| Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect Contributor(s): Stern, Jewel (Author), Stuart, John A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393731146 ISBN-13: 9780393731149 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 Annotation: The first critical study of an architect known for his commercial buildings in New York City. One of the fabled "three Napoleons" of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career, and approximately three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape. Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was known for his modern polychrome decoration and setback skyscrapers. 18 color and 200 black-and-white illustrations. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005054395 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.22" W x 10.24" (2.63 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he was known for his modern polychrome decoration and setback skyscrapers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stuart, John A.: - John A. Stuart teaches at Florida International University. They live in Miami.Stern, Jewel: - Jewel Stern is an artist, art historian, and independent curator. She is the author of Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design and an essayist in Craft in the Machine Age: 1920-1945. |
