Cass Gilbert, Life and Work Architect of the Public Domain

Name: Cass Gilbert, Life and Work Architect of the Public Domain
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ISBN: 9780393730654

ISBN-10: 0393730654

ISBN-13: 9780393730654

Edition: 2001

Authors: Barbara S. Christen, Steven Flanders, Robert A. M. Stern

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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 0.87" wide x 1.06" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Preface



Introduction




A National Practice Built from the "Northwest"



Architectural Education and Minnesota Career




Launching a Career: Residential and Ecclesiastical Work from the St. Paul Office




The Politics of Public Architecture




The Aesthetics of an Eclectic Architect




A Defining Moment in American Civic Architecture



The Minnesota State Capitol: Thinking Internationally, Designing Locally




The Civilization of the West




High Culture by the Square Foot




The Restoration and Preservation of Minnesota's Showplace




Monumentality in New York



The Image of the City: The Woolworth Building and the Creation of the New York Skyline




In the Camera's Eye: The Woolworth Building and American Avant-Garde Photography and Film




"Great Gray Buildings": The United States Army Supply Base




Ideals in Planning



A "New" New England: Proposals for New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut




The University of Texas: Vision and Ambition




Oberlin: The Grand Collaboration




A British Response to American Classicism: Cass Gilbert and Charles Reilly




Gilbert and the Public Domain



St. Louis: Public Architecture, Civic Ideals




"A Difficult and Perplexing Matter": The Louisiana Purchase Exposition




A User's Viewpoint: Gilbert and His Public




Representing American Justice: The United States Supreme Court



Postscript



Notes


Contributors


Index