The domestic architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

The domestic architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / Michael W. Fazio and Patrick A. Snadon.

Author/creator	Fazio, Michael W.
Other author/creator	Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Other author/creator	Snadon, Patrick Alexander, 1952-
Other author/creator	American Council of Learned Societies.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	xx, 769 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subject(s)	Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820--Criticism and interpretation. Architecture, Domestic--United States. Architecture, Domestic--England. Architecture--United States --History --18th century. Architecture--United States --History --19th century. Architecture--England --History --18th century.

Contents	Introduction: Reinterpreting Latrobe -- Learning the profession: Latrobe in the London office of Samuel Pepys Cockerell -- Hammerwood and Ashdown: Latrobe's English country houses and the architectural Avant Garde of the 1790s -- Reinventing the American house: an overview of Latrobe's design theories and architectural practice in a new country -- Houses for the Virginia landed gentry (1795-1798): Latrobe's first explorations of the American context -- Practice in Philadelphia (1798-1807): designs for a merchant elite, countryseats in Maryland and Ohio, and the emergence of the rational house -- A capital city and an expanding democracy (1807-1815): houses in Washington, D.C., Kentucky, and Pittsburgh -- Last houses (1815-1820): Latrobe's final years in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New Orleans -- Some perspectives on an architect's career -- Epilogue: A preservation history of Latrobe's houses and notes on the vicissitudes of the Avant-Garde.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 704-754) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005013354
ISBN	0801881048 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780801881046

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