| James Marston Fitch: Selected Writings on Architecture, Preservation, and the Built Environment Contributor(s): Sawin, Martica (Editor), Jacobs, Jane (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0393732290 ISBN-13: 9780393732290 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: A collection of provocative, insightful, and readable essays by a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Founder of the nation's first graduate program in historic preservation, at Columbia University, architect James Marston Fitch was a prolific critic, historian, preservationist, environmentalist, and philosopher. In this, the first anthology of his writings--some never before published--Fitch's ideas and observations on a range of subjects are brought to light in a single, invaluable volume. 30 illustrations. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General |
| Dewey: 720.097 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.04" W x 8.44" (1.37 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this anthology of his writings, spanning over sixty years of his professional career, Fitch's incisive ideas and observations on a range of subjects are brought to light in a single, readable volume. Whether a lament of the loss of functionalism in the wake of modernism, a celebration of the architectural perfection embodied in the University of Virginia campus, or an appeal to architects to heed factors of climate and environment in their designs, Fitch's essays are both provocative and pragmatic and always deeply rooted in the human element. In the face of contemporary concerns such as suburban sprawl, energy expenditure, and environmental degradation, Fitch's writings resonate today more than ever. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sawin, Martica: - Martica Sawin, critic and art historian, pioneered studies of Wolfgang Paalen's art and writing in the 1940s and demonstrated its significant influence in her important book, Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School. |