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Le Corbusier: a Life by Nicholas Fox Weber
From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian--the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death. He was a leader of the modernist movement that sought to create better living conditions and a better society through housing concepts. He predicted the city of the future with its large, white apartment buildings in parklike settings--a move away from the turn-of-the-century industrial city, which he saw as too fussy and suffocating and believed should be torn down, including most of Paris.
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ISBN: 9780375410437
Publication Date: 2008
Gropius: the Man who Built Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy
The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings--Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am--but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Gropius offers a poignant and personal story--and a fascinating reexamination of the urges that drove European and American modernism.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780674737853
Publication Date: 2019
Mies Van der Rohe by Franz Schulze; Edward Windhorst
This comprehensive biography tells the compelling story of how Mies and his students and followers created some of the most significant buildings of the twentieth century.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780226756004
Publication Date: 2012
The Women Who Changed Architecture by Beverly Willis (Foreword by); Amale Andraos (Introduction by); Jan Cigliano Hartman (Editor)
A 2022 ALA Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title. A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in The Women Who Changed Architecture, which sets the record straight on the transformative impact women have made on architecture.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781616898717
Publication Date: 2022
Architects of an American Landscape by Howard Hugh
A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted―and their immense impact on America.
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ISBN: 9780802159243
Publication Date: 2022
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture by Hugh Howard
When Thomas Jefferson was born, there were few high-style buildings in America, but in a lifetime full of political accomplishments, he also became the father of America's new architecture, enabling the Neoclassical to become the de facto national style for public and private buildings. However, in a strange lapse of historical memory, Jefferson's accomplishments were almost entirely forgotten by the time Kimball arrived on the scene almost a century later. Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson is a moment-by-moment narrative of the men who created the profession of architecture in America.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781582344553
Publication Date: 2006
The Architectural Models of Theodore Conrad by Teresa Fankhänel
Based on the recent discovery of his fully-preserved private archive-models, photos, letters, business files, and drawings-this book tells the story of Theodore Conrad (1910-1994), the most prominent and prolific architectural model-maker of the 20th century. Conrad's innovative models were instrumental in the design and realization of many icons of American Modernism-from the Rockefeller Center to Lever House and the Seagram Building. He revolutionized the production of architectural models and became a model-making entrepreneur in his own right. Yet, despite his success and the well-known buildings he helped to create, until now little has been known about Conrad's work and his impact on 20th century architectural history.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781350152830
Publication Date: 2021
The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century by Mark Lamster
Johnson introduced European modernism -- the sleek, glass-and-steel architecture that now dominates our cities -- to America, and mentored generations of architects, designers, and artists to follow. He defined the era of "starchitecture" with its flamboyant buildings and celebrity designers who esteemed aesthetics and style above all other concerns.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780316126434
Publication Date: 2018
Building America: The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe by Jean H. Baker
An English emigre who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created someof the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall and the Senate, House, and Supreme Court Chambers.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780190696450
Publication Date: 2020
Architecture's Odd Couple by Hugh Howard
In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names- Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867-1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906-2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history. Differing radically in their views on architecture, Wright and Johnson shared a restless creativity, enormous charisma, and an outspokenness that made each man irresistible to the media. Often publicly at odds, they were the twentieth century's flint and steel; their repeated encounters consistently set off sparks.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781620403754
Publication Date: 2016
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