Author: David Gebhard
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423600053
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives explores the work of two important members of the organic architecture movement, and celebrates their tremendously important contributions to American architecture and the Prairie School. Wishing to return to simplicity and honesty, Purcell and Elmslie created homes and buildings that were consistent with a democratic society-simple forms, the natural use of textural materials and decoration, and buildings that accommodated the nature of a site. As did Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell and Elmslie held the conviction that a building does not end with its simple structure, but reaches its final and logical culmination in the clothing-color, situation and natural environment, together with its decoration of glass, terra-cotta, and other textural materials. The firm of Purcell and Elmslie was tremendously successful in the sense that their small open-planned free-flowing houses could be shared by a great number of Americans of moderate means. Projects discussed in this book can be found throughout the Midwest, including Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and more. The time has come to recognize the work of these progressive architects of the Midwest. Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives includes: Comprehensive biographies of George Grant Elmslie and William Gray Purcell The Work of the Firm The Domestic and Non-Domestic Work of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie Work after the Firm Broke Up The Late Work of Purcell and Elmslie A Catalog of Major Projects
Purcell & Elmslie
Author: David Gebhard
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423600053
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives explores the work of two important members of the organic architecture movement, and celebrates their tremendously important contributions to American architecture and the Prairie School. Wishing to return to simplicity and honesty, Purcell and Elmslie created homes and buildings that were consistent with a democratic society-simple forms, the natural use of textural materials and decoration, and buildings that accommodated the nature of a site. As did Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell and Elmslie held the conviction that a building does not end with its simple structure, but reaches its final and logical culmination in the clothing-color, situation and natural environment, together with its decoration of glass, terra-cotta, and other textural materials. The firm of Purcell and Elmslie was tremendously successful in the sense that their small open-planned free-flowing houses could be shared by a great number of Americans of moderate means. Projects discussed in this book can be found throughout the Midwest, including Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and more. The time has come to recognize the work of these progressive architects of the Midwest. Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives includes: Comprehensive biographies of George Grant Elmslie and William Gray Purcell The Work of the Firm The Domestic and Non-Domestic Work of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie Work after the Firm Broke Up The Late Work of Purcell and Elmslie A Catalog of Major Projects
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423600053
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives explores the work of two important members of the organic architecture movement, and celebrates their tremendously important contributions to American architecture and the Prairie School. Wishing to return to simplicity and honesty, Purcell and Elmslie created homes and buildings that were consistent with a democratic society-simple forms, the natural use of textural materials and decoration, and buildings that accommodated the nature of a site. As did Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell and Elmslie held the conviction that a building does not end with its simple structure, but reaches its final and logical culmination in the clothing-color, situation and natural environment, together with its decoration of glass, terra-cotta, and other textural materials. The firm of Purcell and Elmslie was tremendously successful in the sense that their small open-planned free-flowing houses could be shared by a great number of Americans of moderate means. Projects discussed in this book can be found throughout the Midwest, including Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and more. The time has come to recognize the work of these progressive architects of the Midwest. Purcell and Elmslie: Prairie Progressives includes: Comprehensive biographies of George Grant Elmslie and William Gray Purcell The Work of the Firm The Domestic and Non-Domestic Work of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie Work after the Firm Broke Up The Late Work of Purcell and Elmslie A Catalog of Major Projects
The Work of Purcell and Elmslie, Architects
Author: William Gray Purcell
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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The Work of Purcell and Elmslie, Architects ; with a New Introd. by David Gebhard
Author: David Gebhard
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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A Guide to the Existing Buildings of Purcell and Elmslie, 1910-1920
Author: David Gebhard
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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The Work of Purcell and Elmslie
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Languages : en
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Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University: Elc - Furq
Author: Avery Library
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Ministers of Reform
Author: Robert M. Crunden
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252011672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Ministers of Reform vividly depicts the spiritual odyssey of an entire generation and shows how Protestant roots and a common "climate of creativity" nurtured a host of Progressive leaders from all walks of life. Crunden demonstrates that the same spirit of nnovation and moral rectitude so typical of the era's politics also characterized its artistic endeavors.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252011672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Ministers of Reform vividly depicts the spiritual odyssey of an entire generation and shows how Protestant roots and a common "climate of creativity" nurtured a host of Progressive leaders from all walks of life. Crunden demonstrates that the same spirit of nnovation and moral rectitude so typical of the era's politics also characterized its artistic endeavors.
Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University
Author: Avery Library
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Fourth Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
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Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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