Architecture in Cincinnati; an illustrated history of designing and building an American city.9780821417003 Architecture in Cincinnati; an illustrated history of designing and building an American city. Ed. by Sue Ann Painter. Photographs by Alice Weston. Ohio University Press Ohio University Press is part of Ohio University. It publishes under its own name and the imprint Swallow Press. External links
2006 352 pages $75.00 Hardcover NA735 Painter (executive director, Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati) reviews the architectural history  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. of Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. from the early Native American earthworks earthworks: see land art. to the present time. She focuses on large institutional structures--banks, museums, churches, colleges, etc.--and pays little attention to small residential buildings. Her text, which is accompanied by numerous photographs and other illustrations, discusses the history of particular buildings, social and cultural issues that influenced architectural developments in Cincinnati, and the contributions of particular architects and architectural firms An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. in a broadly chronological fashion. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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