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Author : H. Weber Wilson
Release : 1986
Genre : Artist-designed windows
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Book Rating : 188/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Great Glass in American Architecture by : H. Weber Wilson
Download or read book Great Glass in American Architecture written by H. Weber Wilson. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Weber Wilson
Release : 1986
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 768/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Great Glass in American Architecture by : H. Weber Wilson
Download or read book Great Glass in American Architecture written by H. Weber Wilson. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the development of American decorative glass art in windows and door panels from 1840 to 1920 with representative color illustrations
Author : Michael Wigginton
Release : 2002-03-19
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 987/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Glass in Architecture by : Michael Wigginton
Download or read book Glass in Architecture written by Michael Wigginton. This book was released on 2002-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the art and science of glass in architecture. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the art and science of glass use, demonstrating its historical importance in paving the way for a closer synergy between the designer and technologist. In addition to providing a historical context for glass architecture, the central section of the book presents 20 international detailed case studies of contemporary glass buildings showing the range of applications in a variety of situations, large and small. The book also explores the potential for the future, as new materials move from the abstract world of technical research into realization; a detailed appendix provides a full review of the science of glass, with a section on design and performance.
Author : Brent D. Glass
Release : 2016-03-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 034/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 50 Great American Places by : Brent D. Glass
Download or read book 50 Great American Places written by Brent D. Glass. This book was released on 2016-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles fifty sites across the United States that trace the cultural history of the country, discussing the people and events that led to each site's importance, from the National Mall in D.C. to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Author : Mark Lamster
Release : 2018-11-06
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 498/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Man in the Glass House by : Mark Lamster
Download or read book The Man in the Glass House written by Mark Lamster. This book was released on 2018-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "smoothly written and fair-minded" (Wall Street Journal) biography of architect Philip Johnson -- a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award. When Philip Johnson died in 2005 at the age of 98, he was still one of the most recognizable and influential figures on the American cultural landscape. The first recipient of the Pritzker Prize and MoMA's founding architectural curator, Johnson made his mark as one of America's leading architects with his famous Glass House in New Caanan, CT, and his controversial AT&T Building in NYC, among many others in nearly every city in the country -- but his most natural role was as a consummate power broker and shaper of public opinion. 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. But Johnson was also a man of deep paradoxes: he was a Nazi sympathizer, a designer of synagogues, an enfant terrible into his old age, a populist, and a snob. His clients ranged from the Rockefellers to televangelists to Donald Trump. Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamster's The Man in the Glass House lifts the veil on Johnson's controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. A rollercoaster tale of the perils of wealth, privilege, and ambition, this book probes the dynamics of American culture that made him so powerful, and tells the story of the built environment in modern America.
