American buildings and their architects / William H. Pierson, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierson, William H. (William Harvey), 1911-2008.

Jordy, William H., author.

Contributor:

Rossiter, Richard, cover designer.

Wunsch, Aaron V., Former owner.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--United States.

Architecture.

United States.

Architects--United States.

Architects.

Architecture--United States--History.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1976-

Summary:

"American Buildings and Their Architects is an ambitious, five-volume study of American architecture. Each volume is designed around a representative group of buildings, which are studied in detail and illustrated in photographs and architectural plans. Presented in social and historical context, these buildings illuminate not only the development of American architecture, but the governing philosophies of America's most prominent architects." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

v. 1. The colonial and neo-classical styles.

v. 2 pt. 1. Technology and the picturesque, the corporate and the early gothic styles

v. 3. Progressive and academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century.

v. 4. Progressive and academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century.

v. 5. The impact of European modernism in the mid-twentieth century.

Vol 5. Rockefeller Center and corporate urbanism

The American acceptance of the International Style: George Howe and William Lescaze's Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building

The Domestication of Modern: Marcel Breuer's Ferry cooperative dormitory at Vassar College

The Laconic splendor of the metal frame: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 860 Lake Shore apartments and his Seagram Building

The encompassing environment of free-form architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum

What the building "wants to be": Louis I. Kahn's Richards Medical Research Building at the University of Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Vols. 3-5 by W.H. Jordy.

Reprint of the ed. published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Vols. 3-5 by W. H. Jordy.

Volume 5 cover design by Richard Rossiter.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy imperfect: v.2 wanting.

Athenaeum circulating copy (volume 5): From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch.

Athenaeum copy: Vol. 1 gift of Guy Garrison; v. 5: From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch..

Other Format:

Online version: Pierson, William H. (William Harvey), 1911-2008. American buildings and their architects.

ISBN:

0385061234

9780385061230

OCLC:

2379072