The American Architect

Author : Leland M. Roth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429973833

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American Architecture by Leland M. Roth Pdf

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.

Author : Alan Wanzenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1938461096

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Journey by Alan Wanzenberg Pdf

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.

Author : James F. O'Gorman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0226620727

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Three American Architects by James F. O'Gorman Pdf

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

Author : George Everard Kidder Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568980248

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Source Book of American Architecture by George Everard Kidder Smith Pdf

Scorched Earth is the first book to chronicle the effects of chemical warfare on the Vietnamese people and their environment, where, even today, more than 3 million people—including 500,000 children—are sick and dying from birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses that can be directly traced to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure. Weaving first-person accounts with original research, Vietnam War scholar Fred A. Wilcox examines long-term consequences for future generations, laying bare the ongoing monumental tragedy in Vietnam, and calls for the United States government to finally admit its role in chemical warfare in Vietnam. Wilcox also warns readers that unless we stop poisoning our air, food, and water supplies, the cancer epidemic in the United States and other countries will only worsen, and he urgently demands the chemical manufacturers of Agent Orange to compensate the victims of their greed and to stop using the Earth’s rivers, lakes, and oceans as toxic waste dumps. Vietnam has chosen August 10—the day that the US began spraying Agent Orange on Vietnam—as Agent Orange Day, to commemorate all its citizens who were affected by the deadly chemical. Scorched Earth will be released upon the third anniversary of this day, in honor of all those whose families have suffered, and continue to suffer, from this tragedy.

Author : Peter Nabokov,Robert Easton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,6 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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UFL:31262043711950

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The American Architect and the Architectural Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MSU:31293108047212

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The American Architect and Building News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PRNC:32101082377738

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The American Architect by Anonim Pdf

Author : John M. Bryan
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568982968

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Robert Mills by John M. Bryan Pdf

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.".

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026916572

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The American Architect by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hugh Howard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780789339799

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Thomas Jefferson: Architect by Hugh Howard Pdf

This is the first volume to include all of the existing work by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the father of American architecture. Along with his numerous political achievements, Thomas Jefferson was also the first great architect of the United States. The Jeffersonian Classical style has been so influential that along with Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson, Jefferson is one of the three most recognized architects in American History.

Author : Dreck Spurlock Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 43,6 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.

Author : Jean Paul Carlhian,Margot M. Ellis
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847843404

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Americans in Paris by Jean Paul Carlhian,Margot M. Ellis Pdf

"This book presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of the seminal early work of a century of American architects--including Richard Morris Hunt, H. H. Richardson, Raymond Hood, and Charles Follen McKim--who studied at the prestigious and influential École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, before going on to design and build many of this nation's most important buildings and monuments."--Cover, page [4].

Author : David Gebhard,Deborah Nevins
Publisher : Whitney Library of Design
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015006331469

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200 Years of American Architectural Drawing by David Gebhard,Deborah Nevins Pdf

Based on an exhibit opening in 1977 at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and entitled: 200 years of American architectural drawing.

Author : Renée Tribert,James F. O’Gorman
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780819571465

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Gervase Wheeler by Renée Tribert,James F. O’Gorman Pdf

Gervase Wheeler was an English-born architect who designed such important American works as the Henry Boody House in Brunswick, Maine; the Patrick Barry House in Rochester, New York; and the chapels at Bowdoin and Williams colleges. But he was perhaps best known as the author of two influential architecture books, Rural Homes (1851) and Homes for the People (1855). Yet Wheeler has remained a little known, enigmatic figure. Renée Tribert and James F. O’Gorman’s study sheds new light on the course of Wheeler’s career in the states, and brings crucial issues to the fore—the international movement of ideas, the development of the American architectural profession, the influence of architectural publications on popular taste, and social history as expressed in the changing nature of the American house. Wheeler’s career is traced chronologically and geographically and the book is lavishly illustrated with over fifty images, including building plans and historical photographs.