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Author | : Vincent Scully (Jr.) |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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A charming book. Little text; hundreds of renderings and photos. Cloth edition ($25) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Leland M. Roth |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 2018-05-04 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0429973837 |
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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 | : Michael J. Crosbie |
Publisher | : Images Publishing |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781864702804 |
Download Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A monograph on the work on an American architecture firm, famous for capturing the essence of 'The American Summer'.
Author | : Vincent Joseph Scully |
Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780847807826 |
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A charming book. Little text; hundreds of renderings and photos. Cloth edition ($25) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Bryant Franklin Tolles |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781584655763 |
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A sweeping, richly illustrated architectural study of the large, historic New England coastal resort hotels
Author | : Craig Whitaker |
Publisher | : Three Rivers Press (CA) |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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Architect and planner Craig Whitaker takes in the whole of American life to examine how our cities and houses reflect our culture. Drawing on art and literature, history and politics, film and advertising, Whitaker offers a new perspective from which Americans can define themselves in relation to their environment. 400 illustrations.
Author | : Abigail Ayres Van Slyck |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780816648764 |
Download A Manufactured Wilderness Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since they were first established in the 1880s, children’s summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Although the camping experience has a special place in the popular imagination, few scholars have given serious thought to this peculiarly American phenomenon. Why were summer camps created? What concerns and ideals motivated their founders? Whom did they serve? How did they change over time? What factors influenced their design? To answer these and many other questions, Abigail A. Van Slyck trains an informed eye on the most visible and evocative aspect of camp life: its landscape and architecture. She argues that summer camps delivered much more than a simple encounter with the natural world. Instead, she suggests, camps provided a man-made version of wilderness, shaped by middle-class anxieties about gender roles, class tensions, race relations, and modernity and its impact on the lives of children. Following a fascinating history of summer camps and a wide-ranging overview of the factors that led to their creation, Van Slyck examines the intersections of the natural landscape with human-built forms and social activities. In particular, she addresses changing attitudes toward such subjects as children’s health, sanitation, play, relationships between the sexes, Native American culture, and evolving ideas about childhood. Generously illustrated with period photographs, maps, plans, and promotional images of camps throughout North America, A Manufactured Wilderness is the first book to offer a thorough consideration of the summer camp environment.
Author | : Patricia Brown Glenn |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2009-10-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0470593598 |
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This book is a delightful guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles for kids and their parents Why do houses look the way they do? Why do dome have small windows, while others seem to be all glass? Why do some hug the landscape, while others are tall with very steep roofs? Why do dome people live in mansions, while others live in mobile houses? Can you imagine a house that looks like an elephant or a shoe? Children and adults will learn about the history of domestic architecture, the styles of the houses we live in, and the terms for the architectural elements that compose the buildings. Use the pictorial field guide to investigate your own house, then take it along on family outings to identify different architectural details. Under Every Roof features more than 60 houses from 30 states and the District of Columbia that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places; many of these are house museums that are open to the public. Kids need to understand the house they live in, so the book also includes a wide variety of regional styles and architectural types. The full-color, watercolor illustrations add a unique, gentle humor to the text.
Author | : Bryant Franklin Tolles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Download Summer Cottages in the White Mountains Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An expert looks at the historic role of summer cottages in New Hampshire's popular White Mountain region.
Author | : Stefan Al |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2017-03-03 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 026203574X |
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The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself. The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be noted that forty-two million people visited Las Vegas in 2015—ten million more than visited the real Paris.) More recently, the Strip decided to get classy, with casinos designed by famous architects and zillion-dollar collections of art. Las Vegas became the “implosion capital of the world” as developers, driven by competition, got rid of the old to make way for the new—offering a non-metaphorical definition of “creative destruction.” In The Strip, Stefan Al examines the many transformations of the Las Vegas Strip, arguing that they mirror transformations in America itself. The Strip is not, as popularly supposed, a display of architectural freaks but representative of architectural trends and a record of social, cultural, and economic change. Al tells two parallel stories. He describes the feverish competition of Las Vegas developers to build the snazziest, most tourist-grabbing casinos and resorts—with a cast of characters including the mobster Bugsy Siegel, the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and the would-be political kingmaker Sheldon Adelson. And he views the Strip in a larger social context, showing that it has not only reflected trends but also magnified them and sometimes even initiated them. Generously illustrated with stunning color images throughout, The Strip traces the many metamorphoses of a city that offers a vivid projection of the American dream.