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Morrison, Jeff (Jeffrey B.)

Summary: "Guardians of Michigan profiles the extraordinary architectural sculpture found in both the pleasant peninsulas of the Great Lakes State. Author Jeff Morrison spent years exploring Michigans largest cities and smallest towns, using telephoto photography to capture the sculptural details hidden from the naked eye, and researching the beautiful historic architecture he encountered. Organized...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 729.09774 Morrison

Conway, Brian D.

Summary: This monograph presents 34 selected projects carefully documented to record its place in art history and the story behind both its architect and client. One breathtaking view after another invites readers to enter what are often private realms not open to the public, to explore the innovative and cutting-edge design solutions presented on these pages. With 300 pages and over 450 color images,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Visual Profile Books, Inc. 2018

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Austin, Dan.

Summary: From the Publisher: In this important book, Dan Austin and Sean Doerr have restored the real people to many of Detroit's architectural landmarks, and not a moment too soon. These "lost" buildings still stand, or rather totter, in a dilapidated state, their histories fading like the paint on their walls. The buildings might not long survive, but thanks to this book and the efforts of Austin...

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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2010

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 AUS

Arnaud, Michel

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Summary: [This book] is a visual essay on the rebuilding and resurgence of the city of Detroit by photographer Michel Arnaud, co-author of Design Brooklyn. In recent years, much of the focus on Detroit has been on the negative stories and images of shuttered, empty buildings-- the emblems of Detroit's financial and physical decline. In contrast, Arnaud aims his lens at the emergent creative enterprises...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2017

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Barton, Mike.

Summary: Photographer Mike Barton created Charlevoix in a nutshell, with over 190 full-color photographs. From colorful Bridge Street to the legendary Earl Young stone houses to the spectacular sunsets over Lake Michigan, everyone will find this little book a joy to read.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Boulder Press 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 BAR

Johnson, Heidi.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2001

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2 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 362.2 Johnson
Call number: MI Local Johnson

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 362.21 JOH

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MIC 362.21 JOH

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 362.21 JOH

Johnson, Heidi.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2004

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Oversize, Call number: 362.21 JOH

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Local Author, Call number: OVS 362.21 JOH

Morrison, Jeffrey

Summary: Detroit is home to amazing architectural sculpture-a host of gargoyles, grotesques, and other silent guardians that watch over the city from high above its streets and sidewalks, often unnoticed or ignored by the people passing below. Jeff Morrison's Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture in the Motor City documents these incredible features in a city that began as a small frontier fort...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 729.5 MOR

Moore, Andrew

Summary: No longer the Motor City of boom-time industry, the city of Detroit has fallen into an incredible state of dilapidation since the decline of the American auto industry after the Second World War. Today, whole sections of the city resemble a war zone, its once-spectacular architectural grandeur reduced to vacant ruins. In Detroit Disassembled, photographer Andrew Moore records a territory in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Damiani Editore 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 MOO

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