Maya Lin : a biography / Donald Langmead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langmead, Donald.

Series:

Greenwood biographies.

Greenwood biographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lin, Maya, 1959-.

Lin, Maya.

Architects--United States--Biography.

Architects.

Chinese American architects--Biography.

Chinese American architects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 190 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Greenwood, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book is a biography of Maya Lin"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book provides an informal biography of the wunderkind who became one of America's greatest living artists and most well-known architects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TIMELINE: EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF MAYA LIN; CHAPTER 1: "WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM?": CHINESE ANCESTRY; CHAPTER 2: A TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE: LIN HUIYIN AND LIANG SICHENG; CHAPTER 3: ESCAPING CHINA: MAYA LIN'S PARENTS; CHAPTER 4: "PEOPLE HERE ARE NICE": ATHENS, OHIO; CHAPTER 5: OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH; CHAPTER 6: ALMOST FOR "A LARK": AN UNDERGRADUATE AT YALE; CHAPTER 7: DESIGN IN MASHED POTATO: THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COMPETITION; CHAPTER 8: ANNUS HORRIBILIS: BUILDING THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

CHAPTER 9: ACCRETIONS AND AGGRAVATIONS: CONTINUING CONFLICTS IN WASHINGTONCHAPTER 10: NEW HAVEN, NEW YORK: NEW BEGINNINGS; CHAPTER 11: OUT OF THE WINGS: THE ARCHITECT AS ARTIST; CHAPTER 12: A HECTIC DECADE: THE 1990s; CHAPTER 13: A NEW MILLENNIUM; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400683855

9786613214683

9781283214681

1283214687

9780313378546

0313378541

OCLC:

750174768