ISBN: 9780674372917

About this productProduct InformationThis history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial man… More...

About this productProduct InformationThis history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected in Widener Library, and the work of other architects such as Charles McKim, Gropius and Le Corbusier.Product IdentifiersPublisherHarvard University PressISBN-100674372913ISBN-139780674372917eBay Product ID (ePID)373695Product Key FeaturesAuthorBainbridge BuntingPublication NameHarvard : an Architectural HistoryFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishPublication Year1998TypeTextbookNumber of Pages366 PagesDimensionsItem Length11.2in.Item Height0.8in.Item Width7.8in.Item Weight38.9 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberLd2151.B86Edition Number2ReviewsPartly because it has never had...a single stylistic motif, Harvard has become a living museum of almost every trend in the history of American architecture. [This] is the fullest account yet written of Harvard's buildings...an indispensable narrative and reference., All [Bunting's] strengths are here, most notably his insistence on studying architecture in the broadest cultural and historical context...Floyd has augmented the late Bainbridge Bunting's manuscript...with her own considerable scholarly knowledge of the subject...The results are exceptional.Table of Content1. Seventeenth-Century Harvard 2. The Brick Quadrangles 3. The Early Nineteenth Century 4. President Eliot and the Harvard Yard 5. The North Yard and Soldiers Field 6. Buildings for Radcliffe College 7. Academic Building under President Lowell 8. The River Houses and the South Yard 9. President Coriant, Gropius, and Modernism 10. President Pusey and the Program for Harvard College 11. The New Harvard Notes Chronological List of Buildings Illustration Credits IndexCopyright Date1985Target AudienceTradeTopicUnited States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), Higher, History / GeneralLccn85-000794Dewey Decimal727.3/097444Dewey Edition21IllustratedYesGenreArchitecture, Education, History, Good, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], Genre: History, Subject: Architecture, Publication Year: 1998, Type: Textbook, Format: Trade Paperback, Language: English, Publication Name: Harvard : an Architectural History, Item Height: 0.1in, Item Length: 1.1in, Item Width: 0.8in, Item Weight: 38.9 Oz, Number of Pages: 366 Pages, Harvard University Press<