Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Commissioners for the Erection of the Public BuildingsPublisher:
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
General Directions to Architects who May Prepare Plans for the New Public Buildings to be Erected on Independence Square, in the City of Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Commissioners for the Erection of the Public BuildingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Samuel Sloan
Author: Harold N. Cooledge, Jr.Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512801283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884 is a comprehensive study of one of America's most influential architects. Sloan created the designs that have become prototypes for many public buildings. His plan for the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia served as the model for American general hospitals, and, with Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, he created the model for mental hospitals in the United States. Sloan was also an innovative designer of public schools, creating the "Philadelphia Plan" of schoolhouse design, which came to be internationally known and widely used. Sloan helped to shape the architecture of his time not only through the buildings he designed but also through his writings. He published several major pattern books, covering every aspect of the architectural profession from carpentry to furnishings. One of these, The Model Architect, went through five editions and was among the most widely distributed works of its kind in the history of nineteenth-century architectural publishing. As a result, Sloan's influence on the architectural environment of nineteenth-century America is so pervasive that a full accounting of the works which can be traced back to his books is almost impossible. From 1868 until 1871 Sloan also produced The Architectural Review, the first periodical in the United States devoted exclusively to architecture and its related arts and crafts and the unofficial organ of the reconstituted American Institute of Architects. In Samuel Sloan, Harold N. Cooledge, Jr. examines the social, economic, and environmental factors that influenced Sloan's personal and professional character and includes a consideration of the theorists and tastemakers whose ideas influenced Sloan's attitude toward architectural theory and practice. Cooledge then presents a chronological biography in which the majority of Sloan's important commissions are considered in detail, and as much information about his private life as could be documented is given. The book concludes with a detailed catalogue of Sloan's work. Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia 1815-1884 will be of value to architects and to scholars interested in art history, social history, and American studies.
AIA Journal
Author: Henry Hodgman SaylorPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Atlantic Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
Turner's Guide to and Description of Philadelphia's New City Hall, Or Public Buildings
Author: Frederick Turner Jr.Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656789153
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Excerpt from Turner's Guide to and Description of Philadelphia's New City Hall, or Public Buildings: The Largest and Grandest Structure in the World Contracts were awarded on the 16th of January, 1870, and arrangements made for commencing the work. A strong opposition to Independence Square, as the site for the Municipal Buildings, had existed in the public mind from the earliest movements in that direction, and as the Commission proceeded with their preparations for carrying out the provisions Of the ordinance under which they were acting, the Opposition became daily more intensified, until it culminated in the passage of a law by the Legislature Of the State, approved August 5, 1870, providing for the erection Of the Public Buildings, either on Washington Square or on Penn Square, as the legally qualified voters of the City of Philadelphia might determine, at the general election to be held in October, 1870. The election resulted, Out of a total of votes, in a majority of above in favor Of the site on Penn Square, which finally disposed Of the question. The passage of this law rendered the municipal ordinance of no effect, and relieved the Commissioners acting under it of further duties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer
Author: Henry Coddington MeyerPublisher:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Municipal Journal and Public Works
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer
Author: The Atlantic Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description
The New City Hall, Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Commissioners for the Erection of the Public BuildingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City halls
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description