Main entry:

Gruber, Samuel, author.

Title & Author:

American synagogues : a century of architecture and Jewish community / Samuel D. Gruber ; photography by Paul Roceleau ; edited by Scott J. Tilden.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2003.

Description:

239 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-237).
Ch. 1. House of Gathering -- Ch. 2. Jews in America: Older Traditions in a New Homeland -- Ch. 3. A Jewish-American Renaissance: High Style Architecture (1900-1914) -- Ch. 4. Between the Wars: Simpler Forms and Complex Functions (1920s and 1930s) -- Ch. 5. Towards a New Architecture: The Modern Synagogue (1945-1955) -- Ch. 6. Baby Boom and Building Boom (1955-1970) -- Ch. 7. Reflections and Recollections (1970-1990) -- Ch. 8. Synagogues for a New Century: Creating a Stylistic Synthesis (1990-present).
Also issued online.
English.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"American Synagogues is the first book to explore the exceptional works of architecture of modern American synagogues in the twentieth century. In this book author Samuel Gruber relates the fascinating history of the Jewish people in America and how it is expressed in twentieth-century synagogue design." "The book features all-new photography of synagogues in many styles from a dozen states, many never before published in any form. These include major buildings in the New York area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Austin, and elsewhere. The synagogues were designed by such European masters as Eric Mendelsohn, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi, who helped bring modernism to America; and the best-known modern American architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, Harrison and Abramovitz, and Minoru Yamasaki. Many include artwork by Ben Shahn, Louise Nevelson, and other important artists. Striking but little-known synagogues of the post-war period by Percival Goodman, Sidney Eisenshtat, and Werner Seligmann are included. Visually stunning variations on Classical and Deco forms by major early twentieth-century architects, such as Arnold Brunner, Henry Hornbostel, Alfred S. Alschuler, Charles R. Greco, and Philip Trammel Schutze are also featured. Important contemporary works by Norman Jaffe, Thomas Beeby, Will Bruder, Lake/Flatow, Alexander Gorlin and others demonstrate the most recent developments in synagogue design."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0847825493
9780847825493

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Juifs États-Unis.
Synagogue architecture United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Synagogues United States.
Synagogues United States History 20th century.
Synagogues United States Pictorial works.
Synagogues Social aspects United States.
Synagogues États-Unis.
Synagogues États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Synagogues États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Synagogues Aspect social États-Unis.
Architecture synagogale États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Synagogues
Architecture
Synagogue architecture
Architektur
Synagogen.
Synagoge.
United States
Neve Shalom
USA

Form/genre:

Pictorial Work.
Viewbooks.
illustrated books.
Pictorial works
Illustrated works
History
Books.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Rocheleau, Paul.
Tilden, Scott J.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229286
Call No.: NA4690 .G78 2003
Status: Available