American architect Cass Gilbert built many of the major monuments of his generation. Inspired by design throughout the ages, he created buildings for the sites, clients, and programs of his own time. Gilbert began his architectural career in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1885. In 1895, Gilbert won the competition for the Minnesota State Capitol.
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American architect Cass Gilbert built many of the major monuments of his generation. Inspired by design throughout the ages, he created buildings for the sites, clients, and programs of his own time. Gilbert began his architectural career in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1885. In 1895, Gilbert won the competition for the Minnesota State Capitol.
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VG remainder marks & shelf-wear/scuffing to bottom text block. bumped corners. tight binding. Illustrated glued wraps w/ green spine & french flaps. 194 pgs w/ bw & colored illustrations. content as follows: "American architect Cass Gilbert built many of the major monuinents of his generation. Inspired by design throughout the ages-ancient Greece and Rome, medieval and Renaissance Europe, and contemporary traditions such as the Richandsonian Romanesque-he created buildings for the sites, clients, and programs of his own time."--BOOK JACKET. "Gilbert's career reached its peak in the 1910s and 1920s with civic and commercial buildings of great significance; the Woolworth Company Building (at its 1913 completion the tallest building in the world) and the New York Life Insurance Company Building, both in New York City, the United States Military Oceans Terminal in Brooklyn, and the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. These landmark works, emblematic of Gilbert's mastery of form and expression, reaffirm his position as a leader in design and in the profession."--Jacket.
