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Author : Michael W. Fazio
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801881048
Total Pages : 831 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe written by Michael W. Fazio and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Author : Leonard K. Eaton
Publisher : William L. Bauhan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Houses and Money written by Leonard K. Eaton and published by William L. Bauhan. This book was released on 1988 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marshall B. Davidson
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1640191054
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Architects: Benjamin Henry Latrobe written by Marshall B. Davidson and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a man of extraordinary talents - and high standards. One of the first professional architects in the United States, British-born Latrobe made his mark on America with his insistence on function as well as form. Among his most recognizable achievements are the central portion of the U.S. Capitol, the east and west wings of the White House, and Ashland, the home of Henry Clay. Here, in this short-form book by historian Marshall B. Davidson, is Latrobe's remarkable story.
Author : Jean H. Baker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190696451
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Building America written by Jean H. Baker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English émigré who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created some of the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall and the Senate, House, and Supreme Court Chambers. As a young man, Latrobe was apprenticed to both a leading architect and civil engineer in London, studied the European continent's architectural and engineering monuments, worked on canals, and designed private houses. After the death of his first wife, he was bankrupt and emigrated to the United States in 1796 to restart his career. For the new nation with grand political expectations, he intended buildings and engineering projects to match those aspirations. Like his patron Thomas Jefferson, Latrobe saw his neoclassical designs as a way to convey American democracy. He envisioned his engineering projects, such as the canals and municipal water systems for Philadelphia and New Orleans, as a way to unite the nation and improve public health. Jean Baker conveys the personality of this charming, driven, and often frustrated genius and the era in which he lived. Latrobe tried to establish architecture as a profession with high standards, established fees, and recognized procedures, though he was unable to collect fees and earn the living his work was worth. Like many of his peers, he speculated and found himself in bankruptcy several times. Building America masterfully narrates the life and legacy of a key figure in creating an American aesthetic in the new United States.
Author : Italo William Ricciuti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book New Orleans and Its Environs written by Italo William Ricciuti and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger G. Kennedy
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Architecture, Men, Women and Money in America, 1600-1860 written by Roger G. Kennedy and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1985 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of American domestic architecture before the Civil War, as seen from the point of view of the wealthy patrons who commissioned the great houses, presents an original economic and cultural history of the United States.
Author : Talbot Hamlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Benjamin Henry Latrobe written by Talbot Hamlin and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300221718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Classical Splendor written by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome book explores in depth a group of stunning painted and gilded furniture designed by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820), best known for originating the plans for the United States Capitol. The furniture was made in Philadelphia for one of the city's finest houses--the home of William and Mary Wilcocks Waln, which Latrobe also designed. Drawing on a multiyear conservation and research project, Classical Splendor reveals new insights into the patrons, makers, and history behind these extraordinary pieces. In addition to extensively documenting each item, the book attests to Latrobe's significant contributions to American furniture design--his pieces for the Waln house introduced, and served as exemplars of, a classical style rooted in ancient Greek and Roman design. Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Philadelphia Museum of Art (09/03/16-01/01/17)
Author : Oliver Bradbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351548611
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sir John Soane? Influence on Architecture from 1791 written by Oliver Bradbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir John Soane?s Influence on Architecture from 1791: A Continuing Legacy is the first in-depth study of this eighteenth-century British architect?s impact on the work of others, extending globally and still indeed the case over 200 years later. Author Oliver Bradbury presents a compelling argument that the influence of Soane (1753-1837) has persevered through the centuries, rather than waning around the time of his death. Through examinations of internationally-renowned architects from Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Philip Johnson, as well as a number of not so well known Soanean disciples, Bradbury posits that Soane is perhaps second only to Palladio in terms of the longevity of his influence on architecture through the course of more than two centuries, from the early 1790s to today, concluding with the recent return to pure revivalism. Previous investigations have been limited to focusing on Soane?s late-Georgian and then post-modern influence; this is the first in-depth study of his impact over the course of two centuries. Through this survey, Bradbury demonstrates that Soane?s influence has been truly international in the pre-modern era, reaching throughout the British Isles and beyond to North America and even colonial Australia. Through his inclusion of select, detailed case studies, Bradbury contends that Soane?s is a continuing, not negated, legacy in architecture.
Author : Clay Lancaster
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813187842
Total Pages : 1045 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky written by Clay Lancaster and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 1045 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the eight decades preceding the Civil War, Kentucky was the scene of tremendous building activity. Located in the western section of the original English colonies, midway between North and South, Kentucky saw the rise of an architecture that combined the traditions of nationally known designers, eager to achieve the refinements of their English mother culture, alongside the innovativeness and bold originality proper to the frontier. Tradition thus provided a tangible link with world architectural development, while innovation offered refreshing variations. The result was a distinctive regional architecture. In his newest look at Kentucky architecture, Clay Lancaster broadens his scope to include analyses of significant structures from throughout the commonwealth, illustrating the entire range of stylistic development. Like his acclaimed earlier book Antebellum Houses of the Bluegrass, the current volume provides historical background as well as drawings, photographs, and floor plans, showing both general features and details. Among the many Kentucky buildings discussed are examples by such well-known early American architects as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Thomas Jefferson, James Dakin, Isaiah Rogers, Alexander J. Davis, and Francis Costigan, as well as the work of local master builders such as Matthew Kennedy, Micajah Burnett, Gideon Shryock, Thomas Lewinski, and John McMurtry. Also included are Kentucky buildings designed from nationally distributed architectural books and builders' guides. Lancaster gives special attention to the Geometric Style, which evolved further and produced more noteworthy monuments in Kentucky than anywhere else in America. Such buildings, in turn, bestowed a simplicity and straightforwardness on structures in later styles. As Lancaster shows, the architecture that resulted from Kentucky's fertile eclecticism constitutes a rich and rewarding architectural heritage. All lovers of fine architecture will treasure this handsome and informative book.
