William Morgan

Author : Richard Shieldhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813056906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Morgan written by Richard Shieldhouse and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morgan (1930-2016) was a bold, innovative, and highly imaginative architect known internationally for fusing ancient and modern styles and for his early championing of green design principles. This extensively illustrated book traces Morgan's life story and the development of his singular design vision. Exploring Morgan's early influences, Richard Shieldhouse reveals the architect's childhood familiarity with pre-Columbian village sites and introduces college mentors who encouraged his interest in both architecture and archaeology. During navy service in the Pacific, Morgan studied ancient structures in Guam as well as Frank Lloyd Wright's design work in Japan. Later, his drive and discipline brought him into contact with leading architects such as Paul Rudolph at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, a hotbed of modernism at the time. From there, Morgan struck out on his own in Jacksonville, Florida, to shape the course of architectural history. This book tracks the evolution of Morgan's guiding ideas--economy, efficiency, visual delight, imaginative use of everyday materials, and environmental sensitivity. His most famous designs are featured with photographs, drawings, and the architect's own commentary. Structures such as the Dunehouses, a duplex built into the side of an oceanfront dune, represent Morgan's commitment to earth architecture. His plans for police headquarters and other public buildings incorporate green roofs, stepped terraces, pyramid forms, and other elements inspired by aspects of prehistoric design. Morgan was unique among architects for his interest in ancient North America and for blending a modern style characterized by its rejection of history with the design language of prehistory. Highlighting how his work has impacted many areas of architecture such as urban design, this book celebrates Morgan's continuing legacy.

Author : William Preston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illustrations of Masonry written by William Preston and published by . This book was released on 1772 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert McCarter
Publisher : Images Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781876907020
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Morgan written by Robert McCarter and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morgan is a fundamental modernist whose work has for forty years remained absolutely true to the principles of modern architecture. Each of Morgan's designs can therefore be said to have a multitude of 'precedents' from throughout time, and not on

Author : Martin Greenwood
Publisher : Richard Dennis Publications Di
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Designs of William De Morgan written by Martin Greenwood and published by Richard Dennis Publications Di. This book was released on 1989 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete record of the collection of designs in the V&A Museum, London.

Author : Nicola Bruton Bennetts
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 178683619X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Morgan written by Nicola Bruton Bennetts and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To meet William Morgan is to encounter the eighteenth-century world of finance, science and politics. Born in Bridgend in 1750, his heritage was Welsh but his influence extended far beyond national borders, and the legacy of his work continues to shape life in the twenty-first century. Aged only twenty-five and with no formal training, Morgan became actuary at the Equitable, which was then a fledgling life assurance company. Known today as ‘the father of the actuarial profession’, his pioneering work earned him the Copley Medal, the Royal Society’s most prestigious award. His interests covered a wider scientific field, and his papers on electrical experiments show that he unwittingly constructed the first X-ray tube. Politically radical, Morgan’s outspoken views put him at risk of imprisonment during Pitt’s Reign of Terror. This biography, using unpublished family letters, explores Morgan’s turbulent private life and covers his outstanding public achievements. ‘William spent 56 years at the Equitable Life Assurance Company, where he learnt how to understand and manage financial risk. In 1789, for his work on the mathematics of life assurance, he was awarded the Copley Medal, the Royal Society’s most prestigious decoration. Subsequent generations have hailed him as ‘the father of the actuarial profession’ – recognition of his having established many of the rules and standards on which the science is based.’ Read more about this on page 6 of the Booklaunch https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=eacd7c66-df5c-4335-86ee-cad05c826bda

Author : William Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780557048151
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Masonic Secrets Revealed written by William Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purports to be the product of Captain William Morgan, who is said to have been murdered in 1826 before he could publish his exposé. Modern uncredited reprint.

Author : William Morgan
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465536035
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illustrations of Masonry written by William Morgan and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicola Bruton Bennetts
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786836203
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Morgan written by Nicola Bruton Bennetts and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be the first full length biography of William Morgan, a founding figure in the development of actuarial science and the insurance business in the UK. This biography explains William Morgan’s role in developing the mathematics that underpin the money management of pension funds. It focuses also on the experiment in which Morgan created an X-ray tube, and examines his outspoken political views and turbulent private life. As well as exploring his public life, this biography uses unpublished family letters to open a window on Morgan’s private life.

Author : William Jackson
Publisher : Nightengale Press
ISBN 13 : 1933449497
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Incredible Death and Revival of William Morgan written by William Jackson and published by Nightengale Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the author's second novel, and like the first, also based on a true story. The first one titled, And the Sea Shall Hide Them, actually took place in history perhaps seventy years after the one you are about to read. This story centers around William Morgan, a Virginian living in Batavia, New York. He was a distant relative of the author. Morgan was of an impulsive nature, doing what he thought was the right thing to do. This eventually brought him in contention with the Masonic Order in Batavia, New York in 1826. His long and troublesome life eventually found him isolated on Utila Island in the Western Caribbean. He had been kidnapped! He was one of the first men to begin shipping bananas commercially to the United States, an enterprise that eventually grew into a vast business. Despite these good tidings, which included a loving wife and children, his life was a troubled one. However, his legacy to the small island of Utila was a noteworthy one, having a beneficial blessing on the early settlers of that island.

Author : Morgan, William J.
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492556769
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics in Sport-3rd Edition written by Morgan, William J. and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2018 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethics in Sport, Third Edition, offers 32 essays by well-known authors. These essays explore the roots of the ethical and moral dilemmas so prevalent in sport culture today. Nearly half the essays are new to this edition.