Author : Robert Winter
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423615521
In L.A. in the '20s, noted architectural historian and author Robert Winter explains this "architecture of entertainment"-the inherent beauty and mystery of the era when historic architectural styles became adventurous escapades.
Author : Gordon D. Kaufman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674445765
The craze in positive thinking that swept American culture thanks to celebrity endorsements from such popular figures as Oprah Winfrey comes from the page to the screen with The Secret. Derived from a tradition said to date back hundreds of years, the philosophy of The Secret is believed to help people reach their goals and lead happier lives, with a technique for thinking and doing that's been employed by some of history's most accomplished people. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi
Author : Marc Appleton
Publisher : Tailwater Press
Page : pages
File Size : 29,24 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780692749982
Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940, a new 12-volume series by Marc Appleton, Bret Parsons and Steve Vaught, showcases the work of the Golden Era's most important residential architects, featuring some of the earliest known architectural photography of their work. The series is devoted to the era when oil titans, film industry moguls, bankers, and tsuccessful entrepreneurs hired the most accomplished and talented architects they could find. In the premiere volume, GORDON B. KAUFMANN, the authors showcase 21 projects by the architect, including his design for Greystone, the mansion created for E.L. Doheny Jr. and Lucy Doheny, that catapulted him to the top of his field. Although his name has been lost to history except in the circles of architectural historians, Kaufmann's stamp is all over Southern California. GORDON B. KAUFMANN includes a detailed career biography that points out his numerous residential projects,as well as his designs for Hoover Dam, the Los Angeles T
Author : Nicholas Adams
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300227477
This nuanced portrait of Gordon Bunshaft and his work for the architecture firm SOM explores his role in defining the built aesthetic of corporate America.
Author : Marc Appleton
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2020-06-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780999666456
The series is devoted to the era when oil titans, film industry moguls, bankers, and successful entrepreneurs who were new to the region sought to hire the most accomplished and talented architects they could find.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : John A. Garraty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 21,48 MB
Release : 2005-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0199771499
American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years. Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography. The scope of the work is enormous--from the earlest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
Publisher :
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Industrial mobilization
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
Publisher :
Page : 1992 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Air bases
ISBN :
Part 41, focuses on Navy fuel purchase contracts for Saudi Arabian oil and businesses' use of institutional advertising for tax exemptions during and after the war.
