Download or read book Newport Through Its Architecture written by James L. Yarnall and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive architectural history of America's greatest living architectural laboratory.
Download or read book Newport Villas written by Michael C Kathrens and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses. Newport Villas describes the architectural and social development of this summer resort town, the nexus of wealth and fashion at the end of the nineteenth century. All the accoutrements were the best that money could buy, whether it was Parisian frocks, meticulously groomed thoroughbred horses, or meals prepared by imported French chefs. To properly mount their entertainments, Newport's elite built "cottages" that ranged in size from thirty to seventy rooms. The country's most accomplished architects designed these seaside villas, many of them rivaling the great houses of Europe. Pictured here in abundant archival and new photographs, with accompanying floor plans, the houses cover the gamut of revival styles from Colonial Revival to Italian Renaissance Revival, from French Classical Revival to Georgian Revival.
Download or read book The Architectural Heritage of Newport Rhode Island written by Antoinette Forrester Downing and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Postmodern the Architecture of the Post industrial Society written by Paolo Portoghesi and published by New York : Rizzoli. This book was released on 1983 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these illustrated essays Portoghesi offers a critical profile of the postmodern movement and explains why it constitutes a decisive turning point in the history of architecture. He reconstructs the theoretical intentions of postmodern architects, analyzes the important projects by Philip Johnson, Michael Graves, Thomas Beeby, Stanley Tigerman, Helmut Jahn, Ricardo Bofill, Massimo Scolari and others.
Download or read book A History of American Architecture written by Mark Gelernter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.
Download or read book Architecture and Film written by Mark Lamster and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the ways in which architecture and architects are treated on screen and how these depictions filter and shape the ways we understand the built environment. There are essays from contributors from a range of disciplines and interviews of those working behind the scenes.
Download or read book Unmodern Architecture written by Hans Ibelings and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Netherlands, for decades a bastion of modernism, neomodernism and supermodernism, a contemporary traditionalism has been causing a stir since the 1990s. Traditionalists draw from the past and prefer means that have already proved their worth. Contemporary traditionalism, stripped of all populistic and moralistic arguments for and against, is analysed from different angles, including an international and historical perspective.
Download or read book The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays written by Colin Rowe and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1982-09-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the architecture of utopia.
Download or read book Cape Cod Architecture written by Clair Baisly and published by Parnassus Press (IL). This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victorian Architecture written by Amos Jackson Bicknell and published by Watkins Glen, N.Y. : American Life Foundation & Study Institute. This book was released on 1976 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Vernacular Architecture written by Vicky Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New Vernacular Architecture considers the synthesis of modernity and tradition in contemporary architecture. Focusing on 37 international examples of buildings of different types completed in the last decade, it examines architecture that reinterprets rather than revives traditional forms, materials and construction techniques. The projects covered range from better known works by renowned architects such as Michael Graves, Renzo Piano and David Chipperfield, to less familiar buildings in Hungary, Nepal, Latvia and elsewhere." "The fragmentation of nation states and the greater plurality of political and cultural identities that have occurred over recent years have led to a growing reaction in architecture against "global blanding" - the worldwide homogenization of images and designs. As a result, local context, materials and culture are becoming increasingly important concerns for many architects. Architecture has captured the public imagination as a means of lending form to evolving regional identity and as a way of reflecting difference. Each project features a thoroughly researched and detailed commentary, and is generously illustrated with photographs, sketches and plans."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book New City written by Alec Forshaw and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the large-scale redevelopment of the City of London since the mid-1980s.
Download or read book Newport written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the architecture of Newport, Rhode Island, enhanced by watercolor paintings and architectural sketches.
Download or read book Rogues and Heroes of Newport s Gilded Age written by Edward Morris and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the driver's seat, author and guide Edward Morris provides a diverse collection of biographical sketches that reveal the outrageous and opulent lives of some of America's leading entrepreneurs. Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer playground of the Gilded Age for the Astors, Belmonts and Vanderbilts. They built lavish villas designed by the best Beaux Arts-style architects of the time, including Richard Morris Hunt, Charles McKim and Robert Swain Peabody. America's elite delighted in referring to these grand retreats as "summer cottages," where they would play tennis and polo and sail their yachts along the shores of the Ocean State. The coachman had an important role as the discreet outdoor butler for Gilded Age gentlemen--not only was he in charge of the horses, but he also acted as a travel advisor and connoisseur of entertainment venues.
Download or read book The Newport Experience written by Jeannine Falino and published by Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2020 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Preserving historic houses. Preserving Colonial-era Georgian to Gilded Age mansions. History of the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island, 75 years. Conservation of American architecture, decorative arts and landscape design. Fully illustrated account, heritage, architecture and preservation enthusiasts"--
Download or read book Gothic Architecture written by Louis Grodecki and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the architectural style that dominated European buildings for more than four hundred years examines the constructional and aesthetic characteristics of the most magnificent creations.
Download or read book Private Newport written by Bettie Bearden Pardee and published by Bulfinch. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport, Rhode Island, blessed with stunning ocean vistas and constant sea breezes, is home to some of the most exceptional private residences in America. Its deeply rooted history makes it a perennial destination, with more than 3.5 million visitors each year. Although it is one of the most high profile towns in the country, Newport is also one of the most cloistered. Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden offers an invitation to venture beyond the privet hedges and massive iron gates. It is the first book to step inside the privately owned mansions to reveal a diverse collection of architectural jewels complemented by spectacular gardens. These homes, created by distinguished architects and landscape designers, are stunning examples of Newport's 375-year "old-world" heritage. Eighteen exquisite and unique homes are prominently featured-from the resilient crescent curve of majestic Seafair, which withstood the Hurricane of '38, to the prizewinning Japanese garden at Wildacre, to the nostalgic working farm of heritage breeds at Swiss Village-each contributing its own part to the "Eden of America."
