Main entry:

Pickens, Buford, author.

Title & Author:

Washington University in St. Louis, its design and architecture / Buford Pickens, FAIA, and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Margaretta J. Darnall, Assistant Professor of Architecture.

Publication:

St. Louis, Missouri : School of Architecture, Gallery of Art, Washington University, 1978.

Description:

ix, 77 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm + 1 folded sheet (plan ; 41 x 95 cm folded to 21 x 19 cm)

Notes:
"This book is a companion to an exhibition held in the Gallery of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1978"--Title page verso.
Accompanied by folded plan: "Ground floor plan of Washington University," ©1978, John Fifield and Bruno Pfister.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Chancellor William H. Danforth -- Preface / Margaretta J. Darnall and Buford Pickens -- Background : planning precedents, issues, and alternatives / Buford Pickens -- Campus planning in the 1880s-1890s, the Olmsted contribution, and the competition / Margaretta J. Darnall -- Serendipity at the Fair : Washington University and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 / Buford Pickens -- Chronology of buildings / edited by Margaretta J. Darnall.

Summary:

"[A] ... short study on the architectural history of a variety of American educational institutions, concentrating on Washington University in St. Louis ... [The authors] look at decisions made by the designers and trustees of such disparate institutions as Bryn Mawr College in the east to Stanford University in the west. Their story is one of architects and community leaders working together to build great and lasting institutions"--Foreword, page vii.

Subject:

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) Buildings History.
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Campus planning United States History.
Campus planning Missouri Saint Louis History.
College buildings United States Design and construction.
College buildings Missouri Saint Louis Designs and plans.
Architectural design Missouri Saint Louis.
Campus Planification États-Unis Histoire.
Campus Planification Missouri Saint Louis Histoire.
Design architectural Missouri Saint Louis.
Architectural design
Buildings
Campus planning
College buildings
College buildings Design and construction
Missouri Saint Louis
United States
Campus architecture College architecture University architecture

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
History
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Darnall, Margaretta J., author.
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Gallery of Art, issuing body, host institution.
Ground floor plan of Washington University.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 26893
Call No.: PO4978; ID:88-B12879
Status: Available