Inventing the New American House Howard Van Dor
- 作者
- 出版社 The Monacelli Press
- 出版时间 2015年4月
- ISBN 9781580934206
- 定价 485.80
内容简介
HowardVanDorenShawdesignedstatelycountryhousesinandaroundChicago—fromaffluentLakeForest，Illinois，andLakeGeneva，Wisconsin，toIowa，Minnesota，Ohio，andIndiana—from1894to1926，aperiodinAmericanarchitecturethatspannedtheGildedAge，theadoptionofBeaux-Artsclassicismastheidealforcivicarchitecture，theinventionoftheskyscraper，andthebeginningofmodernism.Bornin1869，heworkedfortheleadingindustrialistsofthatperiod，includingReubenH.Donnelleyofprintingfame，newspapergiantJosephMedillPatterson，EdwardForsterSwift，themeatpackingking，andEdwardL.RyersonofRyersonSteel.AcontemporaryofFrankLloydWright，ShawexploredmanyofthesameideasasthePrairieSchoolArchitectswithintheformsoftraditionalarchitecture.Thoughhewasrecognizedasoneoftheleadingcountryhousearchitectsoftheearlytwentiethcentury，hisnamewaslargelyforgottenafterhisdeath.Likemanytraditionalarchitectspracticingtoday，Shawwasskilledatadaptinghistoricprecedentstosuitcontemporaryliving，inparticulartheeasyflowofinteriorspacethatbecameadesignhallmarkoftheperiodfortraditionalistsandmodernistsalike.ForthenewandfashionablesuburbofLakeForest，ShawcreatedMarketSquare，thetowncenter，whichwaslaudedforitsdesignasbothauniquetowngreenandthefirstAmericanshoppingcenterdesignedtoaccommodateautomobiles.ThistimelyreappraisalofHowardVanDorenShaw’sworkfeaturesmanypreviouslyunpublishedimagesfromtheShawArchiveintheBurnhamandRyersonLibraryattheArtInstituteofChicagoandtheChicagoHistoryMuseum，rareconstructiondrawings，andnewcolorphotographyaswellasacatalogueofShaw’sresidentialwork.Hislegacyincludessubstantialhousesinprosperouscommunities，manyofwhicharestillstanding—includingRagdale，onceShaw’sownsummerhouseinLakeForest，nowhometotheprestigiousartists’community;theBeckerEstateonChicago’sNorthShore;andTheHermannHouseoverlookingLakeMichigan.
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