Walter A. Netsch, FAIA
Subtitle: a critical appreciation and sourcebook
By: Northwestern University Library ; [contributions by Russell T. Clement ... et al.].
Contributors: Clement, Russell T.; Netsch, Walter.; Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Library.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Evanston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780810125414
Subjects: Netsch, Walter; Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Northwestern University Library presents the first monograph devoted to the architect Walter Netsch, an early partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and chief designer of prestigious commissions, including the U.S. Air Force Academy and Cadet Chapel. This illustrated book includes a detailed chronology, biography, essays about his work and field theory design aesthetics, statements by Netsch from 1954 to 2006, and a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of more than four hundred primary and secondary sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Meeting Walter; title: Walter Netsch: a biography; title: A timely design: Walter Netsch and the United States Air Force Academy; title: Field theory: Walter Netsch's design methodology; title: Walter Netsch: five imagined histories; title: Statements by Walter Netsch; title: Annotated bibliography.