Inventing The New American House

Author : Stuart Cohen
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781580934206

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Inventing the New American House by Stuart Cohen Pdf

Howard Van Doren Shaw designed stately country houses in and around Chicago—from affluent Lake Forest, Illinois, and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Indiana—from 1894 to 1926, a period in American architecture that spanned the Gilded Age, the adoption of Beaux-Arts classicism as the ideal for civic architecture, the invention of the skyscraper, and the beginning of modernism. Born in 1869, he worked for the leading industrialists of that period, including Reuben H. Donnelley of printing fame, newspaper giant Joseph Medill Patterson, Edward Forster Swift, the meatpacking king, and Edward L. Ryerson of Ryerson Steel. A contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, Shaw explored many of the same ideas as the Prairie School Architects within the forms of traditional architecture. Though he was recognized as one of the leading country house architects of the early twentieth century, his name was largely forgotten after his death. Like many traditional architects practicing today, Shaw was skilled at adapting historic precedents to suit contemporary living, in particular the easy flow of interior space that became a design hallmark of the period for traditionalists and modernists alike. For the new and fashionable suburb of Lake Forest, Shaw created Market Square, the town center, which was lauded for its design as both a unique town green and the first American shopping center designed to accommodate automobiles. This timely reappraisal of Howard Van Doren Shaw’s work features many previously unpublished images from the Shaw Archive in the Burnham and Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago History Museum, rare construction drawings, and new color photography as well as a catalogue of Shaw’s residential work. His legacy includes substantial houses in prosperous communities, many of which are still standing—including Ragdale, once Shaw’s own summer house in Lake Forest, now home to the prestigious artists’ community; the Becker Estate on Chicago’s North Shore; and The Hermann House overlooking Lake Michigan.

Author : Sarah Susanka
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781561586059

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Creating the Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka Pdf

Offers a look at twenty-five examples of small designs to show readers what they need to know to plan the home that best fits their goals and lifestyles.

Author : James Grayson Trulove,Il Kim
Publisher : Watson-Guptill Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780823031764

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The New American House 4 by James Grayson Trulove,Il Kim Pdf

Over 20 houses by some of the most prominent and creative architects in the country are featured in "The New American House 4, " the latest entry in the bestselling New American series. 250 color photos.

Author : Russell Versaci
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1561587923

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Creating a New Old House by Russell Versaci Pdf

Through hundreds of inspiring photos and engaging text, the author describes what gives traditional homes their enduring appeal, and illustrates the creative work of builders who are forging the movement toward building new homes that capture old-home sensibility.

Author : Alexander Gorlin
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0847827127

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Creating the New American Town House by Alexander Gorlin Pdf

Once the bastion of the haute bourgeoisie, the town house has now been embraced by families with young children, single urban professionals, and retired couples, all looking for more comfortable city or suburban living. Architect Alexander Gorlin explores a spectacular array of diverse town house designs (often referred to by different terms in different parts of the country) that carry this familiar symbol of architectural innovation and refinement into the twenty-first century. Creating the New American Town House features cutting-edge town houses that each draw from architectural tradition while achieving originality by both breaking from and adhering to the limitations of the town house form. Within the typical five-story frame and two parallel walls presented here are ingenious and exquisite and, above all, extremely livable design solutions to the constraints of this classic housing type. Ranging from sites in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, each of the buildings featured in Creating the New American Town House represents an eloquent contribution to the form and is designed by such celebrated architects as Steven Ehrlich, Hugh Newell Jacobson, Reed Krakoff, Stanley Saitowitz, and 1100 Architect. Each project is extensively illustrated with full-color photography that showcases the interior design as well as plans and drawings. Alexander Gorlin's insightful text continues the discourse begun in his The New American Town House, surveying the adaptation of this beloved urban dwelling to the demands of a new century.

Author : Russell Versaci
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781561586158

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Creating a New Old House by Russell Versaci Pdf

Anyone who yearns for an older home - but is daunted by the prospect of owning one - will love this book.

Author : R. Hatfield
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368807580

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The American House-Carpenter by R. Hatfield Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Robert Griffith Hatfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Architecture
ISBN : CHI:19014154

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The American House-carpenter by Robert Griffith Hatfield Pdf

Author : Virginia Savage McAlester
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780375710827

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A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised) by Virginia Savage McAlester Pdf

The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.

Author : Robert Griffith Hatfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Architecture
ISBN : BL:A0020542886

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The American House-Carpenter: a Treatise Upon Architecture, Cornices and Mouldings, Framing, Doors, Windows, and Stairs. Together with the Most Important Principles of Practical Geometry by Robert Griffith Hatfield Pdf

Author : Karen Zukowski
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1586857665

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Creating the Artful Home by Karen Zukowski Pdf

Creating the Artful Home: the Aesthetic Movement and Its Influence on Home Decor covers the history of a movement that emphasized "art for art's sake"-and the influence it had on home decor. The Aesthetic Movement in America lasted just a few decades (1870-1900), and served mainly as a bridge between the high Victorian sensibility and the radical shift to the Arts & Crafts style. The movement germinated among artists who used opulent color, decorative patterning, and lavish materials simply for the aesthetic effects they could evoke. It was commonly held that a home that expressed an artful, harmonious soul would instill high aesthetic and moral merit in its inhabitants. The Aesthetic Movement in America helped to popularize the idea that everyone should be able to enjoy beautiful, well-made homes and furnishings-not just the very wealthy. Artful homes could be composed from brilliant antique store finds, discriminating department store purchases, and gems hand-made by the ladies of the house. It was the moment when people embraced the idea that only a beautiful home could be a happy home. Karen Zukowski delves into the movement's establishment, evolution, and main characters, and shows how today's homes can incorporate Aesthetic principles: Through suggestion rather than statement, sensuality, massive use of symbols, and synaesthetic effects-that is, correspondence between words, colors and music. How influential designers such as Clarence Cook and Charles Eastlake popularized the idea that beautiful homes with tasteful furnishings could be available to practically everyone How today's designers, manufacturers, and retailers deploy the very same stylistic markers of the Aesthetic Movement: rich color, layered pattern and texture, mixtures of historical motifs

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Science
ISBN : OSU:32435022760276

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Scientific American by Anonim Pdf

Author : John C. Winters
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780197578223

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"the Amazing Iroquois" and the Invention of the Empire State by John C. Winters Pdf

In America's collective unconscious, the Haudenosaunee, known to many as the Iroquois, are viewed as an indelible part of New York's modern and democratic culture. From the Iroquois confederacy serving as a model for the US Constitution, to the connections between the matrilineal Iroquois and the woman suffrage movement, to the living legacy of the famous "Sky Walkers," the steelworkers who built the Empire State Building and the George Washington Bridge, the Iroquois are viewed as an exceptional people who helped make the state's history unique and forward-looking. John C. Winters contends that this vision was not manufactured by Anglo-Americans but was created and spread by an influential, multi-generational Seneca-Iroquois family. From the American Revolution to the Cold War, Red Jacket, Ely S. Parker, Harriet Maxwell Converse (adopted), and Arthur C. Parker used the tools of a colonial culture to shape aspects of contemporary New York culture in their own peoples' image. The result was the creation of "The Amazing Iroquois," an historical memory that entangled indigenous self-definition, colonial expectations about racial stereotypes and Native American politics, and the personalities of the people who cultivated and popularized that memory. Through the imperial politics of the eighteenth century to pioneering museum exhibitions of the twentieth, these four Seneca celebrities packaged and delivered Iroquoian stories to the broader public in defiance of the contemporary racial stereotypes and settler colonial politics that sought to bury them. Owing to their skill, fame, and the timely intervention of Iroquois leadership, this remarkable family showcases the lasting effects of indigenous agents who fashioned a popular and long-lasting historical memory that made the Iroquois an obvious and foundational part of New Yorkers' conception of their own exceptional state history and self-identity.

Author : Kathleen Curran
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606064788

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The Invention of the American Art Museum by Kathleen Curran Pdf

American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work recounts the fascinating story of the invention of the modern American art museum, starting with its roots in the 1870s in the craft museum type, which was based on London’s South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum. At the turn of the twentieth century, American planners grew enthusiastic about a new type of museum and presentation that was developed in Northern Europe, particularly in Germany, Switzerland, and Scandinavia. Called Kulturgeschichte (cultural history) museums, they were evocative displays of regional history. American trustees, museum directors, and curators found that the Kulturgeschichte approach offered a variety of transformational options in planning museums, classifying and displaying objects, and broadening collecting categories, including American art and the decorative arts. Leading institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, adopted and developed crucial aspects of the Kulturgeschichte model. By the 1930s, such museum plans and exhibition techniques had become standard practice at museums across the country.

Author : Linda E. Smeins
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0761989633

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Building an American Identity by Linda E. Smeins Pdf

This work follows the evolution of the pattern book houses and how they represented the notion of home and community in American historical memory. The book also includes illustrations of such communities.