Architect Chapters in the History of the Profession

Name: Architect Chapters in the History of the Profession
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ISBN: 9780195040449

ISBN-10: 0195040449

ISBN-13: 9780195040449

Edition: 1977

Authors: Spiro Kostof

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How did architects get to be architects in any given period in history? How were they trained? How did they find their clients and communicate with them? What did society think of them? Spiro Kostof's The Architect, a collection of essays by historians and architects, explores these and other intriguing questions about the profession of architecture. The first book in more than fifty years to survey the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the modern day, it is the most complete synthesis to date of our knowledge of how the architect's profession developed. Included are a major study of the Beaux-Arts, a vivid memoir by the distinguished architect Josephy Esherick, and an…

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1977
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/19/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




The Practice of Architecture in the Ancient World: Egypt and Greece




Roman Architects




The Architect in the Middle Ages, East and West




The Emergence of the Italian Architect during the Fifteenth Century




The New Professionalism in the Renaissance




The Royal Building Administration in France from Charles V to Louis XIV




The Rise of the Professional Architect in England




The Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Architectural Profession in the United States: The Case of John Galen Howard




Architectural Education in the Thirties and Seventies: A Personal View




On the Fringe of the Profession: Women in American Architecture




Architectural Practice in America, 1865-1965--Ideal and Reality



List of Illustrations


Notes on Contributors


Index