Main entry:

Ruttenbaum, Steven.

Title & Author:

Mansions in the clouds : the skyscraper palazzi of Emery Roth / Steven Ruttenbaum ; foreword by Paul Goldberger.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Balsam Press, ©1986.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.
Apprentice to a new age -- An education in the white city -- Joining the profession -- Prelude to success -- A building orgy beyond all precedent -- A renaissance palace made of rubber -- The end of luxury -- Boom turns to bust -- The economic crisis recedes -- The triumph of business and art -- Unbuilt projects -- The master builders of old and new New York.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"When architect Emery Roth died in 1948, he left a remarkable legacy of over 250 apartment buildings in New York City alone; executed not in the modern mode, but in a wonderful eclectic mix of Italian, French, and Spanish Renaissance styles. Many of these grand old buildings: the San Remo, the Beresford, the Ritz Tower have survived, adding an ineffable sense of style, sophistication, and romance to the urban fabric and relief from the ubiquitous glass and steel box. Historian Ruttenbaum has researched his subject meticulously, tracing Roth's career from his arrival in the United States from Hungary in 1884 up until he passed control of his firm over to his equally prolific sons in the 1940s."--Library Journal.

ISBN:

0917439090
9780917439094

Subject:

Roth, Emery, 1871-1948.
Roth, Emery, 1871-1948 Criticism and interpretation.
Roth, Emery, 1871-1948 Critique et interprétation.
Roth, Emery 1871-1948
Roth, Emery.
Architects United States Biography.
Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.
High-rise apartment buildings New York (State) New York.
Hotels New York (State) New York.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Gratte-ciel New York (État) New York.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur New York (État) New York.
Hôtels New York (État) New York.
Architects.
Buildings.
High-rise apartment buildings.
Hotels.
Skyscrapers.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) New York.
United States.
Roth, Emery 1871-1948 Criticism and interpretation

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Goldberger, Paul, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 154074
Call No.: NA44.R845.9 R8 1986
Status: Available