Washington University in St. Louis, its design and architecture / Buford Pickens, FAIA, and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Margaretta J. Darnall, Assistant Professor of Architecture.

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Title
Washington University in St. Louis, its design and architecture / Buford Pickens, FAIA, and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Margaretta J. Darnall, Assistant Professor of Architecture.
Creator
  • Pickens, Buford [LCNAF]
  • Darnall, Margaretta J. [LCNAF]
Collecting Area
  • Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library
Collection Name
  • Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library Special Collections
Description
"This book is a companion to an exhibition held in the Gallery of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 1-Nov. 12, 1978." -- Title page verso.; ix, 77 pages : illustrations, plans (1 folded) ; 22 cm; "[A] ... short study on the architectural history of a variety of American educational institutions, concentrating on Washington University in St. Louis ... [The authors] look at decisions made by the designers and trustees of such disparate institutions as Bryn Mawr College in the east to Stanford University in the west. Their story is one of architects and community leaders working together to build great and lasting institutions"--Foreword, page vii.; Contents: Foreword / Chancellor William H. Danforth -- Preface / Margaretta J. Darnall and Buford Pickens -- Background : planning precedents, issues, and alternatives / Buford Pickens -- Campus planning in the 1880s-1890s, the Olmsted contribution, and the competition / Margaretta J. Darnall -- Serendipity at the Fair : Washington University and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 / Buford Pickens -- Chronology of buildings / edited by Margaretta J. Darnall.