Julian Abele: architect and the beaux arts

Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts uncovers the life of one of the firstbeaux arts trainedAfrican American architects. Overcoming racial segregation at the beginning of thetwentieth century, Abele received his architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. Wilson traces Abe...

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Main Author: Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2019
Series:Minorities in architecture
Minorities in architecture
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Summary:Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts uncovers the life of one of the firstbeaux arts trainedAfrican American architects. Overcoming racial segregation at the beginning of thetwentieth century, Abele received his architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. Wilson traces Abele's progress as he went on to become the most formally educated architect in America at that time. Abele later contributed to the architectural history of America by designing over 200 buildings throughout his careerincluding the Widener Memorial Library (1913) at Harvard University and the Free Library of Philadelphia (1917). Architectural history is a valuable resource for those studying architecture. As such this bookis beneficial for academics and students of architecture and architectural historians with a particular interest in minority discussions
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9781351021647
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