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|  | | Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture
This study examines the residential designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869-1924) within the context of his better-known ecclesiastial and secular projects. It provides new insights into the evolution of Goodhue's architecture and takes a closer look at his life.
Although Goodhue's residential designs made up a relatively small portion of his total work, the results are rich in architectural expression. His residential clients provided him with the opportunity to experiment with various interpretations of historical styles, to realize some of his romantic dreams, to put into practice the goals of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and to advance his search for stylistic freedom. The book concludes with a discussion of Goodhue's place in the history of architecture, with particular attention to how his role in the modern movement has been evaluated with rene | |  | | Caltech's Architectural Heritage: From Spanish Tile to Modern Stone
A richly illustrated, in-depth history, from the early 1900s to the present day, of the campus architecture of the California Institute of Technology.
The campus of the California Institute of Technology was destined for architectural greatness when, in 1915, the university's visionary founder, astronomer George Ellery Hale, retained one of New York's preeminent architects, Bertram Goodhue, to devise a master plan for 22 acres of orange groves in what was then rural Pasadena. That elegant plan still resonates in the contemporary oasis of buildings, each beautifully and often whimsically decorated with sculpture, wrought iron, and ornate tile work. Well-known architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey in 1910 had begun the original campus buildings | |  | | Eva Maddox: Innovator, Designer, Educator
Comprehensive monograph on innovative and award-winning designer Eva Maddox, a pioneer in branding interior spaces and custom patterning.
Traces Maddox's career from its early days to her independent practice to her partnership with the global architecture firm Perkins + Will
Award-winning designer Eva Maddox has been described as a "change agent" and a "visionary design theorist and practitioner who has reshaped the interior design profession and raised the standards of commercial design and architecture."
This comprehensive monograph traces her creative journey from a tiny town in rural Tennessee to her own renowned firm, Eva Maddox Associates, to a dedicated branding studio within the international architectural practice Perkins + Will. Profusely illustrated with sketches, plans, source material, and colour photography, the book includes 35 major projects: | |  | | From There to Here: War, Peace, Pandemic - A Memoir
Comparisons between the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and World War II create a backdrop for recollections of the author’s childhood, schooling, marriage, and a three-year sojourn in America. The book is a prequel to Wyllie’s 2012 memoir, Loving Andrew.
With the need to find an engrossing project to fill the isolation forced on us by the 2020 global pandemic, From There to Here recalls the author’s childhood growing up in England during World War II. Wyllie compares the many restrictions imposed on our lives today with the hardships endured by the British during the war. Set against this backdrop, the book chronicles the author’s idyllic childhood interrupted by the onset of a world war and all its horrors; wartime in preparatory school; peace declared during senior boarding school; followed by university, marriage to an Arctic explorer, and | |  | | Loving Andrew: A Fifty-Two-Year Story of Down Syndrome
A mother recounts how the birth of Andrew with Down syndrome and the loss to cancer of a second baby start a family's journey through the maze of parenthood. With the support of a loving father, mother, and two younger siblings, Andrew mastered the skills of life and became a contributing member of society. In spite of coping with schizophrenia in his later years, Andrew remained active, happy, and full of love until Alzheimer's stole his memory and brought his life to a close a the age of fifty-two.
"To know Andrew was to love him." This is a poignant story of a family who chose to bring up their son with Down syndrome as a fully involved member. They overcame other tragedies to help Andrew be the best he could be, being what he was with the gifts that he was given.
In spite of being told that their firstborn son would have many limitations in life, his parents were amazed at what Andrew achieved. He learned to read and write, ride a bicycle, play the piano, swim almost as well as his siblings, ride horseback and perform dressage, graduate in special education from high school, take |
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