A definitive volume on the storied designers of the Gilded Age. Architects of America's Gilded Age, Carrere and Hastings designed commercial buildings, elaborate residences, and prominent public structures in New York, Washington, London, Paris, Rome, and Havana between 1895 and 1924. Their client list included Carnegie, duPont, Rockefeller, Harriman, Morgan, Gould, Astor, Payne, Whitney, and Vand...
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli (October 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780847835645
ISBN-13: 978-0847835645
ASIN: 0847835642
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 1.4 x 12.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 523232
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The firm of Carrere and Hastings was central to the period of American architecture that bridged the Beaux Arts to Art Deco periods, completing the establishment of the values displayed in the Worlds Columbian Exposition as the standard format for gr...
y are revered for Beaux-Arts masterpieces such as the New York Public Library, the Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine, and the Frick House (now The Frick Collection) in New York, among many others. In addition, they made extensive renovations to the U.S. Capitol, and designed the Senate Office Building, the House Office Building, and the Carnegie Institute in Washington. This sumptuous monograph explores their work with a detailed look at residential, institutional, and commercial works such as the Alfred I. duPont House (now Nemours Mansion) in Delaware; the Flagler House in Palm Beach; and, in New York, the Henry Sloane House (now Lycee Francais), the Public Library, Standard Oil Headquarters, the Neue Galerie, Grand Army Plaza, Bryant Park, and others.
