New Orleans Architecture: The Creole Faubourgs Revised Edition Contributor(s): Toledano, Roulhac (Author), Evans, Sally (Author), Christovich, Mary Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565541308 ISBN-13: 9781565541306 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 1996 Annotation: "New Orleans is one of America's richest architectural possessions ... these architecture books lay a solid foundation in the field, are a gift to general historians, and, as the authors hoped, have contributed immeasurably to the maintenance of extant architectural treasures. Simple cottages, urban mansions, and amalgamations of Creole and Anglo-American-type homes blend together to form one of the few distinctively antebellum New Orleans neighborhoods remaining. |
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BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General |
Dewey: 720.976 |
Series: New Orleans Architecture |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 8.22" W x 11.38" L (1.71 lbs) 200 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
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Publisher Description: Simple cottages, urban mansions, and amalgamations of Creole and Anglo-American-type homes blend together to form one of the few antebellum New Orleans neighborhoods. |
Contributor Bio(s): Toledano, Roulhac: - An award-winning author of more than a dozen books, Roulhac B. Toledano is a prominent lecturer and an authority on historical architecture. She is the recipient of the American Institute of Architects International Book Award and works as an artist, writer, and preserver of historic American treasures.Swanson, Betsy: - Betsy Swanson earned a bachelor of fine arts degree with distinction in art from Newcomb College in 1959 and was awarded the master of fine arts by Tulane University in 1966. She is a coauthor of New Orleans Architecture Volume II: The American Sector (pb) and a photographer for New Orleans Architecture Volume VI: Faubourg TremÈ and the Bayou Road (pb). Ms. Swanson lives in Harahan, Louisiana. |
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