Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Hardcover

Ojeda, Oscar Riera

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0974680044 ISBN 13: 9780974680040

Verlag: ACC Art Books - IPSUK, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

On October 3, 2003, the Liberty Bell Center, the new home of the Liberty Bell, was opened to the public. The building, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, is one of the highlights of Philadelphia s reconfigured Independence Mall. This book offers a close look at the building. It presents an extensive set of reproductions and photographs, including records of the design and building process, that thoroughly document the building and its surroundings. The book also features essays that flesh out the building's rich context and its historical background. They include insiders accounts of the design process as well as critical maps of the constellation of forces that come into play in shaping a building of this significance and quality.

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Bernard J. Cywinski FAIA was an American architect and teacher, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works include the Liberty Bell Center at Independence National Historical Park and the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ACC Art Books - IPSUK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0974680044
• ISBN 13: 9780974680040
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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