Cass Gilbert, life and work
Subtitle: architect of the public domain
By: edited by Barbara S. Christen and Steven Flanders ; introduction by Robert A.M. Stern.
Contributors: Christen, Barbara S.; Flanders, Steven.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Gilbert, Cass, -- 1859-1934 -- Criticism and interpretation; Public architecture -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- by -- Steven Flanders -- Introduction / -- by -- Robert A.M. Stern -- pt. 1. A; title: national practice built from the "Northwest" -- -- [ch.] 1.; title: Architectural education and Minnesota career -- Patricia Anne Murphy -- [ch.] 2.; title: Launching a career : residential and ecclesiastical work from the St. Paul office -- Thomas R. Blanck -- and -- Charles Locks -- [ch.] 3. The; title: politics of public architecture -- Geoffrey Blodgett -- [ch.] 4. The; title: aesthetics of an eclectic architect -- Mary Beth Betts -- pt. 2. A; title: defining moment in american civic architecture -- -- [ch.] 5. The; title: Minnesota state capitol : thinking internationally, designing locally -- Thomas O'Sullivan -- [ch.] 6. The; title: civilization of the West -- Sally Webster -- [ch.] 7.; title: High culture by the square foot -- Bailey Van Hook -- [ch.] 8 The; title: restoration and preservation of Minnesota's showplace -- Carolyn Kompelien -- pt. 3.; title: Monumentality in New York -- -- [ch.] 9. The; title: image of the city : the Woolworth building and the creation of the New York skyline -- Gail Fenske -- [ch.] 10.; title: In the camera's eye : the Woolworth building and American avant-garde photography and film -- Mary N. Woods -- [ch.] 11.; title: "Great gray buildings" : the United States Army supply base -- Sharon Irish -- pt. 4.; title: Ideals in planning -- -- [ch.] 12. A; title: "new" New England : proposals for New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut -- Barbara S. Christen -- [ch.] 13. The; title: University of Texas : vision and ambition -- Lawrence W. Speck -- [ch.] 14.; title: Oberlin : the grand collaboration -- Geoffrey Blodgett -- [ch.] 15. A; title: British response to American classicism : Cass Gilbert and Charles Reilly -- Joseph Sharples -- pt. 5.; title: Gilbert and the public domain -- -- [ch.] 16.; title: St. Louis : public architecture, civic ideals -- Ingrid A. Steffensen -- [ch.] 17. "A; title: difficult and perplexing matter" : the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- Susan Luftschein -- [ch.] 18. A; title: user's viewpoint : Gilbert and his public -- Jeffry H. Gallet -- [ch.] 19.; title: Representing American justice : the United States Supreme Court-- Paul Spencer Byard-- Postscript /-- by-- Dennis Jacobs-- Notes-- Contributors-- Index.