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Walker & Gillette : American architects, from Classicism through Modernism (1900s-1950s) / Edith Crouch.
Fine Arts Library NA737.W263 C76 2014
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA737.W25 C76 2013
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crouch, Edith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walker & Gillette.
- Architecture, American--20th century.
- Architecture, American.
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- History.
- United States.
- Hirschman, Joseph Mordecai.
- New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.).
- New York World's Fair.
- Architecture, American--History--20th century.
- Architecture, Domestic--United States.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- Other Title:
- Walker and Gillette
- American architects
- Place of Publication:
- Atglen : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2014]
- Summary:
- The work of Walker & Gillette, one of the leading architectural firms of the twentieth century, is documented with an extensive text and over 800 illustrations. These include many unpublished works by the company and by architect Joseph Mordecai Hirschman, whose passion for old world buildings influenced their design. The first half of the twentieth century featured a wide variety of architectural styles, including Classicism, Art Deco, and Modernism, which Walker & Gillette used well. Established in the early twentieth century, this firm would remain active until the 1950s. Over the years, the firm diversified, planning residential country estates, urban mansions, town homes, and apartments. Commercial, corporate, and governmental architecture, Art Deco skyscrapers, and unique commissions are all covered, as are the interiors they created for private yachts, ocean liners, the Playland Amusement Park, and their 1939 New York World's Fair offering. This book has relevance and appeal to architects, artists, historians, and readers who love vibrant American history.
- Notes:
- "This is the first book about the architectural practice of Walker & Gillette featuring unpublished works by the firm and by one of W&G's associated architects, Joseph Mordecai Hirschman"--Page 6.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 318) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0764345249
- 9780764345241
- OCLC:
- 867725238
- Publisher Number:
- 99962311718
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