| Description |
x, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The practice of architecture in the ancient world : Egypt and Greece / Spiro Kostof -- Roman architects / William L. MacDonald -- The architect in the Middle Ages, east and west / Spiro Kostof -- The emergence of the Italian architect during the fifteenth century / Leopold D. Ettlinger -- The new professionalism in the Renaissance / Catherine Wilkinson -- The royal building administration in France from Charles V to Louis XIV / Myra Nan Rosenfeld -- The rise of the professional architect in England / John Wilton-Ely -- The Ecole des Beaux-arts and the architectural profession in the United States : the case of John Galen Howard / Joan Draper -- Architectural education in the thirties and seventies : a personal view / Joseph Esherick -- On the fringe of the profession : women in American architecture / Gwendolyn Wright -- Architectural practice in America, 1865-1965- ideal and reality / Bernard Michael Boyle |
| Summary |
With the architectural profession in a state of crisis over the nature - and even the necessity - of its role in society, this book puts the debate into a historical perspective |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Vocational guidance.
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| Author |
Kostof, Spiro.
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| LC no. |
75046368 |
| ISBN |
0195020677 |
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