Riesenbauten Nordamerikas : 64 Bauten / eingeleitet und erläutert von Frank Washburn ; Herausgeber: Emil Schaeffer.

Main entry:

Washburn, Frank.

Title & Author:

Riesenbauten Nordamerikas : 64 Bauten / eingeleitet und erläutert von Frank Washburn ; Herausgeber: Emil Schaeffer.

Publication:

Description:

24 pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Series:

Schaubücher ; 15

Summary:

A European look at 64 American Skyscrapers by various contemporary architects. Featured, among several more, are: the Woolworth Building (Cass Gilbert), New York Central building [Grand Central Terminal] (Warren & Wetmore) Equitable Life (Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the firm of Ernest.R. Graham, successor to Daniel H. Burnham & Co.), Book Tower in Detroit (Louis Kamper Inc.), the NY Evening Post building (Horace Trumbauer). Included are numerous other buildings by notable American architects in New York, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Miami, and Los Angeles. No. 15 in the "Schaubücher" series on modernist topics.

Subject:

Skyscrapers United States.
Tall buildings.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis.
Immeubles de grande hauteur.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Skyscrapers
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Schaeffer, Emil, 1874-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 2145
Call No.: 9290 A871; ID:87-B11450
Status: Available

Location: Library main 2146
Call No.: ID:87-B11450
Status: Available

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