Description
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of Scheibler, it includes 125 historic and contemporary photographs and drawings, all of Scheibler's known projects—including many not recorded in any other published source—and a selected bibliography.
Trade Review“This slim and easy-to-read volume carefully traces Scheibler’s architectural development from his early work using traditional revival styles, through his peak of creativity drawing heavily from the Progressive movement, to his final commissions when he returned to a more familiar approach to design. An informative and enjoyable piece of scholarship.”
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Pennsylvania History“Two of the author’s stated aims are the documentary preservation of Scheibler’s career history and the actual preservation of his buildings. Aurand has succeeded quite well at the first of these goals: his book offers a well-argued case for Scheibler’s ‘progressivism’ (a term Aurand uses in connection with a range of early modern movements, including the Secession and Art Nouveau). The architectural analysis is well supported by both archival research and a wide range of illustrations.”
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Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians“A valuable contribution to the culture of this region, both for those who have been waiting for such a study as well as those meeting Scheibler for the first time.”
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
