North Carolina Architecture
North Carolina Architecture

Author: Catherine W. Bishir

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-03-19

Total Pages: 677

ISBN-13: 1469620782

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This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. North Carolina Architecture addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories, and churches. These buildings, like the people who created them and who have used them, are central to the character of North Carolina. Now in a convenient new format, this portable edition of North Carolina Architecture retains all of the text of the original edition as well as hundreds of halftones by master photographer Tim Buchman. Catherine Bishir's narrative analyzes construction and design techniques and locates the structures in their cultural, political, and historical contexts. This extraordinary history of North Carolina's built world presents a unique and valuable portrait of the state.

Louisiana Architecture
Louisiana Architecture

Author: Jonathan Fricker

Publisher: University of Louisiana

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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Introduction to architectural styles that have shaped Louisiana's landscapes.

Modern Architecture in St. Louis
Modern Architecture in St. Louis

Author: Eric Paul Mumford

Publisher: Washington University in St Louis

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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This book chronicles the evolution of architecture in the St. Louis area between 1948 and 1973, with insightful essays by established architectural scholars on the significant aspects of modern architecture in St. Louis and of the Washington University School of Architecture in the flowering of mid-century American modernism. Archival photographs and drawings illustrate the authors' historical analyses, and statements about the school written by distinguished alumni and faculty, including Fumihiko Maki, a former faculty member, illuminate a rich pocket of little-known American creativity.

First People
First People

Author: Keith Egloff

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780813925486

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Incorporating recent events in the Native American community as well as additional information gleaned from publications and public resources, this newly redesigned and updated second edition of First People brings back to the fore this concise and highly readable narrative. Full of stories that represent the full diversity of Virginia's Indians, past and present, this popular book remains the essential introduction to the history of Virginia Indians from the earlier times to the present day.

Recording Historic Structures
Recording Historic Structures

Author: John A. Burns

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2003-12-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0471273805

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This new edition of the definitive guide to recording America's built environment provides a detailed reference to the re-cording methods and techniques that are fundamental tools for examining any existing structure. Edited by the Deputy Chief of the Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, this revised edition includes in-formation on recent technological advances such as laser scanning, new case studies, and expanded material on the docu-mentation of historic landscapes.

Historic Preservation, Third Edition: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice (Third Edition)
Historic Preservation, Third Edition: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice (Third Edition)

Author: Norman Tyler

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-10-16

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 0393712982

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This classic text covers the gamut of preservation issues in layman’s language. Historic preservation, which started as a grassroots movement, now represents the cutting edge in a cultural revolution focused on “green” architecture and sustainability. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the many facets of historic preservation: the philosophy and history of the movement, the role of government, the documentation and designation of historic properties, sensitive architectural designs and planning, preservation technology, and heritage tourism, plus a survey of architectural styles. An ideal introduction to the field for students, historians, preservationists, property owners, local officials, and community leaders, this thoroughly revised edition addresses new subjects, including heritage tourism and partnering with the environmental community. It also includes updated case studies to reflect the most important historic preservation issues of today; and brings the conversation into the twenty-first century.