American Architecture: 1860-1976

American Architecture: 1860-1976

Author: Marcus Whiffen

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780262730709

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The second volume of a guide comprehensive guide to American Architecture, covering developments between the years 1860 and 1976.


American Architecture: 1607-1860

American Architecture: 1607-1860

Author: Marcus Whiffen

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780262730693

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The first volume of a two-volume survey of American Architecture, this book covers architectural developments from Jamestown to the Civil War.


Manhattan's Little Secrets

Manhattan's Little Secrets

Author: John Tauranac

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1493030485

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Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive. A sarcophagus sits in a public park Stones from the dungeon that imprisoned Joan of Arc support a statue of her A Star of David adorns a Baptist church A fire-breathing salamander decorates a firehouse A stained-glass window relates an architect’s frustrations These are the details that guidebooks usually ignore and passersby ordinarily overlook. Curious readers will delight in revelations of history hidden in plain sight, alongside stunning photography of Manhattan’s overlooked treasures.


Sites Unseen

Sites Unseen

Author: William A. Gleason

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2011-08-22

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0814732461

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Sites Unseen examines the complex intertwining of race and architecture in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American culture, the period not only in which American architecture came of age professionally in the U.S. but also in which ideas about architecture became a prominent part of broader conversations about American culture, history, politics, and—although we have not yet understood this clearly—race relations. This rich and copiously illustrated interdisciplinary study explores the ways that American writing between roughly 1850 and 1930 concerned itself, often intensely, with the racial implications of architectural space primarily, but not exclusively, through domestic architecture. In addition to identifying an archive of provocative primary materials, Sites Unseen draws significantly on important recent scholarship in multiple fields ranging from literature, history, and material culture to architecture, cultural geography, and urban planning. Together the chapters interrogate a variety of expressive American vernacular forms, including the dialect tale, the novel of empire, letters, and pulp stories, along with the plantation cabin, the West Indian cottage, the Latin American plaza, and the “Oriental” parlor. These are some of the overlooked plots and structures that can and should inform a more comprehensive consideration of the literary and cultural meanings of American architecture. Making sense of the relations between architecture, race, and American writing of the long nineteenth century—in their regional, national, and hemispheric contexts—Sites Unseen provides a clearer view not only of this catalytic era but also more broadly of what architectural historian Dell Upton has aptly termed the social experience of the built environment.


City and Campus

City and Campus

Author: John W. Stamper

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess

Published: 2024-04-01

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 0268207739

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City and Campus tells the rich history of a Midwest industrial town and its two academic institutions through the buildings that helped bring these places to life. John W. Stamper paints a narrative portrait of South Bend and the campuses of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College from their founding and earliest settlement in the 1830s through the boom of the Roaring Twenties. Industrialist giants such as the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company and Oliver Chilled Plow Works invested their wealth into creating some of the city’s most important and historically significant buildings. Famous architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, brought the latest trends in architecture to the heart of South Bend. Stamper also illuminates how Notre Dame’s founder and long-time president Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., recruited other successful architects to craft in stone the foundations of the university and the college at the same time as he built the scholarship. City and Campus provides an engaging and definitive history of how this urban and academic environment emerged on the shores of the St. Joseph River.


A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas

A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas

Author: Clare Cardinal-Pett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 999

ISBN-13: 1317431243

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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first comprehensive survey to narrate the urbanization of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, making it a vital resource to help you understand the built environment in this part of the world. The book combines the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way. Author Clare Cardinal-Pett tells the story chronologically, from the earliest-known human migrations into the Americas to the 1930s to reveal information and insights that weave across time and place so that you can develop a complex and nuanced understanding of human-made landscape forms, patterns of urbanization, and associated building typologies. Each chapter addresses developments throughout the hemisphere and includes information from various disciplines, original artwork, and historical photographs of everyday life, which - along with numerous maps, diagrams, and traditional building photographs - will train your eye to see the built environment as you read about it.


Mission 66 Visitor Centers

Mission 66 Visitor Centers

Author: Sarah Allaback

Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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Describes 6 national park visitor centers built from 1956-1966 during the National Park Service's Mission 66 park development program. Includes a brief history of the Mission 66 program.


Old-House Journal

Old-House Journal

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1982-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Old-House Journal is the original magazine devoted to restoring and preserving old houses. For more than 35 years, our mission has been to help old-house owners repair, restore, update, and decorate buildings of every age and architectural style. Each issue explores hands-on restoration techniques, practical architectural guidelines, historical overviews, and homeowner stories--all in a trusted, authoritative voice.