These new titles have arrived for the collection. If you would like to consult them for research purposes, please contact the Fine Arts staff.
Brown, David. Durham
Cathedral: History, Fabric and Culture.
-- Durham Cathedral is one of the great British Cathedrals,
and this book fits into the collection as a title that documents an important
building.
Cheek, Richard. Selling
the Dwelling: The Books that Built America’s Houses, 1775-2000.
This book features many of the
pattern books that the Steedman holds, as well as being a beautifully produced
book. It fits into the collection as a title that documents American
residential architecture and supports research about the books already in the
collection.
Le Corbusier, Pierre
Jenneret: Chandigarh, India, 1951-66.
--The city of Chandigarh was the first planned city in India
post-independence in 1947, and is known internationally for its architecture
and urban design. The master plan of the city was prepared by Le Corbusier, one
of the founders and giants of modernist architecture. He considered it
one of the crowning achievements of his career. More than 50 years later,
The Beautiful City, as it is known, has become an essential stop for devotees
of mid-century urban planning and architecture, and is being considered for
UNESCO designation as a World Heritage Site. This book fits into
the collection because it documents a major monument of architectural history,
and one by a major architect.
Pfeiffer,
Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Designs: The Sketches, Plans,
and Drawings.
--This
book describes itself as “the first major presentation in decades of the
visionary drawings” of Frank Lloyd Wright. The book fits into the
collection because it supports its already strong Wrightian holdings.
Tyack,
Geoffrey, ed. John Nash: Architect of the Picturesque.
English Heritage, 2013. $120.00
--John Nash is one of the most important architects of late
18th /early 19th-century Britain. Best known for the designs
of Regent Street and Regent's Park in London, the Brighton Pavilion, and
Buckingham Palace, he was also one of the most successful and influential of
the “Picturesque” style architects. This book originated from a 2009
symposium that presented new scholarship, and is the first complete study of
Nash’s work in many years. It is the first book on Nash for the Steedman
collection.
