San Antonio Architecture
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A Guide To San Antonio Architecture
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Author : Chris Carson
language : en
Publisher: Texas Monthly Press
Release Date : 1986
A Guide To San Antonio Architecture written by Chris Carson and has been published by Texas Monthly Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Architecture categories.
An architectural guide to the City of San Antonio, TX, including various areas of the city with brief biographical notes on the architects. Includes an index and photos.
San Antonio Architecture
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Author : AIA San Antonio
language : en
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-20
San Antonio Architecture written by AIA San Antonio and has been published by Trinity University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-20 with Architecture categories.
With a history more than 290 years old, San Antonio boasts a diverse, eclectic, and important architectural inventory. From the Spanish Missions of the 17th century to invigorating adaptation and restoration of historic buildings alongside landmark new construction, there is a wide array of culturally significant assets reflecting Anglo and Hispanic traditions, alongside regional variations of southern and southwestern American styles. San Antonio Architecture is the comprehensive catalog of the architecture inventory of the city. Complete with color illustrations, keyed maps, and informative essays, it is a must-have book for every armchair and on foot architectural, art, and community historian. Edited by Julius M. Gribou, AIA; Robert G. Hanley, AIA; and Thomas E. Robey, AIA; with architectural text written by Lewis F. Fisher and Maria Watson Pfeiffer.
Traditions And Visions
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Aia San Antonio a Chapter of American Institute of Architect
Release Date : 2007
Traditions And Visions written by and has been published by Aia San Antonio a Chapter of American Institute of Architect this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Architecture categories.
San Antonio S Monte Vista
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Author : Donald E. Everett
language : en
Publisher: Maverick Books
Release Date : 1999
San Antonio S Monte Vista written by Donald E. Everett and has been published by Maverick Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
This lavishly-illustrated book is the definitive guide and reference work for the 100-block Monte Vista National Historic District, two miles north of downtown San Antonio. It includes 139 illustrations (some in color), maps, notes, bibliography and both a general index and an index of architects and their works. Monte Vista survives nearly intact from the city's Gilded Age--1890 to 1930--when newly-prosperous residents built the finest neighborhood of the era remaining in Texas. The district's vintage homes, both elaborate and modest, were designed by more than two dozen distinguished architects in an unusual variety of styles, from Queen Anne to Prairie to Tudor to Spanish Colonial Revival. In addition to describing the finest landmark homes block by block, San Antonio's Monte Vista deals with the dynamics of developers and the lifestyles of original residents, and of their servants as well.
San Antonio S Historic Architecture
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Author : T. Irwin Sessions
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-01-11
San Antonio S Historic Architecture written by T. Irwin Sessions and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-11 with Architecture categories.
Spanish colonial missionary settlements established San Antonio as a junction between Mexico and the developing United States in the early 1700s. Because of its remote location amid both countries and its great distance from other cities, San Antonio became a crossroads for commerce, industry, and strategic military position on the wild frontier. Texas independence and the admission of Texas into the United States in the 19th century established a diverse cultural population and distinctive architecture that remains historically significant across the nation as it continues to gain attention on the world stage. The appreciation of historic architecture among its citizens has enabled San Antonio to retain a remarkably large catalog of important historic structures, which are often saved from destruction through relocation. Three centuries of steady growth, from 1700 to 2000, has resulted in an abundance of buildings that has generated a local legacy of multigenerational artisans and skilled craftsmen.
Historic Doorways Of San Antonio Texas
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Author : Frederick R. Preston, Ed.D.
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Historic Doorways Of San Antonio Texas written by Frederick R. Preston, Ed.D. and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture categories.
Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sense of structural design style. The unique and well-preserved historic architecture of San Antonio, Texas, reveals much about the area's history and cultural heritage. Over 180 photographs give a sense of the Coahiltecan Indians at Catholic frontier missions, the spirit of the Alamo, and rush of progress that arrived with the railroad. "You wish you could grab a knob and walk in the past time, when life moved at a slower pace." writes Judge Nelson W. Wolff in his foreword to this book. The broad range of entrance styles also represent many prominent architects who contributed to the city's development. This inventory of beautiful and eclectic doorways will inspire and inform architects, preservationists, photographers, and everyone considering remodeling the front exterior of their home.
A Field Guide To The Vernacular Buildings Of The San Antonio Area
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Author : Brent Fortenberry
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-16
A Field Guide To The Vernacular Buildings Of The San Antonio Area written by Brent Fortenberry and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-16 with Architecture categories.
The rich, multicultural heritage of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country provide the backdrop for this first comprehensive guide to the culturally significant vernacular buildings of this diverse and historic region: structures designed and constructed by the people who used them rather than by professional architects or builders. A valuable, easy-to-use resource for heritage travelers, historic preservationists, and local historians, A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area pairs incisive interpretive essays with detailed building descriptions, photographs, and architectural renderings. Featuring contributions from noted architectural historians and preservationists including Ken Hafertepe, Lewis Fisher, Maria Pfeiffer, and Sarah Z. Gould, this handy, generously illustrated guide will not only provide context and insight for understanding the importance of these buildings but will also engage readers with the challenges of preserving our cultural heritage as represented in the built environment. Professional and avocational preservationists, along with interested travelers and general readers, will appreciate the thorough discussion and analysis of such well-known sites as the San Antonio Riverwalk, the San Antonio missions, and the public buildings of the historic Westside district. Reaching beyond the immediate vicinity of San Antonio, the book also offers expert commentary on the German settlements in Central Texas and east of San Antonio, providing an inclusive and inviting survey of how settlers of various origins placed their unique imprints on Texas.
Early Texas Architecture
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Author : Gordon Echols
language : en
Publisher: TCU Press
Release Date : 2000
Early Texas Architecture written by Gordon Echols and has been published by TCU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
Gordon Echols traces the development of various styles form the most rudimentary and little-known rural dwellings to the sophisticated Greek Revival governor's mansion in Austin and the Victorian buildings that were made possible by new wealth earned in trading cotton, cattle and petroleum.
Architecture In Texas
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Author : Jay C. Henry
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1993
Architecture In Texas written by Jay C. Henry and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Architecture categories.
Written in an accessible style, Henry's work places Texas architecture in the wider context of American architectural history by tracing the development of building in the state from late Victorian styles, and the rise of neoclassicism, to the advent of the International Style.... His work provides a welter of new facts, both about the era's buildings and the architects who designed them, and he has catalogued and described most of the important landmarks of the period. -- Southwestern Historical Quarterly ., .a significant contribution to the study of Texas architecture.... -- Drury Blakeley Alexander, author of Texas Homes of the Nineteenth Century Texas architecture of the twentieth century encompasses a wide range of building styles, from an internationally inspired modernism to the Spanish Colonial Revival that recalls Texas' earliest European heritage. This book is the first comprehensive survey of Texas architecture of the first half of the twentieth century. More than just a catalog of buildings and styles, the book is a social history of Texas architecture. Jay C. Henry discusses and illustrates buildings from around the state, drawing a majority of his examples from the ten to twelve largest cities and from the work of major architects and firms, including C. H. Page and Brother, Trost and Trost, Lang and Witchell, Sanguinet and Staats, Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres, David Williams, and O'Neil Ford. The majority of buildings he considers are public ones, but a separate chapter traces the evolution of private housing from late-Victorian styles through the regional and international modernism of the 1930s. Nearly 400 black-and-white photographs complement thetext. Written to be accessible to general readers interested in architecture, as well as to architectural professionals, this work shows how Texas both participated in and differed from prevailing American architectural traditions.
The Architecture And Cities Of Northern Mexico From Independence To The Present
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Author : Edward Burian
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2015-08-15
The Architecture And Cities Of Northern Mexico From Independence To The Present written by Edward Burian and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with Architecture categories.
The states of Northern Mexico—Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California Norte and Sur—have architecture, urbanism, and landscape design that offer numerous lessons in how to build well, but this constructed environment is largely undervalued or unknown. To make this architecture better known to a wide professional, academic, and public audience, this book presents the first comprehensive overview in either English or Spanish of the architecture, urban landscapes, and cities of Northern Mexico from the country's emergence as a modern nation in 1821 to the present day. Profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, maps, and analytical drawings of urban cores of major cities, The Architecture and Cities of Northern Mexico systematically examines significant works of architecture in large cities and small towns in each state, from the earliest buildings in the urban core to the newest at the periphery. Edward R. Burian describes the most memorable works of architecture in each city in greater detail in terms of their spatial organization, materials, and sensory experience. He also includes a concise geographical and historical summary of the region that provides a useful background for the discussions of the works of architecture. Burian concludes the book with a brief commentary on lessons learned and possible futures for the architectural culture of the region, as well as the first comprehensive biographical listing of the architects practicing in Northern Mexico during the past two centuries.