Wrought Iron in Architecture
Wrought Iron in Architecture

Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780486245355

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This classic work documents the many uses and ingenious adaptations of wrought iron in architecture, with numerous examples from the fourteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Gerald Geerlings' extensive introduction details the properties of wrought iron; its textures; tools and terms of the trade; architectural applications, design, motifs, and ornamentation; economic considerations; finishing; and more. The author illuminates the history of wrought iron with carefully researched surveys of the craft in several countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, and America. Nearly 400 illustrations, including 73 clear drawings and 307 sharply focused photographs of gates, railings, screens, lighting fixtures, bannisters, balconies, door knockers, and other objects, chronicle the evolution of wrought iron as both a structural and decorative material. Special attention is devoted to early-twentieth-century developments and applications of this highly useful metal.

Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and Designs
Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and Designs

Author: Tunstall Small

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-18

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486152502

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Forty plates of meticulously rendered hinges, grilles, railings, latches, door knockers, and more — selected from English chapels, tombs, castles, and other structures — span more than 600 years of metalworking history.

Cast Iron Decoration
Cast Iron Decoration

Author: Edward Graeme Robertson

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780500277560

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Cast iron flourished during the 19th century in an amazing variety of forms, often of extreme richness of design. This volume surveys cast iron decoration worldwide in over 500 illustrations - specially taken photographs of surviving work supported by reproductions of pattern books and drawings. All national variations are covered, from Victorian Brighton to New Orleans, from Paris and Lisbon to the relics of colonial empire in South Africa, India, Tahiti and Mexico. The author details its relationship to architecture and its aesthetic contribution to buildings.

Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete
Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete

Author: Sigfried Giedion

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1995-09-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0892363193

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With Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcretre (1928)—published now for the first time in English—Sigfried Giedion positioned himself as an eloquent advocate of modern architecture. This was the first book to exalt Le Corbusier as the artistic champion of the new movement. It also spelled out many of the tenets of Modernism that are now regarded as myths, among them the impoverishment of nineteenth-century architectural thinking and practice, the contrasting vigor of engineering innovations, and the notion of Modernism as technologically preordained.

Edgar Brandt
Edgar Brandt

Author: Joan Kahr

Publisher: Abradale Press

Published: 1999-04

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork is the first book to document the life and work of the premier metalsmith of the twentieth century. A member of a group of extraordinary artist-craftsmen that included Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean Puiforcat, and Jean Dunand, among others, Edgar Brandt (1880-1960) was a leading force during a period of great achievement in French decorative arts and design, creating an entirely new aesthetic for the medium of wrought iron.

Art Nouveau Architecture
Art Nouveau Architecture

Author: R. Beauclair

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0486804550

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Conservation of Architectural Ironwork
Conservation of Architectural Ironwork

Author: David S. Mitchell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1317411757

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The peak of architectural ironwork in the 19th Century saw the spread of ornate decorative ironwork across the world. In recent years there has been a significant increase in conservation and restoration projects aiming to protect the artistry of traditional ironwork for future generations. Conservation of Architectural Ironwork is the first book to provide a complete guide to the conservation and maintenance of traditional architectural ironwork. First introducing the contextual history and key material features of architectural ironwork, the book goes on to guide readers through the management and delivery of conservation projects from start to finish, explaining the very latest in conservation technology. At its peak, architectural ironwork was used on a vast global scale in buildings, bridges, street furniture and ornamental structures. With international case studies and detailed illustrations, this book will be an essential reference for heritage professionals and students of architectural conservation around the world.