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Eckert, Kathryn Bishop was born on August 4, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Reaume and Azalia Cook Bishop.
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Buildings of Michigan presents a pictorial survey of Michigan architecture from 1831 to the present. From Romantic Michigan, before the Civil War, with its Greek, Gothic, and Italian villas to the internationally renowned buildings of modern Michigan, this informative book explores Michigan's history, covering the full spectrum of architectural styles particular to the state. Surveying the architecture of Detroit and many other cities, towns, and villages, this volume examines such structures as the mine locations in the Copper Range, early inns and houses along the Sauk Trail, the sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region, lighthouses and lifesaving stations of the Upper Great Lakes, the great houses of automobile industrialists in Grosse Pointe, the factories of Albert Kahn, and the contributions of numerous local architects whose work has added to Michigan's architectual heritage. Offering a fascinating look at buildings of each period, style, type, and material in Michigan's history, with over 400 exceptional photographs, drawings, and maps, Buildings of Michigan is an extraoridinary guide to architecture shaped by the changing attitude of people toward their rich and splendid land.
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The newest titles in the Princeton Architectural Press Campus Guide series take readers on an insider's tour of the University of Washington in Seattle, Rice University in Houston, and Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Beautifully photographed in full color, the guides present architectural walks at three of America's finest campuses, revealing the stories behind the historic and contemporary buildings, gardens, and works of public art. The community of Cranbrook, designed by Eliel Saarinen, combines modernism with arts-and-crafts and art deco impulses; more recently, Steven Holl, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, and Rafael Moneo have made contributions to Cranbrook's campus.
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From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. The red sandstone city halls, county courthouses, churches, schools, libraries, banks, commercial blocks, and houses give the Lake Superior region a distinct identity. Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the importance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape.
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Eckert, Kathryn Bishop was born on August 4, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Reaume and Azalia Cook Bishop.
Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1957. Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1958. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1982.
Architectural historian Michigan History Center, Lansing, 1972-1992, state historic preservation officer, 1992-1997. Retired, 1997.
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Member Keweenaw National History Park Commission, Calumet, Michigan, since 1993, Henry Ford House Advisory Committee, Dearborn, Michigan, since 1997. Trustee American Foundation, since 1995. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary affiliate Detroit chapter), Michigan American Institute of Architects (honorary affiliate), Society Architectural Historians (board directors 1992-1995, member editorial board since 1992), National Trust History Preservation (advisor 1997-2001).
Married Ronald Charles Eckert, June 21, 1958 (divorced 1978). Married Sadayoshi Omoto, September 19, 1986.