A Setting For Excellence : The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan /

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"While there are times when the mix of old and new buildings and the chaotic activities of thousands of students can give a haphazard appearance to the university, campus planning has in fact become a highly refined form of architecture. This is demonstrated in a convincing fashion by this imme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayer, Frederick W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan > Buildings > History.
Campus planning.
Buildings.
EDUCATION / Higher.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).
Campus > Planification > Michigan > Ann Arbor > Histoire.
Campus planning > Michigan > Ann Arbor > History.
Michigan > Ann Arbor.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword, by James J. Duderstadt
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Prologue: Detroit and Ann Arbor
  • 2. A Brief History of Campus Planning
  • 3. Alexander Jackson Davis and the Origins of the Ann Arbor Campus, 1837-1860
  • 4. The Victorian Campus, 1860-1900
  • 5. The Beaux Arts Period, 1900-1950
  • 6. The Campus of a Research University, 1950-2000
  • 7. Epilogue
  • Sources
  • Index.

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