Gwathamy & Siegel American Architects Collections

9781564969910

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Founded in 1968, the architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates is based in New York. The firm offers services in city planning, architecture, interior decorating, and the design of objects. More than three hundred projects have been developed in the United States and abroad, among them offices such as the headquarters of Morgan, Stanley, Dean and Co., educational equipment including the notable cultural project of Lawrence Technological University , and government buildings and residences. The firm is known for its projects, which range from the smallest design detail in interiors to aspects related to the site on which the building is located, intergrating all of the parts into an architectural solution. American Architects Series The American Architects series is a collection of 'mini-graphs' devoted to significant figures of 20th-century American architecture. Each book will offer a compact and coherent vision of the architect's essential architectural work. Majestic photographs and drawings and rich text will illuminate 10 of the architects' most influential projects. The series will examine the oeuvre of Richard Meier, J. LI. Sert, Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and many others.