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Black built : history and architecture in the black community / Paul Wellington.
LIBRA NA738.N5 W45 2019
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA738.N5 W45 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wellington, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American architecture.
- History.
- African American architects.
- African American architects--History.
- African American architecture--History.
- African Americans--Monuments.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social life and customs.
- African Amreican--Social conditions.
- African Amreican.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 109 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : [Paul Wellington], 2019.
- Summary:
- "While Black architects produce extraordinary works, they account for only two percent of the profession in the United States. Many of their works exist in the Black community and have helped preserve and restore history and culture. Though architecture is often not associated with Black Culture, it is an integral aspect in defining a community and requires careful consideration of design, context, and resident relationships. This book explores over forty works by Black architects and their impact in the Black community. A wide variety of projects are featured, from residences of affluent African Americans, to historic churches, to memorials and museums of Black culture and history. Each work, through brief examination of its history and architecture, exhibits the magnificent work of Black architects from past to present, and provides inspiration to architects of current and future generations"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building
- Adam's Mark Hotel
- African American Civil War Memorial
- African American Library and Museum at the Gregory School
- African Burial Ground National Monument and Visitor Center
- August Wilson Center for African American Culture
- Beacon Hill residences
- Berkley Square
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Booker T. Washington residence
- Carnegie Library
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Duke University campus buildings
- Dusable Museum of African American History
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Francis Gregory Library
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture
- Howard Theatre
- Iberville Housing Projects
- John D. O'Bryant African American Institute
- Johnson PUblishing Building
- Langston Terrace Dwellings
- Make It Right homes
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
- National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- National Museum of African American Heritage and Culture
- Negro Building
- Paul L. Dunbar High School
- Philips House
- Pythian Temple
- Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
- Sojourner Family Peace Center
- St. Philip's Episcopal Church
- Stuyvesant Town
- Sugar Hill Development
- Theme Building
- Tuskegee University Chapel
- Villa Lewaro
- Weeksville Heritage Center.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-105) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781732965119
- 1732965110
- 9781732965102
- 1732965102
- OCLC:
- 1101100186
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