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The Architecture of Mark Lemmon Crafting Traditions: The Architecture of Mark Lemmon (Hardback) < Kindle \\ CORVNRA1IR Crafting Traditions: Th e A rch itecture of Mark Lemmon (Hardback) By - Southern Methodist University Press,U.S., United States, 2005. Hardback. Condition: New. New.. Language: English . Brand New Book. This is the first work to document the life and career of Dallas architect Mark Lemmon, a pre-eminent American historicist. It is an illustrated testament to Lemmon s ideas of architectural civility, solidity, and classicism - considered retrograde by many architectural historians, though taking on a renewed relevance after the post-modernist revisionism of the 1970s. Having completed his architectural education at MIT and a tour of duty as a military engineer in Europe during World War I, Lemmon, a Texas native, moved to Dallas and began a distinguished career spanning forty years from the 1920s to the 1960s. Lemmon s greatest contributions to Texas architecture were his designs for educational and religious institutions. His most important clients were the Dallas Independent School District, Southern Methodist University (for which he designed eighteen Georgian style buildings), the Port Arthur School District, and the University of Texas at Austin. In styles that vary from Romanesque to Moderne, these buildings define their neighborhoods and place their users in a system of civilized architectural allusions that raises the level of urban culture. Few Texas architects matched the range... READ ONLINE [ 5.42 MB ] Reviews This book may be worth purchasing. It typically fails to expense excessive. It is extremely diicult to leave it before concluding, once you begin to read the book. -- Ken Watsica I just started o reading this article publication. It is definitely simplistic but surprises in the 50 percent of your ebook. You are going to like how the author create this publication. -- Clint Labadie DMCA Notice | Terms.
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