Author: PENNOYER, PETER; WALKER, ANNE (1973-)
Title: The architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury / Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker; new photographs by Jonathan Wallen; foreword by Robert A.M. Stern
Description: New York; London: W. W. Norton 2009. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 288 p.: ill. (some col.); 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; In the final decade of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. the United States experienced exponential growth and a flourishing economy. and with it. a building boom. Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) produced more than one hundred major projects. including an array of grand mansions. picturesque estates. informal summer cottages. and farm groups. However. it was his role as town planner and civic leader and his work to create model tenements. hospitals. workers' housing. and town plans for which he is most celebrated. His Forest Hills Gardens. designed in association with the Olmsted Brothers. is lauded as one of the most highly significant community planning projects of its time. As an inventor. Atterbury was responsible for one of the country's first low-cost. prefabricated concrete construction systems. introducing beauty and inexpensive good design into the lives of the working classes. The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury is the first book to showcase the rich and varied repertoire of this prolific architect whose career spanned six decades and whose work affected the course of American architecture. planning. and construction. Illustrated with Jonathan Wallen's stunning color photographs and over 250 historic drawings. plans. and photographs. it also includes a catalogue raisonne and an employee roster. It is the definitive source on an architect who made an indelible imprint on the American landscape. Subjects; Atterbury. Grosvenor 1869-1956 - Criticism and interpretation. Architecture - United States - History - 19th century. Architecture - United States - History - 20th century. City planning - United States - History - 20th century. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General. ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945). Weight in Kg appr.:

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