A Guide To Smithsonian Architecture

Author : Heather Ewing
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588342611
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture written by Heather Ewing and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The buildings of the Smithsonian Institution not only contain impressive collections; they are themselves icons of great cultural significance, many of them part of the historic National Mall. The Smithsonian's unique buildings illustrate the changing styles and sensibilities of America as an evolving nation. Representing the work of major architects, each building evokes a specific time in history: the mid-19th-century turreted Castle, the sky-reflecting mid-century modern Air and Space Museum, and the golden, undulating, 21st-century American Indian Museum.

Author : Heather Ewing
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1588347176
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture 2nd Edition written by Heather Ewing and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture is now in color and fully updated. The buildings of the Smithsonian Institution not only contain impressive collections; they are themselves icons of great cultural significance, many of them part of the historic National Mall. A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture is a gorgeous and intimate look at the striking buildings across the Smithsonian, providing engaging historical background and focusing on small details you might otherwise miss. The Smithsonian's unique buildings illustrate the changing styles and sensibilities of America as an evolving nation. Representing the work of major architects, each building evokes a specific time in history: the mid-19th-century turreted Castle, the sky-reflecting mid-century modern National Air and Space Museum, the golden, undulating, 21st-century National Museum of the American Indian, and the shimmering, triple-tiered National Museum of African and American History and Culture, whose innovative design incorporated architectural sustainability that earned it the coveted LEED Gold rating. This guide is a perfect read for architecture buffs, history lovers, and Smithsonian devotees.

Author : Richard Stamm
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343510
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Castle, Second Edition written by Richard Stamm and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When visitors to the nation's capital embark on a day of museum visits at the National Mall, the most striking building in their midst is undoubtedly the Smithsonian Castle. Its iconic architecture has come to symbolize the Smithsonian. Today the Castle is both central administration building for the entire Smithsonian Insititution and the public doorway to all of its museums and galleries. But in years past it housed the families of the head of the Smithsonian at the same time that it served as research offices for far-flung explorations and as space for collections exhibition and restoration. The newly designed second edition of The Castle explores the architectural details of turrets and tomb, and layers that with the stories of the people who have served inside this beloved, nineteenth-century medieval revival landmark.

Author : Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345939
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Guide to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture written by Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully illustrated guide to the Smithsonian's newest museum takes visitors on a journey through the richness and diversity of African American culture and the history of a people whose struggles, aspirations, and achievements have shaped the nation. Opened in September 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture welcomes all visitors who seek to understand, remember, and celebrate this history. The guidebook provides a comprehensive tour of the museum, including its magnificent building and grounds and eleven permanent exhibition galleries dedicated to themes of history, community, and culture. Highlights from the museum's collection of artifacts and works of art are presented in full-color photographs, accompanied by evocative stories and voices that illuminate the American experience through the African American lens.

Author : Warren J. Cox
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. written by Warren J. Cox and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1974 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Owen Hopkins
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780676387
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architectural Styles written by Owen Hopkins and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day.

Author : G. Martin Moeller Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142140270X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. written by G. Martin Moeller Jr. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated, lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents and architecture aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington, D.C.'s, most important landmarks, noting each's location, architects, designers and date of completion. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.

Author : Warwick Ball
Publisher : Interlink Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781566562256
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Syria written by Warwick Ball and published by Interlink Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syria is the Middle East's best kept secret. With its many site plans and maps, readable text and 96 color photos, this book makes available for the first time the immensely wealthy history, archaeology and architecture of Syria to the general reader and interested traveler.

Author : Douglas Keister
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781635618402
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Out in Style written by Douglas Keister and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you want chiseled into a stone that would represent you and your life for all eternity? Douglas Keister, considered by many to be America's foremost authority on cemeteries, takes you on a tour of some of the country's most extraordinary memorials in Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity. Keister's evocative photographs capture some of the most beautiful architecture in America in the places that one is least likely to look for it. Mausoleums, statues, and memorials are a connections between the modern world and the generations that went before us. Keister's lens bridges the distance between these two worlds. Featuring an introduction by American Cemetery Magazine associate editor Xavier Cronin, Going Out in Style is a comforting reminder that we can still make our mark in this world long after we've left it.

Author : Gerard Martin Moeller
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801884689
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. written by Gerard Martin Moeller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington, D.C.’s most important landmarks. Organized into 19 discrete tours, this thoroughly redesigned and updated edition includes 45 new entries, encompassing the House of Sweden, the U.S. Institute of Peace, classic buildings that epitomize the city—the White House, the Capitol, Union Station—and a number of private buildings off the beaten path. G. Martin Moeller, Jr., blends informed, concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark, revealing often-surprising details of the buildings' history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structure's location, its architects and designers, and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to an easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour. From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park, from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes, this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar.