Author: Hugh MorrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
Early American Architecture
Author: Hugh MorrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic
Author: Fiske KimballPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Author: James D. KornwolfPublisher: 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.
American Architecture and Urbanism
Author: Vincent ScullyPublisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595341803
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. This definitive survey extends beyond the cities themselves to the American scene as a whole, which has inspired the reasonable balanced, closed and ordered forms, and above all the probity, that he feels typifies American architecture.
Writings on Early American Architecture
Author: Frank John RoosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Evolution of Colonial Architecture
Author: Lisa C. MullinsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780918678287
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations.--Amazon.com.
Early American Architecture
Author: Hugh MorrisonPublisher: 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.
Denver's Early Architecture
Author: James BretzPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738580463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In spite of its relentless reputation as a "cow town," Denver has grown from a dusty prairie burg into a thriving metropolis nestled against the foothills of the great Rocky Mountains. Gold brought the area's first settlers in the 1850s, and mining camps sprouted up along the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. The first rudimentary structures of canvas, mud, and logs were soon replaced with sturdy buildings made of brick, stone, and wood, in what is now affectionately referred to as "Lodo" or the lower downtown district. City growth worked its way uptown and to the east from this neighborhood of houses, hotels, shops, and commercial buildings, eventually encompassing Capitol Hill. Many well-known people worked and lived in downtown Denver and Capitol Hill, including the infamous Margaret "Molly" Brown of Titanic fame, railroad man David Moffat, merchant prince Charles Boettcher, druggist-turned-entrepreneur Walter Scott Cheesman, and Denver's notorious lovers, Horace Tabor and his wife "Baby Doe."
Introduction to Early American Masonry
Author: Harley J. McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Stone Houses
Author: James B. GarrisonPublisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847840786
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Essential Colonial Revival–style stone houses in bucolic settings—on hillsides, beside streams—and their inviting interiors, by the architect who popularized the beloved form. Stone Houses showcases a beloved kind of home that many of us aspire to own and live in—a place of warmth and security, of charm and romance. The stone house speaks to a very basic dream of stability and comfort, and the houses featured here represent the epitome of this dream. Built in traditional styles with artful construction and considered design between 1904 and 1943, these gems display the hallmarks we associate with the stone house, here polished and beautifully presented: deep fireplaces, thick beamed ceilings, wide plank floors, and country kitchens. Focusing on the work of the eminent architect R. Brognard Okie, who is credited with having greatly contributed to a popular appreciation and understanding of early American domestic architecture and who has had a lasting impact on American residential design, this book will both enchant the reader and serve as an unprecedented resource.