Main entry:

Hays, Johanna.

Title & Author:

Louise Blanchard Bethune : America's first female professional architect / Johanna Hays.

Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Description:

v, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.
Beyond expectations -- From idyllic Waterloo to bustling Buffalo -- Special capacities for a particular work -- Rational foundations-establishing the practice -- The Chicago World's Fair competition, 1891 -- Building professionalism -- Public buildings for public improvement -- Architecture determined by function and technology -- Other applications and innovations -- A life fulfilled-ambition realized -- Appendix: documented buildings by year.

Summary:

"Louise Blanchard Bethune was the United States' first female professional architect. Bethune belonged to the influential group of pioneer architects. In the booming industrial city of Buffalo, she preceded Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfred Kahn in factory design and she was the key designer of modern urban public school building, developing standards that we still use today"-- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780786476763 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786476761 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9781476613543 (e-book)
1476613540

Subject:

Bethune, Louise, 1856-1913.
Bethune, Louise, 1856-1913 Criticism and interpretation.
Bethune, Louise 1856-1913
Architects United States Biography.
Women architects United States Biography.
Architecture United States History 19th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Femmes architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architects
Architecture
Women architects
Kvinnliga arkitekter.
United States

Form/genre:

Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293017
Call No.: BIB 237614
Status: Available