New books for the collection!

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 18^{th /}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.