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Connecticut Architecture : Stories of 100 Places
The first comprehensive illustrated history of Connecticut architecture.
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Middletown :
Wesleyan University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; CONNECTICUT ARCHITECTURE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Map of the 100 Places; OVERVIEW: Connecticut and Its Places; Looking at Architecture; The Land; History; PART ONE: SHAPING THE LANDSCAPE; 1 THE FIRST BUILDERS: Mohegan Hill, Uncasville; 2 COLONIAL FRAMEWORK: Main Street, South Windsor; 3 GARDEN BY THE SEA: Eolia (Harkness Memorial State Park), Waterford; 4 RESHAPING THE LANDSCAPE: Rocky River Hydroelectric Station, New Milford; 5 MODERNISM IN THE GARDEN: The Glass House, New Canaan; 6 LANDSCAPE ON A GRAND SCALE: Saville Dam and Barkhamsted Reservoir, Barkhamsted
- 7 THE ROAR OF THE LANDSCAPE: Lime Rock Park, Salisbury8 ARCHITECTURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven; PART TWO: MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; 9 WOOD FOR STONE: New London County Courthouse, New London; 10 SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien; 11 CONNECTICUT STONE: Portland Brownstone Quarries, Portland; 12 ENGINEERING BEAUTY: Lover's Leap Bridge, New Milford; 13 BUILDINGS FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINE: Winslow Ames and Steel Houses, New London; 14 INSIDE THE SAPPHIRE: First Presbyterian Church, Stamford; PART THREE: WHERE WE LIVE
- 15 FOR THE MIDDLING SORT: Benjamin Hall Jr. House, Guilford16 TEMPLE MANIA: Samuel Russell and William Trench Houses, Middletown; 17 ARTISTIC DESIGN: Mark Twain House, Hartford; 18 BEHIND THE SCENES: Wallace T. Fenn House, Wethersfield; 19 LOCAL SPECIALTY: Perfect Sixes, Hartford; 20 ART VERSUS THE MACHINE: Nathaniel R. Bronson House, Middlebury; 21 COMFORTABLE HOUSES: Beaver Hills, New Haven; 22 FROM CAPE COD TO CONNECTICUT: Axel Nelson House, Waterford; 23 REDESIGNING THE SUBURBS: Heritage Village, Southbury; PART FOUR: WORKING THE LAND
- 24 THE BUSINESS OF FARMING: Thomas Catlin Jr. Farm, Litchfield25 MODEST FARM: Cyrus Wilson Farm, Harwinton; 26 THE RHYTHM OF THE SEASONS: Tobacco Farms, Windsor; 27 AGRICULTURAL SHOWPLACE: Hilltop Farm, Suffield; 28 CONNECTICUT CATSKILLS: Orchard Mansion, Moodus; 29 SCIENTIFIC FARMING: Wengloski Poultry House, Lebanon; PART FIVE: MEANS OF PRODUCTION; 30 INDUSTRIAL BEGINNINGS: Ledyard Up-Down Sawmill, Ledyard; 31 THE COMPANY TOWN: Collinsville; 32 IRON MAKING: Beckley Furnace, North Canaan; 33 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND AESTHETICS: Hockanum Mill, Rockville
- 34 THE POWER OF WATER: Ousatonic Dam, Derby and Shelton35 INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATION: Clark Brothers Factory, Southington; 36 INDUSTRIAL CAMPANILE: Remington Shot Tower, Bridgeport; 37 INDUSTRY IN THE SUBURBS: Medway Business Park, Meriden and Wallingford; 38 CORPORATE PRIDE: Union Carbide Headquarters, Danbury; PART SIX: TOWNSCAPES AND CITYSCAPES; 39 THE IDEAL VILLAGE: Colebrook Center; 40 CIVIC EMBELLISHMENT: New Haven Green; 41 GREATER THAN ITS PARTS: Downtown Norwich; 42 UNDER THE MILL TOWERS: North Grosvenordale; 43 CONSUMER CULTURE: The Arcade, Bridgeport