Shaping Seattle Architecture A Historical Guide to the Architects, Second Edition / Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl 1950- editor of compilation.

Series:

Samuel and Althea Stroum Books

A Samuel and Althea Stroum book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings.

Architecture.

Architects.

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Genre:

History

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.)

Edition:

2. ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. Univ. of Washington Press 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first edition of Shaping Seattle Architecture, published in 1994, introduced readers to Seattle’s architects by showcasing the work of those who were instrumental in creating the region’s built environment. Twenty years later, the second edition updates and expands the original with new information and illustrations that provide an even richer exploration of Seattle architecture.The book begins with a revised introduction that brings the story of Seattle architecture into the twenty-first century and situates developments in Seattle building design within local and global contexts. The book’s fifty-four essays present richly illustrated profiles that describe the architects' careers, provide an overview of their major works, and explore their significance.Shaping Seattle Architecture celebrates a wide range of people who helped form the region's built environment. It provides updated information about many of the architects and firms profiled in the first edition. Four individuals newly included in this second edition are Edwin J. Ivey, a leading residential designer; Fred Bassetti, an important contributor to Northwest regional modernism; L. Jane Hastings, one of the region’s foremost women in architecture; and Richard Haag, founder of the landscape architecture program at the University of Washington and designer of Gas Works Park and the Bloedel Reserve.The book also includes essays on the buildings of the Coast Salish people, who inhabited Puget Sound prior to Euro-American settlement; the role that architects played in speculative housing developments before and after World War II; and the vernacular architecture built by nonprofessionals that makes up a portion of the fabric of the city.Shaping Seattle Architecture concludes with a substantial reference section, updated to reflect the last twenty years of research and publications. A locations appendix offers a geographic guide to surviving works. The research section directs interested readers to further resources, and the appendix “Additional Significant Seattle Architects” provides thumbnail sketches of nearly 250 important figures not included in the main text.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Historical Overview of Architecture in Seattle; 1 Native American Architecture on Puget Sound; 2 Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Esther Pariseau); 3 Donald MacKay; 4 William E. Boone; 5 Elmer H. Fisher; 6 John Parkinson; 7 Charles W. Saunders; 8 Willis A. Ritchie; 9 Edwin W. Houghton; 10 Edward Otto Schwägerl; 11 James Stephen; 12 Plan Books, Pattern Books, Periodicals; 13 Bebb & Mendel; 14 Kirtland Kelsey Cutter; 15 Breitung & Buchinger; 16 John Graham, Sr.; 17 Olof Hanson; 18 Ellsworth Storey; 19 Augustus Warren Gould

20 Daniel R. Huntington21 Somervell & Coté; 22 Harlan Thomas; 23 Édouard Frère Champney; 24 W. R. B. Willcox; 25 Beezer Brothers; 26 Arthur L. Loveless; 27 Edwin J. Ivey, Jr.; 28 Schack, Young & Myers; 29 Albertson, Wilson & Richardson; 30 Andrew Willatsen; 31 Bebb & Gould; 32 B. Marcus Priteca; 33 Robert C. Reamer; 34 Henry W. Bittman; 35 Architects and Suburban Housing before World War II; 36 Floyd A. Naramore; 37 J. Lister Holmes; 38 Elizabeth Ayer; 39 William J. Bain, Sr.; 40 Frederick William Anhalt; 41 Lionel H. Pries; 42 Butler Stevens Sturtevant; 43 Kichio Allen Arai; 44 Paul Thiry

45 Paul Hayden Kirk46 Victor Steinbrueck; 47 Architects and Suburban Housing after World War II; 48 John Graham, Jr.; 49 Roland Terry; 50 Benjamin F. McAdoo, Jr.; 51 Fred Bassetti; 52 L. Jane Hastings; 53 Richard Haag; 54 Vernacular and Popular Architecture in Seattle; Appendix 1 Sources of Information for the Architects; Appendix 2 Locations of Extant Buildings and Projects Presented in the Text; Appendix 3 Additional Significant Seattle Architects; Appendix 4 Non-Seattle Architects and Firms Responsible for Significant Design Work in Seattle

Appendix 5 Researching Seattle's Architectural PastList of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295806891

0295806893

OCLC:

949885089