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Book An Architectural Guidebook to Portland

Download or read book An Architectural Guidebook to Portland written by Bart King and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portland, Oregon, is a city widely known for its civic planning, preservation and inviting atmosphere. Within the five-mile downtown district can be found skyscrapers, cast-iron front buildings, a riverfront park, old brick warehouses, breweries and more. Photos.

Book A Guide to Portland Architecture

Download or read book A Guide to Portland Architecture written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Year Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Portland Architectural Club (Or.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1908
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Year Book written by Portland Architectural Club (Or.) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Guide to Portland Architecture

Download or read book A Guide to Portland Architecture written by American Institute of Architects. Portland Chapter (Portland, Or.) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Frozen Music

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gideon Bosker
  • Publisher : Oregon Historical Society Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Frozen Music written by Gideon Bosker and published by Oregon Historical Society Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Portland's architectural design, from the mid-nineteenth century to the more recent tradition in postmodern commercial architecture.

Book Beauty of the City

Download or read book Beauty of the City written by Philip Niles and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All new things built with the idea of preserving the beauty of the city and adding to it." -A. E. DoyleThe Central Library, Benson Hotel, Reed College, the Meier & Frank building, the U.S. National Bank-these are just a few of the grand Portland icons designed by Albert E. Doyle. During a period of rapid growth in Portland, Oregon, after the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition and before the Great Depression, Doyle (1877-1928) was the city's most important architect. Beauty of the City is the first biography of this celebrated architect. Doyle's career was short, just twenty-one years. Yet everywhere Portland retains his imprint. Many of Doyle's classical, often white terra-cotta buildings became venerable city landmarks. He also designed Portland residences, Neahkahnie beach cottages, and houses and banks in Oregon and Washington.Using A. E. Doyle's own diaries and letters and his firm's records, historian Philip Niles traces the architect's life and times in the context of the burgeoning cityscape. As Portland expanded beyond its frontier origins and provincialism, Doyle helped introduce East Coast and European sophistication. Indeed, his refined sensibility influenced the development of the Northwest Regional Style by Pietro Belluschi and John Yeon, among others. Doyle set the standard for elegance and proportion that later architects adapted to more modern styles-his standard defines Portland's vibrant core and contributes to the city's beauty as much today as it did eighty years ago.Readers interested in Northwest history and culture will appreciate this compelling and richly illustrated biography of "Portland's architect" and the parallel story of the growth of the city. Likewise, architectural historians and those seeking to better understand Portland's architectural heritage will enjoy reading of Doyle's contributions to this celebrated cityscape.

Book Classic Houses of Portland  Oregon

Download or read book Classic Houses of Portland Oregon written by William John Hawkins and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portland's great residential architecture is presented in the context of the history and growth of the city as well as the broader, international architectural trends.

Book Portland in Three Centuries

Download or read book Portland in Three Centuries written by Carl Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon's largest city. The expected politicians and business leaders appear, but Carl Abbott also highlights workers and immigrants, union members and dissenters, women at work and in the public realm, artists and filmmakers, activists, and other movers and shakers. Incorporating social history and contemporary scholarship in his narrative, Abbott examines current metropolitan character and issues, giving close attention to historical background. He explores the context of opportunities and problems that have helped to shape the rich mosaic that is Portland. This revised and updated second edition includes greater attention to Portland's communities of color, an expanded prologue, and coverage of the 2020 protests that thrust Portland into the national spotlight. A highly readable character study of a city, and enhanced by more than sixty historic and contemporary images, Portland in Three Centuries will appeal to readers interested in Portland, in Oregon, and in Pacific Northwest history.

Book Portland City Walks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura O. Foster
  • Publisher : Timber Press
  • Release : 2008-01-01
  • ISBN : 0881928852
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Portland City Walks written by Laura O. Foster and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Portland Hill Walks presents an array of twenty self-guided walking tours of the backstreets and neighborhoods of Portland and five nearby towns, all easily accessible by public transportation, offering fun facts, historical and cultural details, shopping and eating suggestions, and other things to see and do along each route. Original.

Book Portland Hill Walks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura O. Foster
  • Publisher : Timber Press
  • Release : 2013-03-26
  • ISBN : 1604695382
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Portland Hill Walks written by Laura O. Foster and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portland Hill Walks features twenty-four miniature adventures stocked with stunning views, hidden stairways, leafy byways, urban forests, and places to sit, eat, and soak in the local scene. The revised and updated edition offers five new walks in addition to the well-loved classics, with new contemporary and historical photos and easier-to-follow directions. Whether you feel like meandering through old streetcar neighborhoods or climbing a lava dome, there is a hill walk for every mood. New walks take you up to Willamette Stone State Park, across the St. Johns Bridge, down to the South Waterfront (with a ride on the aerial tram), along a stream in Gresham, and up Mounts Talbert and Scott. Portland is a walking city, and Portland Hill Walks will inspire you to enjoy it to its fullest!

Book The Architectural Guidebook to New York City

Download or read book The Architectural Guidebook to New York City written by Francis Morrone and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly informed touring guide to some 600 Manhattan buildings in the context of their architectural, historical, and cultural settings. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Book A Century of Portland Architecture

Download or read book A Century of Portland Architecture written by Thomas Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Walking with Ramona

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura Foster
  • Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
  • Release : 2016-05-31
  • ISBN : 1621065715
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Walking with Ramona written by Laura Foster and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking with Ramona explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s Portland. With this newest and most unusual Portland guidebook, readers can walk the very sidewalks Beverly walked and climb the very school steps that Beverly climbed. You'll see the grocery parking lot where Ramona got stuck in the mud, the park lawn where Henry Huggins hunted nightcrawlers, and the real Portland street that became Klickitat Street, their fictional home. Beverly Cleary’s Portland was much different than the Portlandia of today. Walking with Ramona brings to life what that 1920s and 1930s Portland was like for the “girl from Yamhill” who went on to become an internationally beloved author. Characters like Ramona and Beezus, Henry and Ribsy, and Ellen and Austine come to life on this hour-long walking route through the Northeast Portland neighborhood where Beverly grew up. An almost 3-mile walk around Northeast Portland, plus other Oregon destinations.

Book Lost Portland  Oregon

Download or read book Lost Portland Oregon written by Val C. Ballestrem and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building collapsed during 1912 renovations, the massive chamber of commerce building became a parking lot and the Corbett Building became a shopping mall. The city skyline was shaped by architects like Justus F. Krumbein and David L. Williams, only to drastically change in the face of urban renewal and the desire for modernization. Discover the stories behind some of Portland's most iconic buildings, including the Beth Israel Synagogue and the first East Side High School, both lost to fire. Join historian Val C. Ballestrem as he explores the city's architectural heritage from the 1890s to the present, as well as the creative forces behind it.

Book The Big Book of Girl Stuff

Download or read book The Big Book of Girl Stuff written by Bart King and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006-09-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Book of Girl Stuff shares everything a girl needs to know-from sleepovers to diaries to makeup to boys to shopping, and everything in between! It's the ultimate guide to unlocking the delightful mysteries of being a girl. Dozens of girls, young women, teachers, and mothers collaborated on this book to make it the most comprehensive guide to being a girl that has ever existed! Perfect for pre-teen, 'tween, and teenage girls, The Big Book of Girl Stuff shares inspiration, empowerment, and some seriously silly laughs just when girls need it the most! It's filled with information, activities, quotes, and games, as well as lists for favorite books, movies, and music. Dozens of girls, young women, teachers, and mothers collaborated on this book to make it the most comprehensive guide to being a girl that has ever existed! Perfect for pre-teen, 'tween, and teenage girls, The Big book of Girl Stuff shares inspiration, empowerment, and some seriously silly laughs just when girls need it the most!It's filled with information, activities, quotes, and games, as well as lists for favorite books, movies, and music. Smart asides, fascinating facts, an enlightened outlook, and a uniquely feminine perspective make this a must have for every girl. Though it's written for girls from 9 to 14, it will certainly delight moms, aunts, and big sisters everywhere!Find answers to a girl's most important questions: Why are horses so cool? How do I stop a boy from crying? How do I fake a cell phone conversation? How can I make the world a better place? Which country considers pierced ears bad luck? When is International Sea Monkey Day?

Book An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles

Download or read book An Arch Guidebook to Los Angeles written by Robert Winter and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as "the bible" to Los Angeles architecture scholars and enthusiasts, Robert Winter and David Gebhard's groundbreaking guide to architecture in the greater Los Angeles area is updated and revised once again. From Art Deco to Beaux-Arts, Spanish Colonial to Mission Revival, Winter discusses an impressive variety of architectural styles in this popular guide that he co-authored with the late David Gebhard. New buildings and sites have been added, along with all new photography. Considered the most thorough L.A. architecture guide ever written, this new edition features the best of the past and present, from Charles and Henry Greene's Gamble House to Frank Gehry's Disney Philharmonic Hall. This was, and is again, a must-have guide to a diverse and architecturally rich area. Robert Winter is a recognized architectural historian who lives in Los Angeles, and has led architectural tours through the Los Angeles area since 1965. He is a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Book Architectural Lighting Design

Download or read book Architectural Lighting Design written by Admir Jukanovic and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do you start if you want to light an interior space? What is the best colour temperature for your design scheme? What do you need to consider when choosing LED lamps and luminaires? Architectural Lighting Design answers these questions and more in a comprehensive introduction to the design, application and techniques of lighting interior spaces. Using real examples of successful lighting schemes, experienced designer Admir Jukanovic explains the fundamentals of lamps and luminaires, and how to meet the requirements of a design brief. Topics include treatments and techniques for lighting designs; tips for understanding the deliverables and fulfilling brief; the five project phases, from concept to commission and the common pitfalls to avoid when using artificial lighting in architecture. An invaluable book that gives an introduction to the design, application and techniques of lighting interior spaces. Will appeal to students, aspiring lighting designers, architects, interior designers and electrical engineers. Gives details on treatments and techniques for lighting designs; lighting design schemes; specification sheets; load schedules and much, much more. Fully illustrated with 102 colour photographs and 181 colour line artworks. Admir Jukanovic is an award-winning lighting designer with fifteen years' experience in the industry.