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Architecture that speaks : S.C.P. Vosper and ten remarkable buildings at Texas A & M /

When the A&M College of Texas opened its doors in 1876, its early buildings followed a Victorian architectural style. Classical architecture came to the campus with the Academic Building, after the 1912 fire that destroyed Old Main. Subsequent buildings generally followed this neoclassical path,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: McCoy, Nancy T., 1959- (Auteur), Woodcock, David G. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Brown, Carolyn, 1936- (Photographe)
Format: Publication officielle Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 127.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword / Michael K. Young
  • Preface / Nancy T. McCoy and David G. Woodcock
  • Acknowledgments
  • Building the college
  • The talented S.C.P. Vosper
  • Vosper at the college
  • The Chemistry Building
  • The Cushing Library
  • Hart Hall and Walton Hall
  • The Petroleum Engineering, Geology, and Engineering Experiment Station Building
  • The Veterinary Hospital
  • The Administration Building
  • The Agricultural Engineering Building
  • The Animal Industries Building and horse barn
  • The campus today: balancing growth and heritage
  • Afterword / Lilia Y. Gonzales
  • Appendix: Vosper-designed buildings in Texas
  • Notes.