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Architecture United States 20th century Architecture United States 21st century Architecture United States History 20th century Architecture, Domestic Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans Architecture, Domestic United States Architecture, Modern Interior decoration Stiles, Charles Wardell 1867-1941 Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959McMahon, Peter
Summary: In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. Thus began a chapter in the history of modern architecture that has never been told _until now.The area was a hotbed of intellectual currents from New York, Boston, Cambridge and the country's top schools of architecture and design. Avant-garde homes began to appear in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolis Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 MCMMorrison, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 729.5 MORBooth, Michael
Summary: Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for over ten years. In this thought-provoking, often humorous book he embarks on a journey through all five Nordic countries to discover who these people are, the secrets of their success, and what they think of each other. Along the way a darker picture emerges. If everyone is so happy, why all the pills and booze? When everyone earns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 BOOMoor, Abby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PRC 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.37 MOOWinter, Jeanette
Summary: A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Winter 2017Summary: The rebuilding Ground Zero is the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex construction project in recent American history. The struggle to develop these 16 acres of 'sacred' land has encompassed 12 years, 19 government agencies, and over $20 billion. Aside from the engineering challenges, various constituencies - politicians, developers, architects, insurers, local residents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2014
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Hoagland, Alison K.
Summary: During the nineteenth century, the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan was the site of America's first mineral land rush as companies hastened to profit from the region's vast copper deposits. In order to lure workers to such a remote location--and work long hours in dangerous conditions--companies offered not just competitive wages but also helped provide the very infrastructure of town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2010
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Summary: Profusely illustrated text describes the history of World War II in Sweden and Finland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORSummary: In 1925 Luigi Pirandello brought his troupe to England as part of a worldwide tour. This program re-creates one day in London as "The Einstein of the Theater" watches his plays and, away from the footlights, confronts the paradoxical nature of his life. Portions of Six Characters in Search of an Author; Henry IV; Right You Are, If You Think You Are; and The Rules of the Game are meticulously...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Bahamón, Alejandro.
Contents: Houses : Gama-Issa House / Marcio Kogan -- City Hill House / John Wardle Architects -- House in Honda / Guillermo Arias + Luis Cuartas -- Beach house / Christoff:Finio archtiecture -- Casa Larga / Daniele Claudio Taddei -- House in Miravalle / Wood + Zapata -- Castor Packard House / Callas Shortridge Architects -- May Residence / Jonathan Levi Architects -- C-House / Toshimitsu Kuno, Nobuki...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Könemann 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 BAHGaynor, Elizabeth
Summary: A survey of homes and furnishings adapted to their natural environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.0948 GAYBush, Sophie
Summary: "As space for land development in cities shrinks and city dwellers tire of cookie-cutter apartment towers, a love for historical buildings has returned. The initial interest in 'lofts' began in SoHo, New York, in the 1970s, and the love of warehouse buildings--often in attractive waterside locations--has since become a global phenomenon. Drawing on her personal experience living in a Grade II...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 BUSWilhide, Elizabeth
Summary: "A collector's guide to the classic products of Scandinavian modern design, advice on how to put the look together using the design trademarks of the movement, an exploration of some of the most unique and interesting homes across the world that have interpreted the Scandinavian aesthetic for contemporary living"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quadrille Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728 WILNettleton, Sarah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.019 NETSusanka, Sarah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 SUSSusanka, Sarah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 SUSRaab, Scott
Summary: "The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 RAAWedlick, Dennis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBI 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 690.837 WedJarrow, Gail
Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.9 JARBandes, Susan J.
Summary: From 1940 to 1970 mid-Michigan had an extensive and varied legacy of modernist architecture. While this book explores buildings by renowned architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alden B. Dow, and the Keck brothers, the text—based on archival research and oral histories—focuses more heavily on regional architects whose work was strongly influenced by international modern styles. The reader will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2016