Marion Mahony Reconsidered

Author : David Van Zanten
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226850811
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marion Mahony Reconsidered written by David Van Zanten and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) was an American architect and artist, one of the first licensed female architects in the world, designer for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago studio, and an original member of the Prairie School of architecture. Largely heralded for her exquisite presentation drawings for both Wright and her husband, Walter Burley Griffin, Mahony was an adventurous designer in her own right, whose independent and highly original work attracted attention at a moment when architectural drawing and graphic illustration were becoming integral to the design process. This book examines new research into Mahony’s life and paints a vivid portrait of a woman’s place among the lives and productions of some of our most noted American architects. The essays included take us on an ambitious journey from Mahony’s origins in the Chicago suburbs, through her years as Wright’s right-hand woman and her bohemian life with her husband in Australia—whose new capital city, Canberra, she helped to plan—up until her golden years in the middle of the twentieth century. Filled with richly detailed analyses of Mahony’s works and including and populated by an international cast of characters, Marion Mahony Reconsidered greatly expands our knowledge of this talented, complex, and enigmatic modern architect.

Author : Debora Wood
Publisher : Block Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marion Mahony Griffin written by Debora Wood and published by Block Museum. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawings by Marion Mahony Griffin with articles about the artist by Deborah Wood, David Van Zanten, Christopher Vernon, and Alison Fisher.

Author : Glenda Korporaal
Publisher : Bookpod
ISBN 13 : 9780992476908
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Magic written by Glenda Korporaal and published by Bookpod. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative years of the Prairie School of Architecture. Then she teamed up with Walter Burley Griffin working with him in winning the design contest for the new Australian capital city, Canberra. She was an architect, artist, environmentalist, social observer and community builder, yet her work has been constantly overshadowed by the famous men in her life. The first biography of Marion Mahony Griffin in her own right, Making Magic tells Marion's story. It dates back to the days of Abraham Lincoln who was friends with her grandparents as a travelling lawyer in Illinois. It follows the story of her life over three continents - America, Australia and India. And her love affair with her husband which produced such historic results. A woman with a fierce sense of idealism and a passion for nature, Marion always had a mind of her own. She developed fine artistic and architectural skills which helped to make Wright and then Griffin famous. A woman in a man's world, she made history with her pioneering role as a female architect. Her creative work was sheer magic. Faced with her own challenges, she drew on her energy and creativity to refashion her role in a new country. She was instrumental in setting up a unique community in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Her paintings, drawings and descriptions of the Australian bushland produced another exercise in magic. Yet few know her real story. Making Magic comes as Marion's role is now being recognised with accolades in America and Australia. Northwestern University Professor David Van Zanten describes her as the Frida Kahlo of the Chicago school of architecture. "Everywhere and nowhere, forgotten then suddenly remembered, unique in her work." Drawing on her diaries and historical records in libraries in Australia and America, and conversations with Griffin experts home owners and others with links to Marion's life, Making Magic tells the story of a most unusual woman. It puts the case for her recognition as an important figure who emerged from Chicago's Prairie School of architecture and tells an inspiring story of a woman and her own special brand of magic. About the Author: Glenda Korporaal is a journalist and writer based in Sydney, Australia. She has lived in Canberra and Washington, DC, and has a Master of Arts (Economics) from George Washington University, Washington, DC. The author of four books, she has a long time fascination with the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and interest in the ties between Australia and America.

Author : David Van Zanten
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810128985
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drawing the Future written by David Van Zanten and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900–1925 is an illustrated catalog with companion essays for an exhibition of the same name at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Drawing the Future explores the creative ferment among Chicago architects in the early twentieth century, coinciding with similar visions around the world. The essays focus on the highlights of the exhibition. David Van Zanten profiles Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, Chicago architects who created an influential, prize-winning plan for Canberra, the new capital of Australia. Ashley Dunn looks at the two exhibits at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one devoted to the Griffins in 1914 and the other to the French architect Tony Garnier in 1925, demonstrating the impact of World War I on city planning and architecture. Leslie Coburn examines Chicago’s Neighborhood Center Competition of 1914–15, which sought to redress gaps in Daniel Burnham’s plan of 1909. The ambition and reach of Chicago architecture in this epoch would have lasting influence on cities of the future.

Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Print written by Frank Lloyd Wright and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frances Holliss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317572513
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Live/Work written by Frances Holliss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Live/Work: the architecture of home-based work explores the old but neglected building type that combines dwelling and workplace, the ‘workhome’. It traces a previously untold architectural history illustrated by images of largely forgotten buildings. Despite having existed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years in every country across the globe this dual-use building type has long gone unnoticed. This book analyses the lives and premises of 90 contemporary UK and US home-based workers from across the social spectrum and in diverse occupations. It generates a series of typologies and design considerations for the workhome that will be useful for design professionals, students, policy-makers and home-based workers themselves. In the context of a globalising economy, more women in work than ever before and enabling new technologies, the home-based workforce is growing rapidly. Demonstrating how this can be a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable working practice, this book presents the workhome as the house of the future.

Author : John Barry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199695393
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Actually Existing Unsustainability written by John Barry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the level of developing a progressive and critical theoretical understanding of unsustainability, it argues for the importance of integrating vulnerability, which has been largely neglected by both mainstream western political theory and analyses of the current global ecological crisis. It suggests that valuable insights into the causes of and alternatives to unsustainability can be found in a critical embracing of human vulnerability and dependency as both constitutive and ineliminable aspects of what it means to be human. Rather than seeing invulnerability as the appropriate response, the book defends resilience, and the ability to 'cope with' rather than 'solve' vulnerability, as more productive.

Author : Robert Bruegmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226076959
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architects and the City written by Robert Bruegmann and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-08-18 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects architectural history with urban history by looking at the work of a major architectural firm, Holabird & Roche. No firm in any large American city had a greater impact. With projects that ranged from tombstones to skyscrapers, boiler rooms to entire industrial complexes, Holabird & Roche left an indelible stamp on the city of Chicago and, indeed, far beyond. In this volume, the first of two on Holabird & Roche and its successor, Holabird & Root, Robert Bruegmann traces the firm's history from its founding in 1880 to the end of the First World War.

Author : Kristen L. Mauk
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1449656218
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care written by Kristen L. Mauk and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care, Second Edition is a comprehensive and student-accessible text that offers a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to caring for the elderly. The framework for the text is built around the Core Competencies set forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. Building upon their knowledge in prior medical surgical courses, this text gives students the skills and theory needed to provide outstanding care for the growing elderly population. It is the first of its kind to have more than 40 contributing authors from many different disciplines. Some of the key features include chapter outlines, learning objectives, discussion questions, personal reflection boxes, and case studies.

Author : Angela Brew
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 1743322011
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming a University written by Angela Brew and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection shows what happens when one university takes on the challenge of developing the scholarship of teaching and learning with a view to enhancing students' learning experiences.