1990-10-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199840519

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Native American Architecture by Peter Nabokov,Robert Easton Pdf

For many people, Native American architecture calls to mind the wigwam, tipi, iglu, and pueblo. Yet the richly diverse building traditions of Native Americans encompass much more, including specific structures for sleeping, working, worshipping, meditating, playing, dancing, lounging, giving birth, decision-making, cleansing, storing and preparing food, caring for animals, and honoring the dead. In effect, the architecture covers all facets of Indian life. The collaboration between an architect and an anthropologist, Native American Architecture presents the first book-length, fully illustrated exploration of North American Indian architecture to appear in over a century. Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton together examine the building traditions of the major tribes in nine regional areas of the continent from the huge plank-house villages of the Northwest Coast to the moundbuilder towns and temples of the Southeast, to the Navajo hogans and adobe pueblos of the Southwest. Going beyond a traditional survey of buildings, the book offers a broad, clear view into the Native American world, revealing a new perspective on the interaction between their buildings and culture. Looking at Native American architecture as more than buildings, villages, and camps, Nabokov and Easton also focus on their use of space, their environment, their social mores, and their religious beliefs. Each chapter concludes with an account of traditional Indian building practices undergoing a revival or in danger today. The volume also includes a wealth of historical photographs and drawings (including sixteen pages of color illustrations), architectural renderings, and specially prepared interpretive diagrams which decode the sacred cosmology of the principal house types.

American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

Author : Roxanne Kuter Williamson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780292762909

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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame by Roxanne Kuter Williamson Pdf

Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person does not? While there are many possible reasons, one obvious answer is that something more than talent is requisite to produce fame. The "something more" in the field of architecture, asserts Roxanne Williamson, is the association with a "famous" architect at the moment he or she first receives major publicity or designs the building for which he or she will eventually be celebrated. In this study of more than six hundred American architects who have achieved a place in architectural histories, Williamson finds that only a small minority do not fit the "right person–right time" pattern. She traces the apprenticeship connection in case studies of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, the firm of McKim, Mead & White, Latrobe and his descendants, the Bulfinch and Renwick Lines, the European immigrant masters, and Louis Kahn. Although she acknowledges and discusses the importance of family connections, the right schools, self-promotion, scholarships, design competition awards, and promotion by important journals, Williamson maintains that the apprenticeship connection is the single most important predictor of architectural fame. She offers the intriguing hypothesis that what is transferred in the relationship is not a particular style or approach but rather the courage and self-confidence to be true to one's own vision. Perhaps, she says, this is the case in all the arts. American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame is sure to provoke thought and comment in architecture and other creative fields.

Early American Architecture

Author : Hugh Morrison
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486254920

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Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.

Robert Mills

Author : John M. Bryan
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568982968

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Perhaps most interesting is the range of buildings and machines that Mills designed - from monuments and local courthouses, to prisons and churches, bridges and canals, to rotary piston engines and fireproof masonry vaults - all during a revolutionary era of building technology in America.".