The Houses of McKim, Mead & White

The Houses of McKim, Mead & White PDF

Author: Samuel G. White

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789310538

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With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was the architectural firm of choice for the most prestigious projects of the beaux-arts era. Among its residential clients were many of the most powerful figures of the Gilded Age: the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, the Pulitzers. In this condensed edition of the acclaimed Rizzoli original of 1998 the reader will find more than thirty houses presented, the exteriors and interiors of which have been elegantly recorded in lush color photographs by Jonathan Wallen. A practicing architect and greatgrandson of Stanford White, author Samuel G. White was given unprecedented access to the great, private residential architecture of this legendary firm. This book brings a unique perspective to these houses, offering us a privileged and rare look into this extraordinary body of work.

The Architecture of McKim, Mead, and White, 1879-1915

The Architecture of McKim, Mead, and White, 1879-1915 PDF

Author: Allan Greenberg

Publisher: Architectural Book Publishing Company

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781589798182

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For nearly forty years the legendary firm led by Charles Follen McKim, William Rutherford Mead, and Stanford White was responsible for many of the finest buildings in America, including the Boston Public Library, Penn Station in New York, the Morgan Library, and the campus of ...

Selected Works of McKim Mead & White, 1879-1915

Selected Works of McKim Mead & White, 1879-1915 PDF

Author: Charles Follen McKim

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616897574

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McKim, Mead & White is the best-known architecture firm of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America, having built many iconic buildings of America's Gilded Age, from Columbia University and Boston Public Library, to mansions for the nineteenth century's wealthiest, including Frederick Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor, Henry Frick, J.P. Morgan, and Andrew Carnegie (now the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum), as well as the American Academy in Rome. Selected Works of McKim, Mead & White, published in association with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, collects the work of these important architects during their most prolific period, condensing four volumes into one magnificent edition.

McKim, Mead & White

McKim, Mead & White PDF

Author: Samuel G. White

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780847825677

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McKim, Mead & White rivals Frank Lloyd Wright for the honor of the premier architectural firm in American architecture. In lavish color, this book explores the Boston Public Library, Newport Casino, the original Madison Square Garden, the Washington Memorial Arch, and many of the firm's other major works.

Stanford White, Architect

Stanford White, Architect PDF

Author: Samuel G. White

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780847830794

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"Stanford White (1853-1906), arguably the most celebrated American architect of his day, was the visionary genius of the illustrious architecture firm McKim, Mead White. A defining figure of the Gilded Age, White lived an extravagant life, which ended prematurely in a sensational death. His celebrity as a result was such that perceptions of the man have to some degree distracted attention from an extraordinary body of work. Now, more than a century since his passing, the enduring quality of White's architectural legacy becomes ever more apparent as the circumstances of his life and death fade to the background. In acknowledgment of this legacy, Stanford White Architect comprehensively explores White's sumptuously rich oeuvre - from the residences he designed for himself and his wife, Bessie; to the extraordinary and opulent houses he designed for others; to those works beyond the residential. Stanford White Architect will serve for generations to come as a vivid testament to a resplendent life in architecture."--From book jacket.

Pennsylvania Station

Pennsylvania Station PDF

Author: Steven Parissien

Publisher:

Published: 1996-10-10

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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New York's Pennsylvania Station has been described as the greatest railway station in the world. Its architecture fused the pomp and ceremony of Beaux-Arts classicism with the latest steel-frame technology. Although the building was, tragically, demolished in 1966, the book captures its former magnificence.

Private Newport

Private Newport PDF

Author: Bettie Bearden Pardee

Publisher: Bulfinch

Published: 2004-04-14

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780821228487

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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."

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