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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Part I. Buildings for Residence -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1. The Individual House / Nelson, George -- 2. The Apartment House / Abel, Joseph Henry -- 3. Hotels and Apartment Hotels / Wellborn Root, John -- 4. Camps and Dormitories / Raymond, Antonin / Field, Hermann H. -- 5. Problems of Mass Shelter / Churchill, Henry S. -- 6. Layout of Residential Communities / Miller, J. Marshall -- 7. Rural Architecture and Farm Planning / Dodge, J. Robert -- Part II. Buildings for Popular Gatherings -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 8. Acoustics / Schlenker, Vesper A. -- 9. Catholic Churches / Lavanoux, Maurice -- 10. Protestant Churches / Taylor, Walter A. -- 11. Synagogues / Abraimovitz, Max -- 12. Theaters / Simonson, Lee / Hamlin, Talbot -- 13. Motion-Picture Theaters / Schlanger, Ben -- 14. Auditoriums / Harmon, Arthur Loomis -- 15. Monuments and Memorials / Labatut, Jean -- Part III. Buildings for Education -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 16. Day Schools / Perkins, Lawrence B. -- 17. Boarding Schools / Haskell, Douglas -- 18. Colleges and Universities / Moore, John C. B. -- 19. Libraries / Githens, Alfred Morton -- 20. Museums / O’Connor, Robert B. -- Part IV. Government Buildings -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 21. Capitols and Legislative Buildings / Rich, Lorimer -- 22. Town and City Halls / Kump, Ernest J. -- 23. Courthouses / Green, M. Edwin -- 24. Correctional Institutions / Litchfield, Clarence B. -- 25. Governmental Office Buildings / Gehron, William -- 26. Post Offices and Customs Houses / Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Looks at 20th century architecture by focusing on buildings for residence including houses, apartments, hotels, camps and dormitories and buildings for gatherings including churches, theaters, and auditoriums. Also looks at buildings for education and government