American architects and the mechanics of fame /

An investigation into why some architects become famous while other equally talented ones do not.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williamson, Roxanne, 1928-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1991.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Architects > Selection and appointment > United States.
Architects and patrons > United States.
Architectural services marketing > United States.
Architectes > Sélection et nomination > États-Unis.
Architectes et mécènes > États-Unis.
Services d'architecture > Marketing > États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
Architects and patrons
Architects > Selection and appointment
Architectural services marketing
Architecten.
Reputatie.
Leermeesters.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A network of connections
  • The time as well as the place
  • A consensus of who is famous and who is not: the index of fame
  • Louis Sullivan
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Henry Hobson Richardson
  • McKim, Mead & White
  • Latrobe and his descendants
  • The Bulfinch and Renwick lines
  • The European immigrant masters in the twentieth century
  • Louis Kahn
  • The loners
  • Connections: family, friends, schools
  • Self-promotion and publicity
  • Other, weaker patterns
  • The historians as fame makers
  • Afterword on the fame-making system.

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