Immigrant Architect - Berta de Miguel, Kent Diebolt

Immigrant Architect

Rafael Guastavino and the American Dream
Buch | Hardcover
60 Seiten
2020
Tilbury House,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-88448-812-5 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
Rafael Guastavino Sr. was 39 when he left a successful career as an architect in Barcelona. American cities—densely packed and built largely of wood—were experiencing horrific fires, and Guastavino had the solution: The soaring interior spaces created by his tiled vaults and domes made buildings sturdier, fireproof, and beautiful. What he didn’t have was fluent English. Unable to win design commissions, he transferred control of the company to his American-educated son, whose subsequent half-century of inspired design work resulted in major contributions to the built environment of America.  

Immigrant Architect is an introduction to architectural concepts and a timely reminder of immigrant contributions to America. The book includes four route maps for visiting Guastavino-designed spaces in New York City: uptown, midtown, downtown, and Prospect Park.

Berta de Miguel is a trained architect specializing in the restoration of historic structures who works as Vertical Access New York City Branch Manager. This position has allowed her to work regularly in Guastavino-designed spaces. Part of this interaction with Guastavino is included in the documentary El Arquitecto de Nueva York, by Eva Vizcarra, which was selected for the Gold Dolphin at the Cannes Festival and for Best Biography recognition in the New York Festival World’s Best TV & Films Festival. Kent Diebolt is the Founding Partner of Vertical Access LLC, an industrial rope access company dedicated to the inspection, investigation, and documentation of monumental historic buildings. Former president of the Association for Preservation Technology, he is an expert in Guastavino projects throughout the United States. Virginia Lorente is an architect based in Valencia, Spain, who has written, illustrated, and published the children’s book on architecture My Favorite Houses, which won the Serra d’Or prize in Spain in 2013.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The History Makers Series
Illustrationen Virginia Lorente
Zusatzinfo full color
Sprache englisch
Maße 290 x 239 mm
Gewicht 632 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Bilderbücher
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher Geschichte / Politik
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher Naturwissenschaft / Technik
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-10 0-88448-812-8 / 0884488128
ISBN-13 978-0-88448-812-5 / 9780884488125
Zustand Neuware
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