A Guide to Baltimore Architecture - Softcover

John R Dorsey; James D. Dilts

4.5

8 ratings by Goodreads

9780870331879: A Guide to Baltimore Architecture

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870331876 ISBN 13: 9780870331879

Publisher: Tidewater Publishers, in cooperation with the Peale Museum, 1973

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise buildings, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city's most beautiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in fifteen walking and driving tours, more than two hundred notable Baltimore buildings are pictured and described with commentary on their history and style. Thoroughly rewritten, the guide incorporates new photographs, maps, and tours as well as updated biographies of Baltimore architects. This edition also features a fresh examination of twentieth-century design in Baltimore by architectural historian Phoebe B. Stanton.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

From 18th century mansions to urban highrise buildings, A Guide To Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city's most beuatiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in 15 walking and driving tours, more than 200 notable Baltimore buildings are pictured and descirbed with commentary on their history and style. Now in a thoroughly re-written third edition, A Guide To Baltimore Architecture is a guide that incorporates new photographs, maps, and tours as well as updated biogrpahies of Baltimore architects. This revised and expanded edition also features a fresh examination of 20th century design in Baltimore by architectural historian Phoebe B. Stanton. A Guide To Baltimore Architecture is a valued addition to all architectural reference collections. It is also an excellent touring guide to some of the most impressive sites Baltimore has to offer the visiting vacationer or life-long native. -- Midwest Book Review

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.