David Adler, architect : the elements of style / edited by Martha Thorne ; with essays by Richard Guy Wilson, Pauline C. Metcalf and Ghenete Zelleke ; foreword by Robert A.M. Stern ; new color photography by Bob Harr, Hedrich Blessing.

Main entry:

Adler, David, 1882-1949.

Title & Author:

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'David Adler, architect : the elements of style', organized by The Art Institute of Chicago and shown in the Kisho Kurokawa Gallery of the Department of Architecture from December 7, 2002 to May 18, 2003"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.
Foreword / Robert A.M. Stern -- Preface / James N. Wood -- Styles of David Adler / Richard Guy Wilson -- Interiors with panache: the collaboration of David Adler and Frances Elkins / Pauline C. Metcalf -- David Adler: benefactor and trustee / Ghenete Zelleke -- Work of David Adler / Martha Thorne, ed.

Summary:

American architect David Adler's designs reflected the enormous range of his stylistic expression, from Stuart-style and English half-timber stately residences to a Colonial New England farm house. Beautifully illustrated with new and archival photographs accompanied by architectural plans, this book features seventeen important homes and a private club designed by Adler.

ISBN:

0300097026 (alk. paper)
9780300097023 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Adler, David, 1882-1949 Exhibitions.
Adler, David, 1882-1949
Architecture United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Domestic United States Exhibitions.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Expositions.
Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
Woningen.
Landhuizen.
ARQUITETURA ESTADOS UNIDOS.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Thorne, Martha, editor.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Kisho Kurokawa Gallery of Architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224166
Call No.: NA44.A2375.9 D3 2002
Status: Available

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