10 Buildings that Changed America
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Protess ( Dan )
Category
Documentary
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
URL
[ private ]
Duration
60 minutes
Subject
Architects, Architecture United States History Frank O. Gehry, Victor Gruen, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Kahn, Mies van der Rohe, H. H. Richardson, Eero Saarinen, Louis H. Sullivan, Robert Venturi, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Abstract
"10 Buildings that Changed America tells the stories of ten influential works of architecture, the people who imagined them, and the way these landmarks ushered in innovative cultural shifts throughout our society. From American architectural stalwarts like Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, to modern revolutionaries like Frank Gehry and Robert Venturi, this book examines the most prominent buildings designed by the most noteworthy architects of our time. Also profiled are Americans less noted for their architectural acumen, but no less significant for their contributions to the field. Thomas Jefferson, a self-taught architect, is profiled for designing the iconic Virginia State Capitol. Taking its inspiration from ancient Rome, America's first major public building forged a philosophical link between America and the world's earliest democracies. We see the legacy of the architects profiled like Mies van der Rohe or H.H. Richardson all around us: in the homes where we live, the offices where we work, our public buildings, and our houses of worship. 10 Buildings is the ideal collection to detail the flashes of inspiration from these architects who dared to strike out on their own and design radical new types of buildings that permanently altered our environmental and cultural landscape"-- Provided by publisher
Includes:
Virginia State Capitol
Trinity Church
Wainwright Building
Robie House
Highland Park Ford Plant
Southdale Center
Seagram Building
Dulles International Airport
Vanna Venturi House
Walt Disney Concert hall
Includes:
Virginia State Capitol
Trinity Church
Wainwright Building
Robie House
Highland Park Ford Plant
Southdale Center
Seagram Building
Dulles International Airport
Vanna Venturi House
Walt Disney Concert hall
Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. English SDH subtitles.
Biblio Notes
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Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 864 | DVD 720.973/TEN | 1 | Yes |