The first monograph published on Hildreth Meière, an artist whose name is not widely recognized but whose work is prominent and well known (St. Bartholomew's Church, Temple Emanu-El, Nebraska State Capitol, National Academy of Sciences, etc.). Directly promoting the extremely popular Art Deco movement in America including the architectural history and decoration, women artists, world's fairs, American mural painting, twentieth-century mosaics and ceramics, the Byzantine revival in America, and American liturgical art. Large-scale color photographs (created over more than 10 years by the artist's granddaughter, Hildreth Meière Dunn) capture these exquisite works in detail An unsung heroine of Art Deco art and architecture, Hildreth Meière is the artist behind many of the most spectacular mural installations of the mid-20th century. The vibrant, dynamic roundels on the exterior of Radio City Music Hall, the shimmering glass mosaics and stained glass windows at St. Bartholomew's Church, and the exceptional decoration at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis - all are the work of Meière. Meière is particularly known for her personal interpretation of Art Deco, which incorporates Byzantine, classical Greek, and Native American influences. Meière rose to prominence in the 1920s with two commissions from pioneering architect Bertram Goodhue: the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. Her 100 religious, corporate, and cultural commissions are equally noteworthy. This first monograph on the artist, featuring stunning, large-scale color photographs, examines her distinctive Art Deco designs within the context of American art and architecture in the first half of the 20th century.

The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière

Arts & Photography

Brawer, Catherine Coleman

Skolnik, Kathleen Murphy

Individual Artists

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Founded in Chicago in 1989, the architectural firm Brininstool + Lynch has become known for modern works that are rooted in the exceptional architectural culture of Chicago but also epitomize the best of contemporary design: elegant spatial compositions, remarkable aesthetic quality, refined details. In this volume, partners Brad Lynch and David Brininstool have selected 15 built works that represent the breadth and depth of the practice as well as its character, at once sophisticated and straightforward. Among the projects are the Racine Art Museum, designed around a collection of crafts in ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, and wood; city and country houses in Illinois and Indiana; and a series of large-scale urban residential buildings; as well as galleries, offices, a lounge, and a state-of-the-art 'sound lab' featuring an ever-changing LED light fixture. Brininstool + Lynch's architecture of refinement is both exquisitely consistent and consistently exquisite. Contents: The Biggest Small Idea Reed Kroloff This Is What We Stand For Brad Lynch and David Brininstool Squark/B+L Offices, Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2001, 2013; Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1996; New York, New York, 2001; Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, 1999-2003; Carus Residence, Peru, Illinois, 2001-2003; 550 St. Clair, Chicago, Illinois, 2005-2008; Claremont House, Chicago, Illinois, 2006-2007; Claremont Furniture, 2006-2007; The Fifth, Royal Oak, Michigan, 2003-2007; 659 Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, 2006-2009; Tiny Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, 2003-2004 (project); Chicago, Illinois, 2007-2008; Coffou Cottage, Michigan City, Indiana, 2006-2008; 37 Signals, Chicago, Illinois, 2009-2010; Enova Ninth Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 2011-2012; Arup Sound Lab, Chicago, Illinois, 2012; Wood House, Chicago, Illinois, 2010-2013.

Brininstool + Lynch: Architecture in Detail

Brininstool + Lynch

Architecture

Inside look at the best-known custom upholstery workshop in the US, with specially commissioned photographs of the workroom process and the finished pieces"When you go shopping, you can usually divide objects into three categories: good, better, and best. If you're hunting for fine upholstery, though, there's a category unto itself: the very best. The very best doesn't get any better than Jonas." Clinton Smith, VerandaFine custom upholstery - the fabrication and finishing of exceptional furnishings is an art form. The foremost practitioner of this art form is Jonas, an old-world yet thoroughly modern atelier tucked away in New York City's Flatiron District. Jonas designers and craftspeople consider multiple aspects of each piece of furniture: proportion, texture, palette, comfort, material, scale, structure, form, and function. Jonas: The Art of Fine Upholstery reveals the ways of the workshop, its talented artisans, and the heirloom pieces produced, which grace homes and workplaces across the United States, most notably the Oval Office.Three specially commissioned photo essays by noted interiors photographer Don Freeman introduce Jonas s luminous New York showroom; the superb craftsmanship of the skilled workers; and the masterful finished forms. At the heart of the volume is a portfolio of more than 30 projects by designers such as Thomas O'Brien/Aero Studios, Brian J. McCarthy, David Easton, Shelton Mindel, Thomas Pheasant, and Victoria Hagan.

Jonas: The Art of Fine Upholstery

Smith, Clinton

Decorative Arts & Design

• Wide-ranging, captivating, and deeply introspective, the memoir of William Zeckendorf Jr. (1929-2014) documents the celebrated real estate developer's impact on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe • A glimpse inside the high-stakes world of real estate development, from finding a property to securing financing to hiring an architect to constructing the building to seeing it profitably occupied • A history of New York in the 1970s and 1980s, from one of the people most responsible for its changing cityscape • A candid and sincere assessment of the author's successes and failures, his public triumphs and equally public setbacks In 1986, the New York Times called William Zeckendorf Jr. "Manhattan's most active real-estate developer," a judgment borne out by Zeckendorf's fascinating memoir. The second generation of a legendary family of developers, "Bill" Zeckendorf was a developer with a social conscience, not only putting up buildings but opening neglected parts of the city and transforming whole communities. Among the projects Zeckendorf chronicles in detail - and with rich documentary illustrations - are the Columbia, which set off a building boom on the Upper West Side; the four-acre Worldwide Plaza, a landmark in West Midtown; Queens West, the first residential project on the waterfront in Queens; the enormous Ronald Reagan Office Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.; and numerous projects in Santa Fe, his beloved second home.

Developing: My Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Zeckendorf Jr., William

Community & Culture

•This book marks the rediscovery of a vital voice in midcentury debates on modernism in architecture•Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Quest for Beauty: John Yeon's Eye for Art, Architecture, and the Oregon Landscape' at the Portland Art Museum (working title), opening May 13, 2017•Exceptionally beautiful archival photography by masters of the era, including Maynard Parker, Roger Sturtevant, and Ezra StollerJohn Yeon (1910-1994) is a pioneering figure in architecture, who paved the way for the Northwest Regional style of modernism. Known for a series of exceptionally beautiful houses - including the Watzek House, a National Historic Landmark - Yeon's architecture was celebrated for its subtle relationship to site and place, and its sensitive deployment of local materials. His far-reaching innovations in construction and early sustainable design, and his stylistic freedom, anticipated several later movements, ranging from ecological modernism to postmodern eclecticism. Yet Yeon's scope of activities stretched far beyond architecture: he was also a planner, conservationist, art collector, historic preservationist, urban activist, and perhaps most of all, a connoisseur. John Yeon Architecture, the first in-depth monograph on Yeon, presents more than 25 built and unbuilt projects for houses, gardens, small public buildings, and exhibitions. Four perceptive essays explore Yeon's life and career: his characteristic design style, his position in the development of Northwest modernism, and his influential role in the stylistic debates of the 1940s and 1950s.John Yeon will be the subject of an exhibition at the Portland Art Museum opening May 13, 2017. It will focus on his art collection (promised to the PAM) but also on his architecture and other activities. This book and the book below are the only books accompanying the exhibition. PAM director Brian Ferriso has written the preface to the book, and Randy Gragg (editor of the book) is one of the curators of the exhibition.

John Yeon Architecture: Building in the Pacific Northwest

Photography & Video

•Portfolio of color and black and white images of the Shire by award-winning photographer Susan Seubert•Behind-the-scenes insight into the creation of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: 292,500 acres of beautiful landscape found in southern Washington and northern Oregon•Insightful analysis of land preservation and conservation, which can be applied nationally and internationallyJohn Yeon (1910-1994) devoted his life to designing and preserving the spectacular terrain of the Pacific Northwest. John Yeon Landscape explores his roles as planner, landscape architect, and conservation activist. The son of a lumber baron who raised the money for and oversaw the construction of one of America's first scenic highways, the Columbia River Gorge Highway, Yeon tackled conservation causes with the eye of a landscape designer. He single-handedly protected two of the most prominent features of the Oregon Coast: Neahkahnie Mountain and Chapman Point. Stemming from an intimate understanding of both landscape and the timber business, Yeon's writing and advocacy played an important role in the establishment of Olympic National Park. And in the Columbia River Gorge, he led a national committee dedicated to its conservation as well as buying 78 acres of land there, transforming it into the Shire. This private, picturesque landscape showcased the beauty of the gorge and even served as the birthplace of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act.

John Yeon Landscape: Design, Conservation, Activism

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

•Documents an important lecture and exhibition series, which has introduced creative young architects to a national stage for more than three decades •Shows the breadth of contemporary practices with projects in various typologies The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers is an annual competition, a series of lectures, an exhibition, and a publication, all organised by the Architectural League of New York and its Young Architects and Designers Committee. The 2016 competition theme, (im)permanence, asked entrants to consider the form and meaning of impermanence or permanence in their work. Projects by six winners respond to current aspects of society, economy, and policy, or invent systems of order that acknowledge the relationship of architecture to time. 2016 winners: Neeraj Bhatia, The Open Workshop, San Francisco, CA Yves de Fontenay and Hubert Pelletier, Pelletier de Fontenay, Montreal, Canada Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis, Ultramoderne, Providence, RI Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy, DESIGN EARTH, Cambridge, MA and Ann Arbor, MI Juan Alfonso Garduño Jardón, G3 Arquitectos, Querétaro, Mexico Mete Sonmez and Neyran Turan, NEMESTUDIO, San Francisco, CA

Young Architects 18: (Im)Permanence

The Architectural League of New York

• Documents the important lecture and exhibition series that for more than three decades has introduced creative young architects on a national stage • Shows the breadth of contemporary practices with projects in various typologies The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers is an annual competition, series of lectures, exhibition, and publication organized by the Architectural League of New York. For over thirty years, the League Prize has recognized outstanding and provocative work by up-and-coming North American architects and designers. The 2017 competition theme, Support, defines the term as 'an artifice that props architecture up while in turn facilitating new ideas, new forms, and new opportunities for action'. The competition asked entrants to define support's effect on architecture as tangible (how buildings stand up), financial (how buildings are funded), and theoretical (how buildings contribute to architectural discourse). The six competition winners avoided literal definitions in favor of metaphorical, historical, and methodological interpretations that have the potential to generate form. 2017 winners: Architecture Office (Jonathan Louie, Nicole McIntosh), Syracuse, New York; Michelle JaJa Chang, Houston, Texas; KEVIN HIRTH Co. (Kevin Hirth), Denver, Colorado; the Lab-lab for architecture (Mustafa Faruki), New York, New York; LANZA Atelier (Isabel Martínez Abascal, Alessandro Arienzo), Mexico City; SPORTS (Greg Corso &amp; Molly Hunker), Syracuse, New York. Contents: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Biographies; Firm Sections.

Young Architects 19: Support

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