The eighth volume in the Buildings of the United States series, Buildings of Louisiana is both an architectural history of the state and a guidebook to the architectural riches within its borders. Generously illustrated with photographs and maps, the volume is divided into sections covering each of the state's main regions.
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"Kingsley is highly knowledgeable about architecture of all periods and writes well. Her book includes a vast amount of information on the social and cultural development of Louisiana, along with architecture, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the state. Buildings of the United States ...will ultimately form an extraordinary record of the nation's built environment. Highly recommended." --Choice
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Karen Kingsley, Professor of Architectual History, Tulane University.
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Louisiana is blessed with an abudence of architecturally significant buildings and this book selects some of the best examples. I appreciated how Ms. Kingsley gives each section of the state equal time and does not focus exclusively on New Orleans. I mean I love New Orleans, but as this books shows, there are significant buildings all over the state. This book has well researched text and many buildings are occompanied by images. My only real qualm with the book is that not all buildings described come with an image, but the images that are included are well conceived, though black and white. I recommend this book to anyone with a love of Louisiana or frankly just fine architecture.
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CRADLED IN A CURVE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND CONTAINED on the north by Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans has fluid boundaries; like an island, the city can be approached only over water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dogtrot passage, paneled piers, three rooms across the front, bousillage construction, prominent moldings, entablature elements, parish courthouse, galleried house, two principal facades, brick commercial structures, gabled portico, shallow pilasters, rear loggia, dependency buildings, parish seat, emulate forms, small rose window, entablature decorated, cast iron gallery, hood moldings, brick between posts, pedimented portico, stuccoed brick, prominent cornice, paired pilasters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, Greek Revival, Baton Rouge, Mississippi River, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, New York, Queen Anne, Art Deco, United States, Lake Charles, Lake Pontchartrain, World War, African American, Red River, Gulf of Mexico, West Feliciana, Charles Ave, Louisiana State University, Canal Street, Emile Weil, Jefferson Parish, Henry Howard, Port Allen, Garden District New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
CRADLED IN A CURVE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND CONTAINED on the north by Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans has fluid boundaries; like an island, the city can be approached only over water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dogtrot passage, paneled piers, three rooms across the front, bousillage construction, prominent moldings, entablature elements, parish courthouse, galleried house, two principal facades, brick commercial structures, gabled portico, shallow pilasters, rear loggia, dependency buildings, parish seat, emulate forms, small rose window, entablature decorated, cast iron gallery, hood moldings, brick between posts, pedimented portico, stuccoed brick, prominent cornice, paired pilasters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Orleans, Greek Revival, Baton Rouge, Mississippi River, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, New York, Queen Anne, Art Deco, United States, Lake Charles, Lake Pontchartrain, World War, African American, Red River, Gulf of Mexico, West Feliciana, Charles Ave, Louisiana State University, Canal Street, Emile Weil, Jefferson Parish, Henry Howard, Port Allen, Garden District New!
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