Aia Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780814331200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 359 str.

Eric J. Hill; John Gallagher; Balthazar Korab

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With its sleek look and easy-to-use layout, this completely new guide to Detroit architecture provides a fresh, in-depth look at the city of Detroit itself as well as a number of distinctive environments outside the city proper. The 369 entries and more than 400 photographs - many by renowned architectural photographer Balthazar Korab, who served as principal photographer for the project - show off Detroit's significant architectural history. Like its predecessor, Detroit Architecture: AIA Guide, also published by Wayne State University Press (1971 and 1980); AIA Detroit is an authoritative yet highly readable guide to a wide range of structures and urban spaces. It features a host of buildings - two-thirds of which are listed on local, state; and/or national registers of historical buildings - and also recognizes a handful of bridges, monuments, fountains, parks, cemeteries, neighborhoods, and specialty districts that are architecturally and stylistically notable. Organized as a series of walking (or driving) tours beginning with the Downtown area, the guide moves north, west, and east to explore Detroit's many districts and neighborhoods, and then takes a look at the special envi