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Author: Michael C Kathrens Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 396
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A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses. Newport Villas describes the architectural and social development of this summer resort town, the nexus of wealth and fashion at the end of the nineteenth century. All the accoutrements were the best that money could buy, whether it was Parisian frocks, meticulously groomed thoroughbred horses, or meals prepared by imported French chefs. To properly mount their entertainments, Newport's elite built "cottages" that ranged in size from thirty to seventy rooms. The country's most accomplished architects designed these seaside villas, many of them rivaling the great houses of Europe. Pictured here in abundant archival and new photographs, with accompanying floor plans, the houses cover the gamut of revival styles from Colonial Revival to Italian Renaissance Revival, from French Classical Revival to Georgian Revival.
Author: Svetlana Boym Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ISBN: 9781568987781 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 90
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This is an imaginative tour through the history and afterlife of Vladimir Tatlin's legendary but unbuilt Monument to the Third International of 1920. Boym traces the vicissitudes of Tatlin's Tower from its reception in the 1920s to its privileged recall in 'the reservoir of unofficial utopian dreams' of the Soviet-era.
Author: Vicky Richardson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture, Modern Languages : en Pages : 248
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"New Vernacular Architecture considers the synthesis of modernity and tradition in contemporary architecture. Focusing on 37 international examples of buildings of different types completed in the last decade, it examines architecture that reinterprets rather than revives traditional forms, materials and construction techniques. The projects covered range from better known works by renowned architects such as Michael Graves, Renzo Piano and David Chipperfield, to less familiar buildings in Hungary, Nepal, Latvia and elsewhere." "The fragmentation of nation states and the greater plurality of political and cultural identities that have occurred over recent years have led to a growing reaction in architecture against "global blanding" - the worldwide homogenization of images and designs. As a result, local context, materials and culture are becoming increasingly important concerns for many architects. Architecture has captured the public imagination as a means of lending form to evolving regional identity and as a way of reflecting difference. Each project features a thoroughly researched and detailed commentary, and is generously illustrated with photographs, sketches and plans."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Mark Gelernter Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719047275 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 372
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Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.
Author: Manfredo Tafuri Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 248
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Photographs, plans, diagrams, and historical and critical commentaries review the architectural developments, styles, and monuments of India and Ceylon, Indochina and Indonesia, the Himalayan region, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.
Author: Amos Jackson Bicknell Publisher: Watkins Glen, N.Y. : American Life Foundation & Study Institute ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 182