Main entry:

Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934.

Title & Author:

Inventing the skyline : the architecture of Cass Gilbert / edited by Margaret Heilbrun ; with an introduction by Hugh Hardy.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xxxvii, 306 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the New-York Historical Society, summer-fall 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Betsy Gotbaum -- Preface / Margaret Heilbrun -- Acknowledgements -- Biographical time line -- Introduction / Hugh Hardy -- ch. 1. Cass Gilbert in practice, 1882-1934 / Sharon Irish -- ch. 2. From sketch to architecture : drawings in the Cass Gilbert office / Mary Beth Betts -- ch. 3. Cass Gilbert : twelve projects [Minnesota State Capitol], [Broadway Chambers Building], [Essex County Courthouse], [U.S. Custom House], [West Street Building], [The F.W. Woolworth Company Building], [Oberlin College], [U.S. Army supply base], [Detroit Public Library], [New York Life Insurance Company Building], [George Washington Bridge], [New York County Lawyers' Association Building] / Mary Beth Betts -- ch. 4. The architect as planner : Cass Gilbert's responses to historic open space / Barbara S. Christen -- ch. 6. Cass Gilbert's skyscrapers in New York : the twentieth-century city and the urban picturesque / Gail Fenske.

Summary:

"The essays by major Gilbert scholars and the individual histories of twelve major commissions featured in an exhibit by the New-York Historical Society document the variety and brilliance of Gilbert's architecture, as well as the process of each project: from commission through design to construction and completion. Each discussion illuminates different aspects of Gilbert's work, including the administrative structure of his office and his relationship with engineers, contractors, and clients; his designs for skyscrapers; his work as an urban planner; and his office's use of architectural drawings."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0231118724 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780231118729 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0231118732 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780231118736 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 Exhibitions.
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934
Gilbert, Cass, (1859-1934) Catalogues d'exposition.
New-York Historical Society Exhibitions.
New-York Historical Society
New York historical society Catalogues d'exposition.
Eclecticism in architecture United States Exhibitions.
Architectural drawing Private collections New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Architectural drawing New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Éclectisme en architecture États-Unis Expositions.
Architectural drawing
Architectural drawing Private collections
Eclecticism in architecture
Éclectisme (architecture)
New York (State) New York
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
Catalogues raisonnés.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Heilbrun, Margaret.
New-York Historical Society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212129
Call No.: NA44.G464.2 I7 2000
Status: Available