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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

Author : Roxanne Kuter Williamson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292762909
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame written by Roxanne Kuter Williamson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person does not? While there are many possible reasons, one obvious answer is that something more than talent is requisite to produce fame. The "something more" in the field of architecture, asserts Roxanne Williamson, is the association with a "famous" architect at the moment he or she first receives major publicity or designs the building for which he or she will eventually be celebrated. In this study of more than six hundred American architects who have achieved a place in architectural histories, Williamson finds that only a small minority do not fit the "right person–right time" pattern. She traces the apprenticeship connection in case studies of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, the firm of McKim, Mead & White, Latrobe and his descendants, the Bulfinch and Renwick Lines, the European immigrant masters, and Louis Kahn. Although she acknowledges and discusses the importance of family connections, the right schools, self-promotion, scholarships, design competition awards, and promotion by important journals, Williamson maintains that the apprenticeship connection is the single most important predictor of architectural fame. She offers the intriguing hypothesis that what is transferred in the relationship is not a particular style or approach but rather the courage and self-confidence to be true to one's own vision. Perhaps, she says, this is the case in all the arts. American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame is sure to provoke thought and comment in architecture and other creative fields.

American Architects and Texts

Author : Juan Pablo Bonta
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262024006
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book American Architects and Texts written by Juan Pablo Bonta and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the author analyzes 400 architectural books and articles published over the past 150 years to reveal changing societal preferences in architecture and to measure the reputations of individual architects - the text includes a ranked list of the 100 most famous architects.

An Architect's Guide to Fame

Author : Paul Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113642993X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book An Architect's Guide to Fame written by Paul Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the essays of specialist contributors, this book enables the reader to understand the complex relationship between what they see as the built environment and the unwritten stories behind how it came about.

The Making of Mexican Modernist Architecture

Author : Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000858774
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Mexican Modernist Architecture written by Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the making of Mexican Modernist architecture through five power structures – academic, social status, economic/political, gender, and postcolonial – and by interviews and analysis of 13 key Mexican architects. These include Luis Barragán, José Villagrán García, Juan O’Gorman, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Agustín Hernández, Abraham Zabludovsky, Carlos Mijares, Ricardo Legorreta, Juan José Díaz Infante, Enrique Norten, Alberto Kalach, Javier Sordo Madaleno and Clara de Buen. Although the five power structures framed what was built, the testimony of these Mexican architects helps us to recognize and discover subtleties and nuances. Their views thereby shed light on what contributed to making Mexican Modernist architecture so distinctive globally. Even if these architects were not always aware of the power structures, their projects nonetheless supported discrimination, marginalization and subjugation. In that sense the book also reveals the extent to which these power structures are still present today. The Making of Mexican Modernist Architecture’s uniqueness lies in uncovering the remarkable buildings that arose amid the five power structures while at the same time questioning their validity. It also voices the urgent need today for a new kind of architecture outside these boundaries. The book is essential reading for anyone studying Mexican and Latin American architecture.

The American Architect

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The American Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Author : Melvin L. Mitchell
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595243266
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of the African-American Architect written by Melvin L. Mitchell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " another missing piece of our rich history and profound contribution to western civilization. For history buffs please put this book on your must read list... " George C. Fraser, Author of Race For Success and Success Runs In Our Race "[Mitchell] believes that the entire future of blacks in the field of architecture is in jeopardy He then discusses the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on black architecture and the subsequent emergence of Howard University as the center of the black architectural universe..." The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education " seminal " Architecture Magazine In this long overdue book, aimed at Black America and her allies, Melvin Mitchell poses the question "why haven't black architects developed a Black Architecture that complements modernist black culture that is rooted in world-class blues, jazz, hip-hop music, and other black aesthetic forms?" His provocative thesis, inspired by Harold Cruse's landmark book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, exposes the roots of an eighty-year-old estrangement between black architects and Black America. Along the way he provides interesting details about the politics of downtown development in the Marion Barry era of Washington, DC. Mitchell calls for a bold and inclusive "New (Black) Urbanism." He sees the radical reform and "re-missioning" of the handful of accredited HBCU based architecture schools as a critical tool in refashioning a rapprochement between black architects and Black America.

Master Builders

Author : National Trust for Historic Preservation
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471144021
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Master Builders written by National Trust for Historic Preservation and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1985-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Architect Builds Visible History." Vincent Scully Which architect designed the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty? Who put a Chippendale pediment atop a skyscraper and quickly created a landmark of contemporary architecture? Who was the only American architect to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War? Which architect designed a castle in California for William Randolph Hearst? Master Builders answers these and scores of other questions about more than 100 architects and builders who have left indelible marks on American architecture. This unique guide puts faces with America's most well-known and loved buildings--from the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument through the first skyscrapers and landmarks of the Post-Modern movement. "Why should you want to know more about these architects?" asks Roger K. Lewis in his introduction. "The reason is simple. You are undeniably connected to the built environment that you inhabit, use, see and respond to. You affect building design, and building design affects you." Can you pair these master builders with their works? Frank Lloyd Wright U.S. Capitol Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Central Park Adler and Sullivan University of Virginia Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Glass House William Thornton Home Insurance Building Orson Squire Fowler Fallingwater H. H. Richardson CBS Building Frederick Law Olmsted San Simeon James Renwick Seagram Building Robert Mills Trinity Church, Boston I. M. Pei Salk Institute Julia Morgan Sears Tower Eero Saarinen Smithsonian "Castle" Cass Gilbert John E. Kennedy Library McKim, Mead and White U.S. Supreme Court Louis I. Kahn Chicago Stock Exchange Thomas Jefferson Octagonal Houses Philip Johnson Pennsylvania Station William Le Baron Jenney Washington Monument

Architecture in the United States

Author : Dell Upton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192842176
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Architecture in the United States written by Dell Upton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona to the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, American architecture is incredibly varied. In this revolutionary interpretation, Upton examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. 109 illustrations. 40 linecuts. Map.

Letters to Architects

Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483135373
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Letters to Architects written by Frank Lloyd Wright and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Architects presents letters addressed to architects practicing throughout the world, many of them contemporaries with Frank Lloyd Wright during the first half of the twentieth century. Taken as a whole, this selection of letters aims at revealing an underlying unity of purpose: the growth of his work and the unquestionable magnitude of influence it engendered in the world of architecture. The letters are organized into five sections. Section One presents the first publication ever to be made of the letters between Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis H. Sullivan. Section Two traces Wright's concern, through letters addressed to both European and American architects, that his work be understood as the cornerstone of an American Culture. In Section Three, correspondence has been selected to include three specific persons: Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Lewis Mumford, and Howard Myers. These men offered Wright a special forum from which he could speak to the profession as a whole, most particularly through the medium of publication. Section Four narrates, by means of letters to various architects concerned with the assembling and exhibition of the largest one man architectural exhibition ever to be produced, the details, trials, problems, and results of such a large undertaking. Section Five recounts the honors bestowed on Frank Lloyd Wright first in England, in 1941, and then in his own country, in 1949. It shows his concern for the profession of architecture in the moving address he gave at the occasion of his receiving the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.

The American Architect and the Architectural Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Architect and the Architectural Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twentieth-century American Architecture

Author : Carter Wiseman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393320541
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-century American Architecture written by Carter Wiseman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes landmark buildings that shaped the American 20th century and brings to life architects of the period and the major architectural movements. Discusses the rise of modernism, the growth of historic preservation, the financial aspects of building, and the struggle in design between individualism and community. Includes bandw photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for New York magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Terms of Appropriation

Author : Amanda Reeser Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317379365
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Terms of Appropriation written by Amanda Reeser Lawrence and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on how architectural material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized, or in any other way appropriated. It charts new territory within this still unexplored yet highly topical area of study by establishing a shared vocabulary with which to discuss, or contest, the workings of appropriation as a vital and progressive aspect of architectural discourse. Written by a group of rising scholars in the field of architectural history and criticism, the chapters cover a range of architectural subjects that are linked in their investigations of how architects engage with their predecessors.

Beyond Architecture

Author : Anne Jeanette Watson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 1863170685
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Architecture written by Anne Jeanette Watson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Architecture Annual 2004-2005

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Publisher : 010 Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9064505721
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture Annual 2004-2005 written by and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Professing Rhetoric

Author : Frederick J. Antczak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135637571
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Professing Rhetoric written by Frederick J. Antczak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-11 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing current theory and research in rhetoric, this volume brings together scholarship from a variety of orientations--theoretical, critical, historical, and pedagogical. Some contributions cover work that has previously been silenced or unrecognized, including Native American, African American, Latino, and women's rhetorics. Others explore rhetoric's relationship to performance and to the body, or to revising canons, stases, topoi, and pisteis. Still others are reworking the rhetorical lexicon to comprise contemporary theory. Among these diverse interests, rhetoricians find common themes and share intellectual and pedagogical enterprises that hold them together even as their institutional situations keep them apart. Topics discussed in this collection include: *Rhetoric as figurality; comparative and contrastive rhetorics; rhetoric and gender; and rhetorics of science and technology; *Rhetoric and reconceptions of the public sphere; rhetoric and public memory; and rhetorics of globalization and social change, including issues of race, ethnicity, and nationalism; *Rhetoric's institutionalized place in the academy, in relation to other humanities and to the interpretive social sciences; and *The place of rhetoric in the formation of departments and the development of pedagogy With its origins in the 2000 Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) conference, this volume represents the range and vitality of current scholarship in rhetoric. The conversations contained herein indicate that professing rhetoric is, at the turn of the millennium, an intellectual activity that engages with and helps formulate the most important public and scholarly questions of today. As such, it will be engaging reading for scholars and students, and is certain to provoke further thought, discussion, and exploration.

Ferruccio Vitale

Author : R. T. Schnadelbach
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1568982909
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Ferruccio Vitale written by R. T. Schnadelbach and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His unique rationale designs and guiding philosophy, which challenged the then-dominant naturalesque mode of landscape architecture, have influenced generations of followers down to the present day.".

Frank Lloyd Wright

Author : Jonathan Adams
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786839148
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by Jonathan Adams and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life is no less astounding than his greatest architectural works. He enmeshed himself eagerly in myth and hearsay, and revelled in the extravagance of his creative persona. Throughout his long career, Wright strongly resisted the suggestion that his accomplishments owed anything to earthly influences. As much as he wanted his achievements to be recognised, he wanted them to be unaccountable – but they are not. This book reveals for the first time how his unbreakable self-belief and startling creative defiance both originated in the liberal religious and philosophical attitudes woven into his personality during his childhood – deliberately so by his mother and by his many aunts and uncles, to honour the fierce Welsh radicalism of their ancestors.