Author: Robert Bartlett HarmonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The Sullivanesque Style in American Architecture
Author: Robert Bartlett HarmonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Three American Architects
Author: James F. O'GormanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226620725
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
''Discusses the individual and collective achievement of the three American architects.''--
Identifying American Architecture
Author: John J. G. BlumensonPublisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780761991434
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Have you ever been intrigued by a beautiful building and wondered when it was built? Identifying American Architecture provides the answer to such questions in a concise handbook perfect for preservationists, architects, students, and tourists alike. With 214 photographs, it allows readers to associate real buildings with architectural styles, elements, and orders. Identifying American Architecture was designed to be used--carried about and kept handy for frequent reference. Every photograph is keyed to an explanatory legend pointing out characteristic features of each building's style. Trade bookstores order from W.W. Norton, NY
Sullivanesque
Author: Ronald E. SchmittPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252056280
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Sullivanesque offers a visual and historical tour of a unique but often overlooked facet of modern American architecture derived from Louis Sullivan.Highly regarded in architecture for inspiring the Chicago School and the Prairie School, Sullivan was an unwilling instigator of the method of facade composition--later influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George G. Elmslie--that came to be known as Sullivanesque. Decorative enhancements with botanical and animal themes, Sullivan's distinctive ornamentation mitigated the hard geometries of the large buildings he designed, coinciding with his "form follows function" aesthetic.Sullivan's designs offered solutions to problems presented by new types and scales of buildings. Widely popular, they were also widely copied, and the style proliferated due to a number of Chicago-based interests, including the Radford Architectural Company and several decorative plaster and terra-cotta companies. Stock replicas of Sullivan's designs manufactured by the Midland Terra Cotta Company and others gave distinction and focus to utilitarian buildings in Chicago's commercial strips and other confined areas, such as the downtown districts of smaller towns. Mass-produced Sullivanesque terra cotta endured as a result of its combined economic and aesthetic appeal, blending the sophistication of high architectural art with the pragmatic functionality of building design.Masterfully framed by the author's photographs of Sullivanesque buildings in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, Ronald E. Schmitt's in-depth exploration of the Sullivanesque tells the story of its evolution from Sullivan's intellectual and aesthetic foundations to its place as a form of commercial vernacular. The book also includes an inventory of Sullivanesque buildings.Honorable Mention recipient of the 2002 PSP Awards for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing
The LEGO Architect
Author: Tom AlphinPublisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593276133
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Travel through the history of architecture in The LEGO Architect. You’ll learn about styles like Art Deco, Modernism, and High-Tech, and find inspiration in galleries of LEGO models. Then take your turn building 12 models in a variety of styles. Snap together some bricks and learn architecture the fun way!
The Chicago Auditorium Building
Author: Joseph SiryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780226761336
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Covering the Auditorium from the early design to its opening, its later renovations, its links to culture and politics in Chicago, and its influence on later Adler and Sullivan works (including the Schiller Building and the Chicago Stock Exchange Building), The Chicago Auditorium Building recounts the tale of a building that helped to define a city and an era."--BOOK JACKET.
The International Style
Author: Henry Russell HitchcockPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393315189
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The most influential work of architectural criticism and history of the twentieth century, now available in a handsomely designed new edition.
The Autobiography of an Idea
Author: Louis H. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The early creative years of pioneer American architect and theorist called the 'father of the skyscraper.' Projects, insights, evaluations. Essential for an understanding of early modern American architecture.
The Architecture of Country Houses
Author: Andrew Jackson DowningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Chicago
Author: James R. GrossmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780226310152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1117
Book Description
A comprehensive historical reference on metropolitan Chicago encompasses more than 1,400 entries on such topics as neighborhoods, ethnic groups, cultural institutions, and business history, and furnishes interpretive essays on the literary images of Chicago, the built environment, and the city's sports culture.