Modernism at Mid-Century The Architecture of the United States Air Force Academy

Name: Modernism at Mid-Century The Architecture of the United States Air Force Academy
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ISBN: 9780226076942

ISBN-10: 0226076946

ISBN-13: 9780226076942

Edition: 1994

Authors: Robert Bruegmann

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One of the country's largest and most important postwar architectural projects, the United States Air Force Academy opened in 1958. With its spectacular natural setting and stunning Modernist design, the Academy was quickly hailed as a national landmark and attracts over a million visitors each year.The contributors to this volume (Jory Johnson, Robert Nauman, Sheri Olson, James Russell, and Kristen Schaffer) and editor Robert Bruegmann chronicle the complex history of the planning, design, and construction of the Air Force Academy. As the most conspicuous commission of the American military at the height of the Cold War, the design of the Academy generated intense popular interest and was…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 9.69" wide x 10.87" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.870



Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Creating a National Monument: Planning and Designing the Academy



Merrill: The Early History



Architectural Consultants



Merrill: The Project Team



Strange Alliances: Frank Lloyd Wright and Congress



The Architects at Work: Design Drawings



Documenting Construction: Photos



The National Geographic Visits the Academy



Raising the Roof: Constructing Mitchell Hall



Military Culture, Architectural Culture, Popular Culture



Man as Nature



Presenting the Academy



A Comprehensive Design Vision



Learning from Industry



Lauded and Maligned: The Chapel



Epilogue



A Conversation between Walter



Recollections of Gordon Bunshaft


Interview with Lieutenant General Bradley Hosmer


Index