Modern architecture in St. Louis : Washington University and postwar American architecture, 1948-1973 / edited by Eric Mumford ; essays by Hélène Lipstadt, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Eric Mumford ; memoirs by Joseph Passonneau ... [and others] ; personal history by Constantine Michaelides.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mumford, Eric Paul, 1958-

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Architecture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Architecture.

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.).

Architecture--Missouri--Saint Louis--20th century.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Buildings--Missouri--Saint Louis.

Buildings.

Missouri--Saint Louis.

Physical Description:

xi unnumbered pages, 121 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Washington University and postwar American architecture, 1948-1973

Place of Publication:

St. Louis : School of Architecture, Washington University ; Chicago : distributed by the University of Chicago Press, [2004]

Summary:

"Modern Architecture in St. Louis chronicles the exciting 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. Vivid archival photographs and drawings illustrate the authors' historical analyses. Also included are statements about the School of Architecture written by distinguished alumni and faculty, including Fumihiko Maki, a former faculty member. This volume is a landmark study of architectural history that reveals a rich pocket of little known American creativity.

Contents:

Co-making the modern monument : the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial competition and Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch / Hélène Lipstadt

Moderate modernism : sacred architecture in St. Louis and its suburbs / Kathleen James-Chakraborty

Triumph and eclipse : modern architecture in St. Louis and the Washington University School of Architecture / Eric Mumford

[Memoir] / Joseph Passonneau

[Memoir] / George Anselevicius

[Memoir] / Gyo Obata

[Memoir] / Fumihiko Maki

The School of Architecture, 1973-1993 : a personal history / Constantine E. Michaelides.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0972096655

OCLC:

55142255