Author: Hugh Morrison
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486254925
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.
Early American Architecture
Author: Hugh Morrison
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486254925
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486254925
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.
The Monograph Series
Author: Russell Fenimore Whitehead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Vols. 18-26 issued in Pencil points. At Yale these pages are detached and classified with v. 1-17 of the Monograph series.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Vols. 18-26 issued in Pencil points. At Yale these pages are detached and classified with v. 1-17 of the Monograph series.
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic
Author: Fiske Kimball
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015659551
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015659551
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A History of American Architecture
Author: Mark Gelernter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719047275
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719047275
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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.
The Architecture of Colonial America
Author: Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
American Architectural History
Author: Keith Eggener
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415306959
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415306959
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.
Three American Architects
Author: James F. O'Gorman
Publisher: 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.''--
Publisher: 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.''--
The Early Architecture Of Western Pennsylvania
Author: Charles Morse Stotz
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822990326
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 803
Book Description
A new edition of this long unavailable classic reproduces photographic prints made from original negatives and features an extensive analytical introduction by the noted architectural historian Dell Upton.Before the 1936 publication of The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania, the architectual heritage of a region prominent in the history of early America had been almost totally neglected. Based on a four-year survey conducted by the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Istitute of Architects, Charles Morse Stotz's book provides the definitive description and analysis of structures ranging from log houses to colonial and Georgian structures to examples of the pre-Civil War Gothic revival. The volume defines the local architectural idiom as an expression of the frontier and early industrial societies that played such an important part in the history of nineteenth century America.This oversized volume of 416 black-and-white photographs, 81 measured drawings and an extensive text presents a splendid array of early dwellings, barns, and other outbuildings, churches, arsenals, banks, inns, commercial buildings, tollhouses, mills, and even tombstones. Time has proved this work to be the definitive record of an architectural heritage that was fast disappearing with the economic boom of World War II and the postwar years.The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania is also a work of precision, beauty, and integrity. The drawings ignore alterations made after 960 and shoe the buildings in their original condition, giving special attention to details such as window sashes, shutters, cornices, and roofs. The floor plan of each structure is included, and line drawings display the profiles of moldings and ornamentation. Signature stones and hardware convey the quality of the early craftsmen's work. In all cases, stone joining has been faithfully drawn, joint for joint, to record the charm of old wall patterns.This new edition makes a landmark book available to a new generation of readers - one especially aware of the importance of architectural preservation and guarding the history of the Western Pennsylvania region.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822990326
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 803
Book Description
A new edition of this long unavailable classic reproduces photographic prints made from original negatives and features an extensive analytical introduction by the noted architectural historian Dell Upton.Before the 1936 publication of The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania, the architectual heritage of a region prominent in the history of early America had been almost totally neglected. Based on a four-year survey conducted by the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Istitute of Architects, Charles Morse Stotz's book provides the definitive description and analysis of structures ranging from log houses to colonial and Georgian structures to examples of the pre-Civil War Gothic revival. The volume defines the local architectural idiom as an expression of the frontier and early industrial societies that played such an important part in the history of nineteenth century America.This oversized volume of 416 black-and-white photographs, 81 measured drawings and an extensive text presents a splendid array of early dwellings, barns, and other outbuildings, churches, arsenals, banks, inns, commercial buildings, tollhouses, mills, and even tombstones. Time has proved this work to be the definitive record of an architectural heritage that was fast disappearing with the economic boom of World War II and the postwar years.The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania is also a work of precision, beauty, and integrity. The drawings ignore alterations made after 960 and shoe the buildings in their original condition, giving special attention to details such as window sashes, shutters, cornices, and roofs. The floor plan of each structure is included, and line drawings display the profiles of moldings and ornamentation. Signature stones and hardware convey the quality of the early craftsmen's work. In all cases, stone joining has been faithfully drawn, joint for joint, to record the charm of old wall patterns.This new edition makes a landmark book available to a new generation of readers - one especially aware of the importance of architectural preservation and guarding the history of the Western Pennsylvania region.
Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Author: James D. Kornwolf
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801859861
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801859861
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.
Sketches of Early American Architecture
Author: Otto R. Eggers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A series of pencil sketches accompanied by descriptive monographs originally appearing in The American architect. The sketches depict historically and architecturally significant buildings and details found in Colonial towns adjacent to the Eastern cities of the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A series of pencil sketches accompanied by descriptive monographs originally appearing in The American architect. The sketches depict historically and architecturally significant buildings and details found in Colonial towns adjacent to the Eastern cities of the United States.