[PDF] The American Architect eBook

Author : Alan Wanzenberg
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781938461095

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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 : Mark Gelernter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780719047275

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Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.

Author : James F. O'Gorman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1992-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226620725

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

Author : Dreck Spurlock Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 40,85 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135956294

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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 : Hugh Howard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 078933979X

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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 : Elizabeth Vandam
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781932472660

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Read all about this renowned Twin Cities architect. The biography follows his creation of the Butler Building, the Lake Harriet Pavilion and more.

Author : Ellen Weiss
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1588382486

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"Ellen Weiss breaks important new ground in her remarkable monograph on Robert R. Taylor. This volume is by far the most detailed account we have of an African American architect. Weiss vividly conveys the immense challenges faced by black architects and professionals of every kind, especially during the rise of Jim Crow. Along the way we get myriad insights on architectural education, architect-client relationships, and the development of a major institution of higher learning."--- Richard Longstreth, George Washington University "Architectural historian Ellen Weiss's book provides a wealth of little-known factual information about Taylor and a scholarly historical analysis of his many contributions in architectural education and professional practice. A must-read for anyone with an interest in architecture and a certain reference for every architecture student."--- Richard Dozier, Dean, Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture & Construction Science, Tuskegee University "Robert R. Taylor's place in history as the first academically-trained African American architect has been well known, but an authoritative assessment of his contribution to American architectural and planning practice has remained elusive until now. Weiss deftly interweaves the story of the Tuskegee campus with an examination of Taylor's pedagogy and the plight of black architects in the early twentieth century."--- Gary Van Zante, Curator of Architecture and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology