The Campus Guide: University of Cincinnati - An Architectural Tour [Paperback]

Paul Bennett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1568982321 | ISBN-13: 978-1568982328 | Publication Date: July 1, 2001 | Edition: 1

The University of Cincinnati, established in 1870, has positioned itself for the twenty-first century with a wholly renovated campus that features a master plan by landscape architect George Hargreaves Associates and major architectural works by Michael Graves, Peter Eisenman, and Frank Gehry among others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568982321
• ISBN-13: 978-1568982328
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,124,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars careless research, September 8, 2001

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Gordon Simmons (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Campus Guide: University of Cincinnati - An Architectural Tour (Paperback)

The scope of this book is commendable. Photographs and graphics are of high quality. But the many errors that I recognize make me wary of the rest of the information in the text. Examples: Michael Graves, in his introduction, refers to the street fronting the campus as McMicken Street rather than Clifton Avenue; the most recent additon/enclosure of the Law School is attributed to the wrong architect; President Steger is mistakenly credited with initiating the idea to commission the campus master plan, when the credit should go to Dean Jay Chatterjee. If the publishers plan a second edition, they should see that their writer gets his facts right.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Author response, June 8, 2003

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Paul Bennett (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Campus Guide: University of Cincinnati - An Architectural Tour (Paperback)

I feel I need to address the first reviewer's concerns about the accuracy of this book (with the exception of Mr. Grave's foreword). Indeed, the reviewer is correct about the Law School Library. The architect of that work is mistakenly identified in the text. It was E. A. Glendenning and not Herbert Hilmer. The records of the University architect and archivist both contain this mistake; and it wasn't until I researched the records of the Law School itself (on this reviewer's prompting) that I discovered the truth. I apologize for this, and any other instances of mis-attribution.

However, I must take issue with the alleged mis-identification of the person responsible for the master plan. Steger, McGirr, and Chatterjee all verify that the organization of that master planning committee was initiated by the president's office, and not by Chatterjee alone. However, most everyone involved with the process credits Chatterjee with being the primary mover of the entire idea of remaking the campus by pushing for high quality, high profile architecture. This is made explicit in the introduction of the book, and much credit is given to Chatterjee for this. However, it would be wrong to say that he orchestrated the master plan committee and gave it its landscape focus.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed perhaps, but still excellent, October 27, 2001

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This review is from: The Campus Guide: University of Cincinnati - An Architectural Tour (Paperback)

Taking into account the comments of the above reviewer, this is still a wonderful book. I have a copy and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It has excellent colour 3D maps and colour photos, with a couple of pages of text for each building. A good read if you are interested in architecture, particularly modern.