Buildings of Arkansas (Buildings of the United States)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081393978X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sutherland was Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, a leader in the movement to preserve the state's historic buildings, and the coproducer (with H. Whayne (University of Arkansas), embodies his lifelong knowledge of and devotion to the architectural history of his native state.. Cyrus A. Gordon Brooks) of the three-part film series Arkansas: Its Architectural Heritage. This volume, edited and updated by his colleagues Gregory Herman (University o
Sutherland, this book captures the range and richness of the state's buildings and landscapes, whose stories can prove as fascinating and gripping as a novel's plotline.Nearly 500 building entries, accompanied by 250 illustrations and 24 maps, encompass the state's major regionsthe Ozark Plateau, the Arkansas River Valley, the Ouachita Mountains, the West Gulf Coastal Plain, and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (commonly known as the Delta). Fay Jones and Edward Durell Stone to Sam Walton's Five-and-Ten and Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to Bill Clinton's birthplace and presidential library. The places canvassed include everything from works by Arkansas natives E. Along the way, it offers compelling accounts of sites from the well to the lesser knownthe magnificent Toltec Mounds near Scott, the New Deal–era Dyess Colony, Tyronza's Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, the Rohwer Relocation Center and McGehee Japanese American Internment Museum, Central High School in Little Rockand considers modern buildings tha
Sutherland was Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, a leader in the movement to preserve the state's historic buildings, and the coproducer (with H. Whayne (University of Arkansas), embodies his lifelong knowledge of and devotion to the architectural history of his native state.. About the AuthorCyrus A. Gordon Brooks) of the three-part film series Arkansas: Its Architectural Heritage. This volume, edited and updated by his colleagues Gregory Herman (University of Arkansas), Claudia Shannon (Shannon Design Enterprises, Inc.), Jean Sizemore (University of Arkansas at Little Rock), and Jeannie M