Primary Format: Cloth | |
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ISBN: | 9781611686623 |
Published: | 11/04/2014 |
Pages: | 328 |
Size: | 7 x 10 in. |
Subject(s): | Architecture and Design History |
Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England
Maureen Meister
E-book: $39.99Cloth: $35.00
In her portrait of a group of architects who practiced in Boston while promoting the English Arts and Crafts movement a century ago, Maureen Meister weaves sensitive descriptions of construction details and materials that convey her intimate familiarity with the subject.
—Architecture Boston
For scholars of New England architecture, Meister’s book is invaluable; for residents of the area, it is a wonderful guide to our physical environment.
—Design New England, distributed by the Boston Globe
This useful illustrated guide to the movement that flowered from 1890 to 1920 puts into context Radcliffe’s Fay House, the McLean Hospital campus, Phillips Brooks House, and many iconic homes.
—Harvard Magazine
Meister’s fascinating look at the origins and influences of arts and crafts architecture in New England is as finely crafted and detailed as the works it explores. . . . The book is filled with fine portraits of the architects highlighted and many of the notable buildings they created, a number of which stand today. This volume should delight scholars and other academics as well as enthusiasts of American architecture and should be found in libraries with a concentration of decorative arts, architecture, and architectural history.
—Library Journal
A thorough scholarly work. . . .Recommended.
—Choice
MAUREEN MEISTER is the author of Architecture and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston: Harvard’s H. Langford Warren.