Introduction to Early American Masonry, Stone, Brick, Mortar, and Plaster

Science & Math

McKee, Harley J.

Technology

The Preservation Press

The history of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1963-1973

Mulloy, Elizabeth D.

Oatlands Cooks Today

N/A.

Hornblower & Marshall, architects

Arts & Photography

Anne E. Peterson

Architecture

In this award-winning book noted photographer Balthazar Korab creates a fascinating new game--find the letters of the alphabet in, on and around American buildings ranging from Victorian gingerbread to angular lines of steel. Every letter can be found in architecture either as a basic structural form or as a decorative, eye-catching detail added on as the inspiration of the architect or the whim of the builder. The words of famous architectural observers from Goethe to Wright and from Victor Hugo to Robert Venturi are carefully paired with dramatic photos to produce an exciting array of ideas about what architecture can be.

Archabet: An Architectural Alphabet

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Korab, Balthazar

Diane Maddex (editor)

Photography & Video

"American Ethnic Building Traditions Blend Memory and Experience in Varying Proportions." Dell Upton Which ethnic groups introduced the log cabin as a lasting symbol of the American frontier? Who helped turn the front porch into an American institution? Which immigrants built saunas to recall Old World traditions? Where did we get neat, whitewashed row houses, barn paintings and stuccoed arches that now tell us where to find tacos and tortillas? All of these pieces in America's architectural mosaic came from the varied and industrious ethnic groups that built America. Native peoples, settlers before the Revolution and 19th-century immigrants each contributed their own building patterns to help create what we call American architecture. But each ethnic tradition was changed by the experience of building in America -- adapted to new terrains and materials, different climates, existing forms and styles. In the process, a distinctive new architecture developed, one whose multifaceted origins can be traced just as clearly as can ethnic customs in language and food. America's Architectural Roots is the first book to explore the ethnic derivations of American buildings with such a broad scope. The contributions of 22 groups are highlighted in this fascinating overview that provides an important new way of looking at the buildings that surround us. Groups covered include: Afro-Americans Belgians Chinese Czechs Danes Dutch English Finns French German-Russians Germans Hawaiians Irish Japanese Mexicans Native Americans Norwegians Russians Spanish Swedes Swiss Ukrainians

America's architectural roots: Ethnic groups that built America (Building watchers series)

EDITED BY DELL UPTON

Natl Trust for Historic, 1987-09-01. Paperback. First Edition.

Oberlin Book of Bandstands

The Regency period (1780-1837) saw the development of what is today one of the most popular styles in architecture and design. It combined influences of the antique, the exotic and the technological innovations of the day, to produce a style which was electic, but quintessentially British. This book provides a survey of the Regency house, from architectural shell to the smallest details of doors, furniture and wallpapers. It looks at the great houses that represented the apogee of the style, as well as middle-class town houses in Britain and America, creating a book which would be helpful to those involved in renovation and decor.

Regency Style

Parissien, Steven

Decorative Arts & Design

Illustrations of various architectural details introduce the numbers one through ten. On board pages.

Architecture Counts

Michael J. and Steve Rosenthal Crosbie

Children's Books

"Richard Nickel, whom I had the delight of knowing during his all too brief life, is one of the unsung heroes of Chicago architecture. He was not an architect himself, nor a designer. He simply took pictures, but what pictures! He was, for want of a better description, one of the most sensitive of architectural photographers. More than that, his life--and ironically, tragically and poetically, his death--were fused to Chicago architecture. How he died tells us how he lived: for the beauty in the works of Sullivan, Wright and the others. His story is one that must be told." --Studs Terkel, author "He was completely understanding of architecture and genius and of the quality of the work he was dealing with. He was single-minded in his pursuit and dedication to quality in history, art and architecture. That is an increasingly rare quality." --Ada Louise Huxtable, former New York Times architecture critic "Richard was an excellent photographer--sensitive and intelligent, and a very good craftsman". --John Szarkowski, former Director, Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York "Richard Nickel was one of those who saw architecture, and who passionately and skillfully pursued its portrayal. He was one of a very small number, and to make his work known would be a fundamental service to architects, students, and teachers as well as to the art of architecture." --Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., architectural historian

They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel's Struggle to Save America's Architecture

Biographies & Memoirs

Cahan, Richard

Arts & Literature

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