Contemporary Dutch School Architecture

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Education has changed radically, in both theory and practice, in a very short period. So too–form following function–has the architecture of school buildings: classrooms have been supplanted by “learning domains” and assembly halls have evolved into veritable plazas. This topical and revealing volume presents architectural developments in primary and secondary educational institutions over the past two decades. Featuring images and texts by architects and theorist… More >>

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The College of Architecture, Cornell University: -1907

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Originally published in 1907. This volume from the Cornell University Library’s print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume…. More >>

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The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925

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This thoroughly illustrated classic study traces the history of the world-famous Chicago school of architecture from its beginnings with the functional innovations of William Le Baron Jenney and others to their imaginative development by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. The Chicago School of Architecture places the Chicago school in its historical setting, showing it at once to be the culmination of an iron and concrete construction and the chief pioneer in th… More >>

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