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Louis Sauer : the architect of low-rise high-density housing / by Antonino Saggio ; forward by Paola Coppola Pignatelli.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Reference NA737.S34 S3413 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saggio, Antonino, 1955- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Un architetto americano. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sauer, Louis, 1928-.
- Sauer, Louis.
- Architects--United States--Biography.
- Architects.
- Urban renewal.
- City planning.
- Society Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Society Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Architecture, Domestic--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Physical Description:
- 227 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second revised edition.
- Manufacture:
- Raleigh, NC : Lulu.Com, 2013.
- Summary:
- "This book presents the major ideas and principles of Sauer architecture and explores his work in Society Hill (Philadelphia) where his many exemplary projects are built"--p. 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Architectural planning and design. Urban renewal in Society Hill
- Sauer's choices in architectural design
- Relationship with the setting
- Residential studies and analysis
- Buildings in Society Hill. Buten House
- McClennen House
- Locust Street Townhouses
- Second Street Townhouses
- Penn's Landing Square
- Head House East
- Newmarket
- Lombard Condos
- Sauer in the contemporary debate
- Afterward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-187).
- "Originally published by Officina Edizioni, Rome, 1988 as Un architetto americano, Louis Sauer."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 1291005412
- 9781291005417
- OCLC:
- 875905808
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