The groundbreakers : architects in American history--their places and times / Charles E. Dagit, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dagit, Charles E., Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects--United States.

Architects.

United States.

Architecture and society--United States.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, (USA) : Transaction Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

If there is anything to be learned from the history of American architecture it is that it reflects the American adventure in creativity and inventiveness, and the desire to be unique and expressive. In The Groundbreakers, Charles E. Dagit, Jr. examines pioneering American architects and the historical events and trends that gave rise to their achievements. These architects, the caliber of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, created their own distinct, personal styles, and represented the rich heritages of their specific geographical regions. The American pioneer spirit of individualism is alive and well in the architectural world, and like other American innovations, architecture as practiced in the United States is constantly renewing itself and finding new ways to capture the imagination. This book will be of interest to historians, architects, and students in American studies. Illustrations add dimension to the author's observations. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The American Dream 1

2 Beginnings of American Architecture 7

3 Early History: Two Colonies, Two Capitals 11

4 William Buckiand: The First American Architect 29

5 The Search for an American Architecture, Thomas Jefferson, a Romantic Rationalist, North and South 39

6 Boston, the Cradle of Invention / Henry Hobson Richardson Richardson, Henry Hobson 49

7 Philadelphia, the Generator of Institutions / Frank Furness Furness, Frank 59

8 Chicago, the Prairie Innovations, Louis Sullivan / Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd 67

9 Pasadena and the Railroad Hotel, the Western Legacy of Greene and Greene 97

10 San Francisco, Berkeley and the Gold Rush / Bernard Maybeck Maybeck, Bernard 103

11 Tulsa, Oil and Cattle, Bruce Goff 119

12 Detroit, the Economic Engine, the Automobile / Eero Sarrinen Sarrinen, Eero 131

13 Los Angeles and the Birth of the Film Industry, Rudolph Schindler, the Beginnings of Abstract Modernism / Mies van der Rohe Rohe, Mies van der 137

14 Philadelphia, the Philadelphia School, the Emergence of the Intellectual Revolution / Louis I. Kahn Kahn, Louis I., Romaldo Giurgola Giurgola, Romaldo, Robert Venturi Venturi, Robert 147

15 The International Style, The Americans / Kevin Roche Roche, Kevin, John Dinkeloo Dinkeloo, John, I. M. Pei Pei, I. M., Philip Johnson Johnson, Philip 177

16 The New York Five, "the Whites," The Ultramodemists and Their Conversion, Richard Meier / Michael Graves Graves, Michael 191

17 Architects Out of Context / Charles Moore Moore, Charles, Robert A. M. Stern Stern, Robert A. M., Peter Bohlin Bohlin, Peter, James Polshek Polshek, James, Antoine Predock Predock, Antoine, Cesar Pelli Pelli, Cesar 207

18 Global Architecture and the Architecture of the Bizarre, The Tech-Fantasticism Movement, Eric Owen Moss / Frank Gehry Gehry, Frank 227

19 On the Brink / Kieran Timberlake Timberlake, Kieran, Steven Holl Holl, Steven, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Tsien, Tod Williams Billie 239

20 Observations on History and the Future, The American Spirit 243.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412856140

1412856140

OCLC:

892794650