San Antonio S Historic Architecture

Author : T. Irwin Sessions
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1531678521

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San Antonio's Historic Architecture by T. Irwin Sessions Pdf

Spanish colonial missionary settlements established San Antonio as a junction between Mexico and the developing United States in the early 1700s. Because of its remote location amid both countries and its great distance from other cities, San Antonio became a crossroads for commerce, industry, and strategic military position on the wild frontier. Texas independence and the admission of Texas into the United States in the 19th century established a diverse cultural population and distinctive architecture that remains historically significant across the nation as it continues to gain attention on the world stage. The appreciation of historic architecture among its citizens has enabled San Antonio to retain a remarkably large catalog of important historic structures, which are often saved from destruction through relocation. Three centuries of steady growth, from 1700 to 2000, has resulted in an abundance of buildings that has generated a local legacy of multigenerational artisans and skilled craftsmen.

Author : San Antonio
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781595341792

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San Antonio Architecture by San Antonio Pdf

With a history more than 290 years old, San Antonio boasts a diverse, eclectic, and important architectural inventory. From the Spanish Missions of the 17th century to invigorating adaptation and restoration of historic buildings alongside landmark new construction, there is a wide array of culturally significant assets reflecting Anglo and Hispanic traditions, alongside regional variations of southern and southwestern American styles. San Antonio Architecture is the comprehensive catalog of the architecture inventory of the city. Complete with color illustrations, keyed maps, and informative essays, it is a must-have book for every armchair and on foot architectural, art, and community historian.

Author : T. Irwin Sessions
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781439655559

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San Antonio's Historic Architecture by T. Irwin Sessions Pdf

Spanish colonial missionary settlements established San Antonio as a junction between Mexico and the developing United States in the early 1700s. Because of its remote location amid both countries and its great distance from other cities, San Antonio became a crossroads for commerce, industry, and strategic military position on the wild frontier. Texas independence and the admission of Texas into the United States in the 19th century established a diverse cultural population and distinctive architecture that remains historically significant across the nation as it continues to gain attention on the world stage. The appreciation of historic architecture among its citizens has enabled San Antonio to retain a remarkably large catalog of important historic structures, which are often saved from destruction through relocation. Three centuries of steady growth, from 1700 to 2000, has resulted in an abundance of buildings that has generated a local legacy of multigenerational artisans and skilled craftsmen.

Author : Donald E. Everett
Publisher : Maverick Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110253627

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San Antonio's Monte Vista by Donald E. Everett Pdf

This lavishly-illustrated book is the definitive guide and reference work for the 100-block Monte Vista National Historic District, two miles north of downtown San Antonio. It includes 139 illustrations (some in color), maps, notes, bibliography and both a general index and an index of architects and their works. Monte Vista survives nearly intact from the city's Gilded Age--1890 to 1930--when newly-prosperous residents built the finest neighborhood of the era remaining in Texas. The district's vintage homes, both elaborate and modest, were designed by more than two dozen distinguished architects in an unusual variety of styles, from Queen Anne to Prairie to Tudor to Spanish Colonial Revival. In addition to describing the finest landmark homes block by block, San Antonio's Monte Vista deals with the dynamics of developers and the lifestyles of original residents, and of their servants as well.

Author : Brent Fortenberry
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781623499129

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A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area by Brent Fortenberry Pdf

The rich, multicultural heritage of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country provide the backdrop for this first comprehensive guide to the culturally significant vernacular buildings of this diverse and historic region: structures designed and constructed by the people who used them rather than by professional architects or builders. A valuable, easy-to-use resource for heritage travelers, historic preservationists, and local historians, A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area pairs incisive interpretive essays with detailed building descriptions, photographs, and architectural renderings. Featuring contributions from noted architectural historians and preservationists including Ken Hafertepe, Lewis Fisher, Maria Pfeiffer, and Sarah Z. Gould, this handy, generously illustrated guide will not only provide context and insight for understanding the importance of these buildings but will also engage readers with the challenges of preserving our cultural heritage as represented in the built environment. Professional and avocational preservationists, along with interested travelers and general readers, will appreciate the thorough discussion and analysis of such well-known sites as the San Antonio Riverwalk, the San Antonio missions, and the public buildings of the historic Westside district. Reaching beyond the immediate vicinity of San Antonio, the book also offers expert commentary on the German settlements in Central Texas and east of San Antonio, providing an inclusive and inviting survey of how settlers of various origins placed their unique imprints on Texas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Aia San Antonio a Chapter of American Institute of Architect
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1424334241

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Traditions and Visions by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frederick R. Preston, Ed.D.
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0764331671

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Historic Doorways of San Antonio, Texas by Frederick R. Preston, Ed.D. Pdf

Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sense of structural design style. The unique and well-preserved historic architecture of San Antonio, Texas, reveals much about the area's history and cultural heritage. Over 180 photographs give a sense of the Coahiltecan Indians at Catholic frontier missions, the spirit of the Alamo, and rush of progress that arrived with the railroad. "You wish you could grab a knob and walk in the past time, when life moved at a slower pace." writes Judge Nelson W. Wolff in his foreword to this book. The broad range of entrance styles also represent many prominent architects who contributed to the city's development. This inventory of beautiful and eclectic doorways will inspire and inform architects, preservationists, photographers, and everyone considering remodeling the front exterior of their home.

Author : Lewis F. Fisher
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595347817

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Saving San Antonio by Lewis F. Fisher Pdf

Few American cities enjoy the likes of San Antonio's visual links with its dramatic past. The Alamo and four other Spanish missions, recently marked as a UNESCO World Heritage site, are the most obvious but there are a host of landmarks and folkways that have survived over the course of nearly three centuries that still lend San Antonio an "odd and antiquated foreignness." Adding to the charm of the nation's seventh largest city is the San Antonio River, saved to become a winding linear park through the heart of downtown and beyond and a world model for sensitive urban development. San Antonio's heritage has not been preserved by accident. The wrecking balls and headlong development that accompanied progress in nineteenth-century San Antonio roused an indigenous historic preservation movement—the first west of the Mississippi River to become effective. Its thrust has increased since the mid-1920s with the pioneering work of the San Antonio Conservation Society. In Saving San Antonio, Texas historian Lewis Fisher peels back the myths surrounding more than a century of preservation triumphs and failures to reveal a lively mosaic that portrays the saving of San Antonio's cultural and architectural soul. The process, entertaining in the telling, has reverberated throughout the United States and provided significant lessons for the built environments and economies of cities everywhere.

Author : João Mascarenhas-Mateus,Ana Paula Pires
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1535 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000468786

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History of Construction Cultures Volume 1 by João Mascarenhas-Mateus,Ana Paula Pires Pdf

History of Construction Cultures Volume 1 contains papers presented at the 7ICCH – Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Portuguese Society for Construction History Studies and the University of the Azores. The contributions cover the wide interdisciplinary spectrum of Construction History and consist on the most recent advances in theory and practical case studies analysis, following themes such as: - epistemological issues; - building actors; - building materials; - building machines, tools and equipment; - construction processes; - building services and techniques ; -structural theory and analysis ; - political, social and economic aspects; - knowledge transfer and cultural translation of construction cultures. Furthermore, papers presented at thematic sessions aim at covering important problematics, historical periods and different regions of the globe, opening new directions for Construction History research. We are what we build and how we build; thus, the study of Construction History is now more than ever at the centre of current debates as to the shape of a sustainable future for humankind. Therefore, History of Construction Cultures is a critical and indispensable work to expand our understanding of the ways in which everyday building activities have been perceived and experienced in different cultures, from ancient times to our century and all over the world.

Author : Ine Wouters,Stephanie van de Voorde,Inge Bertels,Bernard Espion,Krista de Jonge,Denis Zastavni
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429822537

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Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, volume 2 by Ine Wouters,Stephanie van de Voorde,Inge Bertels,Bernard Espion,Krista de Jonge,Denis Zastavni Pdf

Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018). The contributions present the latest research in the field of construction history, covering themes such as: - Building actors - Building materials - The process of building - Structural theory and analysis - Building services and techniques - Socio-cultural aspects - Knowledge transfer - The discipline of Construction History The papers cover various types of buildings and structures, from ancient times to the 21st century, from all over the world. In addition, thematic papers address specific themes and highlight new directions in construction history research, fostering transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories is a must-have for academics, scientists, building conservators, architects, historians, engineers, designers, contractors and other professionals involved or interested in the field of construction history. This is volume 2 of the book set.

Author : Gilberto R. Cruz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Missions
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017838698

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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park by Gilberto R. Cruz Pdf

Author : James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801859867

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Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America by James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf Pdf

Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045408288

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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation Pdf

Author : Mark Gelernter
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584651369

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A History of American Architecture by Mark Gelernter Pdf

Presents a history of American architecture, from the first civilizations in America to the present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Mojave National Preserve (Calif.)
ISBN : PURD:32754068489172

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Kelso Depot Historic Structure Report by Anonim Pdf