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Author : Walter C. Kidney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780916670184
Total Pages : 717 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture written by Walter C. Kidney and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter C. Kidney
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Landmark Architecture written by Walter C. Kidney and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Denholm Van Trump
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Landmark Architecture of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania written by James Denholm Van Trump and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Denholm Van Trump
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Life and Architecture in Pittsburgh written by James Denholm Van Trump and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert M. Tannler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978828493
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Pittsburgh Architecture in the Twentieth Century written by Albert M. Tannler and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara D. Hoffstot
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442237872
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach written by Barbara D. Hoffstot and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palm Beach is a remarkably small town to be so famous; its population is only a little over 10,000. Nor is it an old town: the oldest extant building dates from about 1885, and the town itself was not incorporated until after 1900. What has granted Palm Beach its fame is the same combination of elements that made Bath famous in the 18th century: a very few clear-sighted men—they can be counted on the fingers of one hand, wealthy families attracted to what these men had to offer, and some remarkable architecture built when wealth and vision intermingled. This book records that architecture. The contents are strategically arranged, so that the visitor can drive or walk the area and see the buildings sequence of location. Within this compendium of photographs and descriptive text, you will find more than 150 Palm Beach buildings written and photographed by a resident active in historic preservation. The book does not attempt to evaluate, but rather to exhibit the richness and diversity of this extraordinary place. The work of famous architects is featured, notably that of Addison Mizner, Marion Wyeth, Maurice Fatio, Howard Major, John Volk and the designer Joseph Urban. Also covered are the famous Breakers Hotel, the Bath and Tennis Club, the Everglades Club, and the shops of Worth Avenue.
Author : Rami el Samahy
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580935230
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Imagining the Modern written by Rami el Samahy and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagining the Modern explores Pittsburgh's ambitious modern architecture and urban renewal program that made it a gem of American postwar cities, and set the stage for its stature today. In the 1950s and '60s an ambitious program of urban revitalization transformed Pittsburgh and became a model for other American cities. Billed as the Pittsburgh Renaissance, this era of superlatives--the city claimed the tallest aluminum clad building, the world's largest retractable dome, the tallest steel structure--developed through visionary mayors and business leaders, powerful urban planning authorities, and architects and urban designers of international renown, including Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Mies van der Rohe, SOM, and Harrison & Abramovitz. These leaders, civic groups, and architects worked together to reconceive the city through local and federal initiatives that aimed to address the problems that confronted Pittsburgh's postwar development. Initiated as an award-winning exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2014, Imagining the Modern untangles this complicated relationship with modern architecture and planning through a history of Pittsburgh's major sites, protagonists, and voices of intervention. Through original documentation, photographs and drawings, as well as essays, analytical drawings, and interviews with participants, this book provides a nuanced view of this crucial moment in Pittsburgh's evolution. Addressing both positive and negative impacts of the era, Imagining the Modern examines what took place during the city's urban renewal era, what was gained and lost, and what these histories might suggest for the city's future.
Author : Angelique Bamberg
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822980703
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Chatham Village written by Angelique Bamberg and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chatham Village, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, is an urban oasis that combines Georgian colonial revival architecture with generous greenspaces, recreation facilities, surrounding woodlands, and many other elements that make living there a unique experience. Founded in 1932, it has gained international recognition as an outstanding example of the American Garden City planning movement and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2005. Chatham Village was the brainchild of Charles F. Lewis, then director of the Buhl Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based charitable trust. Lewis sought an alternative to the substandard housing that plagued low-income families in the city. He hired the New York–based team of Clarence S. Stein and Henry Wright, followers of Ebenezer Howard’s utopian Garden City movement, which sought to combine the best of urban and suburban living environments by connecting individuals to each other and to nature. Angelique Bamberg provides the first book-length study of Chatham Village, in which she establishes its historical significance to urban planning and reveals the complex development process, social significance, and breakthrough construction and landscaping techniques that shaped this idyllic community. She also relates the design of Chatham Village to the work of other pioneers in urban planning, including Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., landscape architect John Nolen, and the Regional Planning Association of America, and considers the different ways that Chatham Village and the later New Urbanist movement address a common set of issues. Above all, Bamberg finds that Chatham Village’s continued viability and vibrance confirms its distinction as a model for planned housing and urban-based community living.
Author : Walter C. Kidney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Pittsburgh in Your Pocket written by Walter C. Kidney and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Franklin Toker
Publisher : Center for American Places
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Buildings of Pittsburgh written by Franklin Toker and published by Center for American Places. This book was released on 2007 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the forefront of national and international change, Pittsburgh has long been portrayed as a place for innovative architecture. From its origins as a fort built in 1753 at the urging of a twenty-one-year-old George Washington, through its industrial boom, and into contemporary times, when it has become a pioneer for the ideals and philosophy of environmentally friendly architecture, the city has a history of development that exemplifies the transformative nature of America's built environment. With The Buildings of Pittsburgh, we now have a substantive reference book (organized by area, with subsets of geographical entries) that relates the architectural history of this ever-changing city up to the present day. Franklin Toker examines Pittsburgh's architectural transformations from its early architecture following the Federal and Gothic Revival styles, to the city's importation in the mid-nineteenth century of new styles in the Romantic tradition, to industrial Pittsburgh with all its factories and huge institutional buildings, and finally to the city's environmentally conscious renaissance that began in the mid-twentieth century. In doing so, he shows why Pittsburgh has consistently been rated among the top three American cities for buildings by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and how the city once famous for embracing industry and pollution is now preaching the gospel of clean air and "green" architecture.
Author : Walter C. Kidney
Publisher : Pittsburgh History &
ISBN 13 : 9780916670139
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)
Download or read book A Past Still Alive written by Walter C. Kidney and published by Pittsburgh History &. This book was released on 1989 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Houser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578807362
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)
Download or read book MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them written by Mark Houser and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skyscrapers are an American original. A century ago, towering technological marvels like the Flatiron Building dramatically transformed cities across the United States and soon spread around the globe. Today, as these graceful structures are rediscovered and put to new use, learn the inspiring and long-forgotten stories of how they came to be.Here are the surprising details of America's early millionaires--the complex characters they were and the companies they built, the risks they took, the dreams they chased, and the explosion of raw economic power and societal disruption they unleashed on a young nation. A lively collection of case studies and popular history reveals the entrepreneurs who built American corporate culture, with their successes and failures, triumphs and tragedies. Whether rags-to-riches immigrants, crafty clerks, ambitious officials, or perceptive investors, each is a tale of perseverance and vision ultimately brought to fruition, and a legacy that is now ours to experience in the grand old skyscrapers they left behind.Award-winning writer and speaker Mark Houser weaves extensive historical research with observations from his visits to these buildings to construct a personal guided tour of 55 fascinating antique skyscrapers across America and abroad.
Author : Laurence Admiral Glasco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978828479
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (284 download)
Download or read book August Wilson written by Laurence Admiral Glasco and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irwin Richman
Publisher : Pennsyvlania History Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pennsylvania's Architecture written by Irwin Richman and published by Pennsyvlania History Studies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pennsylvania's history is reflected in its buildings, from colonial log houses to the shimmering new skyscraper skylines of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. This booklet provides an introduction to these often-overlooked testaments to the state's past and present. (Revised edition, 1997). 79 pages, illustrations, and suggestions for further reading.
Author : Donald Miller
Publisher : Madison Books
ISBN 13 : 9780966095517
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (955 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of Benno Janssen written by Donald Miller and published by Madison Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here for the first time is an in-depth presentation of the ideas and design of Benno Janssen, whose elegant architecture greatly enriched the landscape of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs by Edward Massery, this book is a handsome and insightful tribute to one of Pittsburgh most highly regarded architects.
Author : Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Whirlwind Walk written by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pittsburgh Architectural Club
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Yearbook of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club Incorporated written by Pittsburgh Architectural Club and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
