Entrée principale:

Gayle, Margot.

Titre et auteur:

Cast-iron architecture in America : the significance of James Bogardus / Margot Gayle and Carol Gayle.

Édition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, ©1998.

Description:

272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
"A Norton professional book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
Iron architecture before Bogardus. -- James Bogardus, mechanic-inventor, 1800-1846. -- Inventing cast-iron architecture, 1847-1850. -- Builder in cast iron, 1850-1851. -- The era of the Crystal Palace, 1852-1853. -- The Harper Buildings and the Tompkins Market, 1854-1855. -- Cast-iron architecture comes of age. -- Cast-iron architecture vindicated: the end of the 1850s. -- Man of process, 1859-1862. -- The final decade. -- The legacy of James Bogardus. -- List of buildings.
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Résumé:

The first book on Bogardus's life and work, Cast-Iron Architecture in America describes how iron architecture remade the face of American cities in the mid-nineteenth century, following the appearance of cast iron on the industrial scene in eighteenth-century England and Europe. It documents the role played by Bogardus, who patented his method for cast-iron construction in 1850 and championed its use in America's growing cities.
Cast iron fell out of favor, supplanted by the steel frame; cast-iron buildings languished, decayed, and fell to the bulldozers of urban renewal in the 1950s and '60s. Only in recent decades has nineteenth-century urban architecture, including cast iron, come to be fully appreciated, and the surviving buildings rescued, restored, and reused. Four by Bogardus are recognized as landmarks.

ISBN:

0393730158
9780393730159

Sujet:

Bogardus, James, 1800-1874.
Bogardus, James 1800-1874
Bogardus, James.
Building, Iron and steel United States History 19th century.
Cast-iron.
Construction métallique États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Fonte.
cast iron.
Building, Iron and steel.
Eisenarchitektur
Bouwkunst.
Gietijzer.
Building, Iron and steel United States 19th century.
United States.
USA

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Gayle, Carol.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 175992
Cote: ID TH140.B64.G38; ID:98-B2213
Statut: Disponible