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University Press of New England New Hampshire Architecture An Illustrated Guide
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Beaverbank Between Material and Process
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£999.99
Richard Nickel Committee A. James Speyer Architect Curator Exhibition
Book SynopsisTraces A. James Speyer's early career as a student of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. During the 1940s and 1950s he taught architecture under Mies while completing glass and steel projects in Chicago and Pittsburgh. This biography also includes essays by Franz Schulze and six of Speyer's friends.
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University of Minnesota Press F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota: The Writer and
Book SynopsisIf you think you know F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book will come as a delightfully intimate surprise. Fitzgerald scholar Dave Page has meticulously scoured the letters, scrapbooks, and diaries of the great American novelist, offering a fresh look at the young writer and his St. Paul friends and neighbors. Readers will learn about—and recognize—the sources for the characters and the places he wrote about—as well as understand why St. Paul so inspired him.F. Scott Fitzgerald fans already know and love some of the enchanting and mischievous characters that populate his early novels and short stories. There was Bernice, who bobbed not only her hair but her cousin’s as well. And those pranksters who crashed the wrong party disguised as an exotic camel! And then there was the poor Southern belle who almost froze to death in the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s ice palace. Many of Fitzgerald’s characters and tales were based on real people and events from the young writer’s life, set against the socioeconomic times of the Jazz Age, where he perceived a great gulf between the haves and the have-nots in his hometown.F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota combines insights into the writer’s early career with the rich architectural history of St. Paul, taking readers into the homes and places he frequented. Page’s well-researched analysis is complemented by Jeff Krueger’s sensitive color photographs of homes still standing, and supplemented by fascinating historic photographs of lives well lived in old St. Paul.Trade Review"If the traffic slows to an excruciating crawl through St. Paul's Summit Hill this summer, you can blame this book."—Star Tribune"The St. Paul places Fitzgerald frequented—the sources for many of the characters and places he wrote about—are captured in color and meticulously researched detail."—MinnPost"Beautifully designed, loaded with photographs and backed by Page’s prodigious research, the book takes readers to the homes and haunts of Fitzgerald and his friends and family."—Post-Bulletin
£999.99
University of Minnesota Press Buildings & Landscapes 30.1/2
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£999.99
University of Minnesota Press Buildings Landscapes 31.1
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£999.99
University of Minnesota Press Future Anterior 19.1
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£999.99
University of Arkansas Press Just Below the Line
Book SynopsisWith America on the brink of the largest number of older adults and persons with disabilities in the countrys history, the deceleration in housing production during the first decade of the twenty-first century, and a continued reliance on conventional housing policies and practices, a perfect storm has emerged in the housing industry. The lack of fit between the existing housing stock and the needs of the U.S. population is growing pronounced. Just as housing needed to be retooled at the end of WWII, the American housing industry is in dire need of change today. The South ""with its high rates of poverty, older residents, residents with disabilities, extensive rural areas, and out-of-date housing policies and practices"" serves as a canary in the coal mine for the impending, nationwide housing crisis. Just Below the Line discusses how reworking the policies and practices of the housing industry in the South can serve as a model for the rest of the nation in meeting the physical and social needs of persons with disabilities and aging boomers. Policy makers, designers, builders, realtors, advocates, and housing consumers will be able to use this book to promote the production of equitable housing nationwide.
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University of Massachusetts Press The Athens of America: Boston, 1825-1845
Book SynopsisHow Bostonians fashioned a shining image of their city in the early nineteenth century Many people are generally familiar with the fact that Boston was once known as ""the Athens of America."" Very few, however, are clear about exactly why, except for their recollections of the famous writers and poets who gave the city a reputation for literature and learning. In this book, historian Thomas H. O'Connor sets the matter straight by showing that Boston's eminence during the first half of the nineteenth century was the result of a much broader community effort. After the nation emerged from its successful struggle for independence, most Bostonians visualized their city not only as the Cradle of Liberty, but also as the new world's Cradle of Civilization. According to O'Connor, a leadership elite, composed of men of prominent family background, Unitarian beliefs, liberal education, and managerial experience in a variety of enterprises, used their personal talents and substantial financial resources to promote the cultural, intellectual, and humanitarian interests of Boston to the point where it would be the envy of the nation. Not only did writers, scholars, and philosophers see themselves as part of this process, but so did physicians and lawyers, ministers and teachers, merchants and businessmen, mechanics and artisans, all involved in creating a well-ordered city whose citizens would be committed to the ideals of social progress and personal perfectibility. To accomplish their noble vision, leading members of the Boston community joined in programs designed to cleanse the old town of what they felt were generations of accumulated social stains and human failures, and then to create new programs and more efficient institutions that would raise the cultural and intellectual standards of all its citizens. Like ancient Athens, Boston would be a city of great statesmen, wealthy patrons, inspiring artists, and profound thinkers, headed by members of the ""happy and respectable classes"" who would assume responsibility for the safety, welfare, and education of the ""less prosperous portions of the community."" Designed for the general reader and the historical enthusiast, The Athens of America is an interpretive synthesis that explores the numerous secondary sources that have concentrated on individual subjects and personalities, and draws their various conclusions into a single comprehensive narrative.Trade ReviewNo one knows Boston history as well as Thomas H. O'Connor. In a long and distinguished scholarly career, he has learned to present the story clearly and compellingly in both lectures and books that have illuminated our understanding of Boston.... I think this is his best book - he has such a command of the subject, knowing both the broad historical story and the telling detail that brings it to life. - Robert J. Allison, author of Stephen Decatur: American Naval Hero, 1779-1820
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University of Massachusetts Press Lost Boston
Book SynopsisAt once a fascinating narrative and a visual delight, ""Lost Boston"" brings the city's past to life. This updated edition includes a new section, illustrating the latest gains and losses in the struggle to preserve Boston's architectural heritage. With an engaging text and more than 350 seldom-seen photographs and prints, ""Lost Boston"" offers a chance to see the city as it once was, revealing architectural gems lost long ago. An eminently readable history of the city's physical development, the book also makes an eloquent appeal for its preservation. Jane Holtz Kay traces the evolution of Boston from the barren, swampy peninsula of colonial times to the booming metropolis of today. In the process, she creates a family album for the city, infusing the text with the flavor and energy that makes Boston distinct. Amid the grand landmarks she finds the telling details of city life: the neon signs, bygone amusement parks, storefronts, and windows plastered with images of campaigning politicians - sights common in their time but even more meaningful in their absence today. Kay also brings to life the people who created Boston - architects like Charles Bulfinch and H. H. Richardson, landscape architect and master park-maker Frederick Law Olmsted, and such colorful political figures as Mayors John ""Honey Fitz"" Fitzgerald and James Michael Curley. The new epilogue brings Boston's story to the end of the twentieth century, showing elements of the city's architecture that were lost in recent years, as well as those that were saved and others threatened as the city continues to evolve.
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University of Massachusetts Press American Architects and Their Books, 1840-1915
Book SynopsisSince the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. Architectural forms and theories are spread not just by buildings, but by the distribution of images and descriptions fed through the printing press. The study of an architect's library is an essential avenue to understanding that architect's intentions and judging his or her achievements. In this well-illustrated volume, a chronological sequel to ""American Architects and Their Books to 1848"", twelve distinguished historians of architecture discuss from various points of view the books that inspired architects both famous and not-so-famous, and the books the architects themselves produced. They examine the multifaceted relationship of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architects to print culture - the literary works that architects collected, used, argued over, wrote, illustrated, designed, printed, were inspired by, cribbed from, educated clients with, advertised their services through, designed libraries for, or just plain enjoyed. The result is a volume that presents the intersection of the history of architecture, the history of ideas, and the history of the book. Changes in print culture during this period had a significant impact on the architectural profession, as revealed in these well-informed scholarly essays. In addition to the editors, contributors include Jhennifer A. Amundson, Edward R. Bosley, Ted Cavanagh, Elspeth Cowell, Elaine Harrington, Michael J. Lewis, Anne E. Mallek, Daniel D. Reiff, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., and Chris Szczesny-Adams. Among the architects discussed are A. J. Downing, Charles Sumner Greene, James Sims, Samuel Sloan, John Calvin Stevens, Thomas U. Walter, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Michigan State University Press Cleveland Architecture 1890-1930: Building the
Book SynopsisThis study looks at the architectural transformation of Cleveland during its “golden age” - roughly the period between post–Civil War reconstruction and World War I.By the early twentieth century, Cleveland, which would evolve into the fifth largest city in America, hoped to shed the gritty industrial image of its rapid-growth period and evolve into a city to match the political clout of its statesmen like John Hay and wealth of its business elites such as John D. Rockefeller.Encouraged by the spectacle and public response to the Beaux-Arts buildings of the Chicago World’s Exposition of 1893, the city embarked upon a grand scheme to construct new governmental and civic structures known as the Cleveland Plan of Grouping Public Buildings, one of the earliest and most complete City Beautiful planning schemes in the country.The success of this plan led to a spillover effect that prompted architects to design all manner of new public buildings with similar Beaux-Arts stylistic characteristics during the next three decades. With the group plan realized, civic leaders - with the goal of expanding the city’s cultural institutions to match the distinction of its civic centre - established its counterpart in University Circle, creating a secondary group plan, the first cultural centre in the country.
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Bibliomanager S.L. Arquitecturas híbridas de culturas híbridas
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£27.20
Bibliomanager S.L. Sáenz de Oíza. De Entrevías a la M30
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£25.30
Bibliomanager S.L. Arquitecturas antifrágiles
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£29.91
Reaktion Books Building Jaipur The Making of an Indian City
Book Synopsis"Building Jaipur" is an illustrated history of the majestic city. The volume also offers a concise history of Indian architectural theory that covers the last three hundred years.
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Reaktion Books Italy Modern Architectures in History
Book SynopsisAn account of modern architecture from the late nineteenth century to the present day, Italy discusses familiar examples from Rome, Milan and Florence, as well as lesser-known buildings from small towns and rural areas. Ghirardo uniquely examines responses to ecological challenges and the problem of illegal building.
£999.99
Reaktion Books Turkey Modern Architectures in History
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American Academy in Rome Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome v. 50
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction; Architectural Theory and Practice: Vitruvian Principles and ""Full-scale Detail"" Architectural Drawings, Ingrid Edlund-Berry, University of Texas at Austin; Papers:; From Vitruvian Scholarship to Vitruvian Practice, Ingrid D. Rowland, University of Notre Dame; Vitruvian Critical Eclecticism and Roman Innovation,, Thomas N. Howe, Southwestern University Vitruvius and the Origins of Roman Spatial Rhetoric, Gretchen E. Meyers, Rollins College; Other Articles:; The Rhetoric of Romanitas: The ""Tomb of the Statilii"" Frescoes Reconsidered, Peter J. Holliday, California State University at Long Beach; Theodelinda's Rome: Ampullae, Pittacia, and the Image of the City, Dennis Trout, University of Missouri at Columbia Bramante's Tempietto and the Spanish Crown, Jack Freiberg, Florida State University; Rome, 1592: An Introduction to a Newly Discovered Parish Census, Thomas James Dandelet, University of California at Berkeley; The Battle of Zama after Giulio Romano: A Tapestry in the American Academy in Rome, Part I, Elfriede R. Knauer, Haverford, Pennsylvania; Reports from the American Academy in Rome Research in the School of Classical Studies at the American Academy in Rome (2004-2005).
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John Wiley & Sons SketchUp for Interior Design 3D Visualizing
Book SynopsisA practical guide to SketchUp addressing the specific needs of interior designers Already a common and popular tool for architects and landscape architects, SketchUp is increasingly finding a place in the professional workflow of interior designers.Table of ContentsForeword vii Chapter 1: What Is SketchUp and How Do Interior Designers Use It? 1 What Is SketchUp? 1 Who Uses It? 2 Is It Easy to Learn? 2 What Is SketchUp Used For? 2 The Difference between Traditional CAD Drawings and Models 2 How SketchUp Displays the Model 3 Types of Models 3 What SketchUp Make (Free Version) Can Do 4 What SketchUp Pro Can Do 5 How Designers Use SketchUp 9 Chapter 2: Getting Started 13 Hardware, Operating System, and Browser Requirements 13 The Video Card 14 The Space Navigator 3D Mouse 14 Use a Tablet PC 15 Download SketchUp Make 16 The Workspace 20 Run Multiple SketchUp Files at the Same Time 22 Save Options 23 Backup Files 24 Chapter 3: Exploring the Interface 25 Select or Change a Template 25 Add the Large Tool Set 25 The Select Tool 27 The Rectangle Tool 28 The Inference Engine 28 The Push/Pull Tool 29 Input Numbers 30 The Pan and Orbit Tools 31 The P Modifier Keys 32 The Escape Key 32 The Zoom Tool 32 The Views Toolbar: Generate Orthographic Drawings 32 Select with Selection and Crossing Windows 35 Select by Clicking, Right-Clicking, and Holding the Shift and Control Keys 36 The Move Tool 37 Customize the Desktop 38 Make a Custom Template 41 The Help Function 42 Manage Dialog Boxes 42 Chapter 4: Modeling Furniture, Cabinetry, and Accessories 45 Faces and Edges 45 The Eraser Tool and Erasing 45 The Pencil and Freehand Tools 46 The Move Tool 47 Stickiness 48 Groups 49 Causes of a Non-Filling Face 51 Color-Coordinate the Model’s Lines with the Axes by Changing the Edge Style Setting 52 Model a Table 53 Model a Bookcase 62 Model a Clock with Radial Array 79 Chapter 5: Drafting, Modeling, and Furnishing a Floor Plan 85 Prepare a Raster File for Import 85 Draft a Plan by Tracing a Raster Image 85 Trace Interior Walls 93 Edge Styles Again 94 From Plan to Model 96 Flashing Planes 100 Draft a Plan from a Paper Sketch 102 Interior vs. Exterior Models. 108 Components in Single- vs. Double-Sided Walls 108 Create Plan and Elevation Views 116 Model a Building from an AutoCAD Plan 121 Interact with Revit, 20–20, and Other Programs 124 “Clipping” (Disappearing Geometry) 125 Model a Sloped Ceiling with the Protractor Tool 125 Chapter 6: Modeling a Two-Story House Interior 131 Model the Shell and First Floor 131 Model the Second Floor 137 Model the Living Room 145 Model a Cabinet 147 Model Crown Molding with the Follow Me Tool 151 Model a Stairs Guard 155 Edit a Downloaded Staircase 156 The Outliner 164 Chapter 7: Painting with Colors, Textures, and Photo-Matching 169 What Is Painting? 169 Paint with Native SketchUp Materials 169 Paint with Textures 174 Paint the Stairs 176 Import Swatches from Other Models 178 Put New Colors and Textures into the Software 178 Check Face Orientation on Painted Surfaces with Entity Info and Face Style 180 Apply a Real-Life Design Scheme to the Model 180 Import a Texture 183 Import an Image 188 Photo-Match an Interior Space 202 Chapter 8: Enhancing and Presenting the Model 209 Annotate the Model: Dimensions and Text 209 Dimension a Floor Plan. 214 Scenes 224 The Walk-Through Tools 231 What Are Dynamic Components? 233 Save vs. Export 236 Enhance with Other Software 238 Enhance with Hand-Rendering 238 Why SketchUp May Run Slow 246 Chapter 9: Plugins and LayOut 253 What’s a Plugin? 253 LayOut 265 SketchUCation Forum 277 Index 279
£43.65
SSP Publications Witnesses to a New Nation
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£22.46
University of Minnesota Press Buildings Landscapes 32.1
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University of Minnesota Press Future Anterior 21.12
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£21.50
Center for Railroad Photography & Art The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology
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£54.00
Reaktion Books USA Modern Architectures in History
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Michigan State University Press Mid-Michigan Modern, Expanded Edition: From Frank
Book SynopsisFrom 1940 to 1970, mid‐Michigan had an extensive and varied legacy of modernist architecture. While this book explores buildings by renowned architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alden B. Dow, and the Keck brothers, the text—based on archival research and oral histories—focuses more heavily on regional architects whose work was strongly influenced by international modern styles. The reader will see a picture emerge in the portrayal of buildings of various typologies, from residences to sacred spaces. The automobile industry, state government, and Michigan State University served as the economic drivers when the mid-Michigan area expanded enormously in the growing optimism and increasing economic prosperity after World War II. Government, professional associations, and private industry sought an architectural style that spoke to forward‐looking, progressive ideals. Smaller businesses picked a Prairie style that made people feel comfortable. Modernist houses reflected the increasingly informal American lifestyle rooted in the automobile culture. This expanded paperback edition adds over twenty architect-designed residences along the various rivers and creeks that traverse the area as well as on man-made lakes, and introduces several popular architectural designers not previously discussed. The epilogue briefly considers disappearing modernist inventions and buildings. With a detailed narrative discussing more than 150 buildings and enriched by 186 illustrations, this text is a vibrant start at reclaiming the history of mid-Michigan modernist architecture.
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University of Hawaii Press Dougong
£71.31
Arcadia Publishing (SC) CarmelByTheSea
£20.39
History Press Concords Wright Tavern
£20.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) The 1972 Black Hills Flood
£21.24
Bibliomanager S.L. Deambulatio Architectónica
£18.50
Rizzoli How to Read Houses A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture
Book SynopsisSmall enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this charmingly illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding house styles. The book explains the aesthetics of house forms ranging from elaborately decorated Arts & Crafts architecture to the purity of modernist homes. How to Read Houses is the perfect companion for anyone interested in the buildings we live in and who desires a detailed field guide to the houses around us. How to Read Houses first equips the reader with the visual vocabulary to recognize house types, materials, and parts, then it demonstrates these features in a range of architectural styles. Illustrated throughout with detailed line drawings and full-color photographs, this handy guide will illuminate the reader's experience when visiting new cities, touring landmark houses such as Jefferson's MonticellTrade Review"Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, How to Read Houses: A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture by Will Jones is an illustrated field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding house styles. The book explains the aesthetics of house forms ranging from elaborately decorated Arts & Crafts architecture to the purity of modernist homes." -EditorAtLarge.com"Small enough to fit in a pocket, yet serious enough to provide real answers, this illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture." -Publishers Weekly"This compact little volume will illuminate the reader's experience when visiting new cities, touring landmark houses such as Jefferson's Monticello or Edith Wharton's The Mount, and lay the foundations for a revealing architectural exploration of local neighborhoods." -Dexinger.com
£14.28
Bauhan Pub Sheds
Book SynopsisA small tour, near and far
£16.15
Not Stated Paris in Ruins
£28.48
Chronicle Books Extraordinary Pools
£26.96
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Contemporary Southern Vernacular
£35.14
Georgetown University Press Georgetown University
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the history of Georgetown University's iconic buildings and campus spacesThis book provides a close look at over fifty campus buildings and their history from Georgetown's founding in 1789 through today. Illustrations accompanying the text include historical images from the university archives, vibrant current photographs, and multiple maps covering all campuses. Rufino describes the work of leading historical and contemporary architects. She depicts the history of buildings that exemplify a host of architectural styles, including Federal, Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival, International Style, Brutalist, and Postmodern. She sets the evolution of the university's built environment against the backdrop of its social and cultural historyincluding its involvement with slavery, the ever changing makeup of its student body, and its development into a modern research university. Enthusiasts of American architecture as well as Georgetown University's students, parents, alumni, administrators, faculty, and staff members will enjoy this informative and beautifully illustrated look at familiar haunts from a different perspective.
£72.00
Black Dog Press Solutions for a Modern City: Arup in Beijing
£43.07
University of Minnesota Press Buildings Landscapes 32.2
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John Wiley & Sons Underground Space Use Planning and Design
£90.00
John Wiley & Sons Elegant Arches Soaring Spans C.B. McCullough Oregons Master Bridge Builder
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£999.99
History Press Lost Towns of North Carolina
£17.71
Casemate Surprised at Being Alive
Book SynopsisStarting with enlisting in the Army to fly helicopters during Vietnam, over the next 17 years Major Robert Curtis would fly around the world off US and British ships from Egypt to Norway and all points in between. His engaging story will be a delight to all aviation enthusiasts.
£20.69
Murdoch Books Iconic
Book Synopsis'Karen McCartney's Iconic Australian Houses books are re-imagined so cleverly in this freshly redesigned, encyclopaedic book, which brings together in one volume the best of 50 years of Australian residential architecture.' Lucy Feagins - The Design Files Iconic: Modern Australian Houses 1950--2000 showcases, in a fresh, new and collectible edition, the best residential projects from the previously published works 50/60/70 and 70/80/90 and which formed successful exhibitions shown at the Museum of Sydney. Completely redesigned in a new format, with revised introduction, this classic will find audiences both new to and familiar with the gems of Australian modernist architecture. Featuring houses from: Harry Seidler, Peter Muller, Roy Grounds, Peter McIntyre, Russell Jack, Robin Boyd, McGlashan Everist, Enrico Taglietti, Neville Gruzman, Bruce Rickard, Hugh Buhrich, Ian McKay, Iwan Iwanoff, Ian Collins, Richard Leplastrier, Glenn Murcott, Barrie Marshall, Ken Woolley, Lovell Chen, Wood Marsh, Andresen O'Gorman, Durbach Block, Sean Godsell, Stutchbury and Harper, Donovan Hill, John Wardle.
£30.00
MIT Press A Moratorium on New Construction
£15.20
Sternberg Press Five Footnotes Toward an Architecture
Book SynopsisArchitect Mark Lee presents a body of work on the basis of five considerations: on history, on cadence, on autonomy, on America, and on point.On the occasion of his fifth and final year as Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, architect and educator Mark Lee strings together five “footnotes”—on history, on cadence, on autonomy, on America, and on point—to assess the relationship between architectural education, research, and professional practice. Evoking a similar position that marked his tenure, Lee delivers a lecture that embraces dialogue, context, and precedent, and rejects the notion of a heroic manifesto in favor of the footnote: “something ancillary, something used for referencing and providing citations for metanarratives that already exist.” And why five? “It’s a ubiquitous number in the culture of architecture. Five orders, five architects, five points.”Copublished by Harvard Design Press
£18.52
West Virginia University Press Cass Gilbert's West Virginia State Capitol
Book SynopsisAt the turn of the twentieth century, West Virginia was in the throes of its formative years as a state. After more than two decades of alternating its government seat between Wheeling and Charleston and the destruction of the Gothic Revival Capitol in Charleston by fire in 1921, a building commission was formed to create a permanent Capitol that would display the young state's pride, wealth, and sophistication to the entire nation. To achieve these goals, the legislature approved a budget of more than $6.5 million for the design and construction of this statehouse and the Commission appointed by the Governor hired internationally renowned Cass Gilbert as its architect. After much debate, an impressive site along the shore of the Kanawha River in Charleston was selected as its location.As one of the most influential architects of the early twentieth century, Cass Gilbert is known for structures such as the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, and the Minnesota State Capitol. He believed architecture should reflect historic tradition and established social order, and this conservative philosophy is evinced within the classic form and proportions of the West Virginia State Capitol. As one of his final commissions, the West Virginia Capitol, with its golden ""dome of majestic proportion,"" marble interiors, ornamental reliefs, and rich woodwork, remains a distinguished example of noble simplicity in American architecture.Cass Gilbert's West Virginia State Capitol narrates the intricate story behind this architectural feat. Its close examination of the design, construction, and execution of this commission not only reveals the social, political, and financial climate of West Virginia during this period but also provides insight into the cultural importance of this public building. As Cass Gilbert's design process is traced through unpublished documentation, drawings, and letters from several archives, the over one hundred accompanying photographs - many historical and others newly commissioned for this book - divulge the subtle beauty of the Capitol complex. At the same time, an extensive analysis of historical and contemporary illustrations and primary sources further elucidates the architectural value of this structure.With welcomes by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and State Senator Brooks F. McCabe, Jr., a prologue by art historians Bernard Schultz and Mary L. Soldo Schultz, and an epilogue by Chad Proudfoot, this revealing and comprehensive study examines the importance of this often overlooked architectural accomplishment, solidifying its significance as a socio-political symbol as well as its place within the history of American public architecture.
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Actar Publishers Catalyst: Conditions & Responses
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