Kicked a Building Lately?Ada Louis Huxtable brings clarity as well as passion to her consideration of the problems and pleasures of architecture and urban planning. |
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Page 96
... brick , and I am taken with American history . " The library is a 108 - foot square . It has traditional , exterior bearing walls of brick , with piers thickening toward the bottom . There are no " quickie " brick veneers . Solid brick ...
... brick , and I am taken with American history . " The library is a 108 - foot square . It has traditional , exterior bearing walls of brick , with piers thickening toward the bottom . There are no " quickie " brick veneers . Solid brick ...
Page 100
Ada Louise Huxtable. Ahmedabad the brick answered , in Kahn's words , " I like an arch . " At Exeter , the brick arches " requested " the greater support of concrete . Everywhere , he pursued the " thoughtful making of spaces . " The ...
Ada Louise Huxtable. Ahmedabad the brick answered , in Kahn's words , " I like an arch . " At Exeter , the brick arches " requested " the greater support of concrete . Everywhere , he pursued the " thoughtful making of spaces . " The ...
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... brick vaults carried on cast - iron beams , combined with cast - iron columns , trusses , and solid brick bearing walls . New mechan- ical systems have been inserted into the ample spaces provided by Furness's ingenious original ...
... brick vaults carried on cast - iron beams , combined with cast - iron columns , trusses , and solid brick bearing walls . New mechan- ical systems have been inserted into the ample spaces provided by Furness's ingenious original ...
Contents
The Monumental Muddle | 3 |
Failures | 10 |
The Lehman Wing of the Metropolitan Museum | 13 |
Copyright | |
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