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Hines, Thomas Spight was born on October 28, 1936 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas S. and Polly M. Hines.
( By the time he died in 1912, Daniel H. Burnham was one ...)
By the time he died in 1912, Daniel H. Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. A contemporary of Louis Sullivan and his student, Frank Lloyd Wright, Burnham has often been characterized as a betrayer of the Chicago school of architecture that Sullivan and Wright were instrumental in defining. Thomas Hines's book gives long-due emphasis to the artistry of Burnham and places his accomplishments in a new perspective. "Professor Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of American civilization."--Reyner Banham, Times Literary Supplement "Indeed, the book as a whole is a model of the balanced portrait, sure of Burnham's importance but always conscious of his failings."--Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review "In every sense this is the definitive biography, and it is long overdue."--Harry Weese, Chicago Tribune "This is a many-faceted book. Even if one were not interested in architecture or city planning, nor especially in Burnham the man, one would likely find the book rewarding because of the window it provides on a significant period of American history. . . . Hines brings alive many of the forces that were beating upon Burnham and his contemporaries, and which are shaping our lives today."--Edmund M. Bacon, Architectural Record "Hines has provided an intelligently organized, well-written, and fascinating account of Burnham's entire career. The analysis is a model of scholarship, good judgment, and literary grace that satisfies a long felt need."--Kenneth T. Jackson, American Historical Review
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(During the first third of the twentieth century, the work...)
During the first third of the twentieth century, the work of American architect Irving Gill radically redefined the architectural landscape of Southern California—especially San Diego, where his practice was based—and set the stage for a later, more widely celebrated generation of modernists who would continue his experiments with new forms and construction techniques. This first definitive study of the architect traces his journey from his native Syracuse to a Chicago apprenticeship with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright to the development of his career as an early modernist and his singular role in the genesis of the modern movement. Architectural historian Thomas S. Hines places Gill's work within an international context: as his identification with the modern movement developed, his work evolved from the influence of the East Coast Shingle Style and Wright's Midwest Prairie Style to become closer in spirit to the work of the Austrian Adolf Loos. Hines also explores the social dimensions of Gill's work, notably his interest in the contemporary Progressive Movement and its ethos of social, gender, and economic equality. The buildings shown (illustrated with archival photographs as well as color plates) include the Lewis Courts, Sierra Madre; the Dodge House, Hollywood; and Horatio West Court, Santa Monica.
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( 2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Ch...)
2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines’s book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. In commemoration of the historic anniversary of Burnham’s Plan, this edition of Burnham of Chicago includes a new introduction by American history scholar, Neil Harris. “Indeed, the book as a whole is a model of the balanced portrait, sure of Burnham’s importance but always conscious of his failings.”—Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review “In every sense this is the definitive biography.”—Harry Weese, Chicago Tribune “Professor Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of American civilization.”—Reyner Banham, Times Literary Supplement
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( The story of Richard Neutra's life is, in many ways, th...)
The story of Richard Neutra's life is, in many ways, the story of modern architecture. In his lifetime, Neutra experienced the buoyant struggles of the movement's early years, the heady excesses of its mid-century ascendancy, and the strains of its slow demise. Through his study of Richard Neutra, the most distinguished architect to have worked on the west coast from the 1920s to the 1960s, Thomas Hines explores the efforts of the modernists to find new forms and meaning for their work in the twentieth century.
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educator historian architecture critic
Hines, Thomas Spight was born on October 28, 1936 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Thomas S. and Polly M. Hines.
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1971.
Professor history and architecture University of California at Los Angeles, since 1968. Ruth Carter Stevenson professor University Texas, 2003—2004. Visiting professor School Architecture and American studies program University Texas, Austin, 1974-1975.
Fulbright professor American studies University Exeter, England, 1984-1985. Visiting professor School Architect Columbia University, 2004. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1960-1963.
(During the first third of the twentieth century, the work...)
( The story of Richard Neutra's life is, in many ways, th...)
( 2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Ch...)
( By the time he died in 1912, Daniel H. Burnham was one ...)
Member of American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Children: Tracy Odessa, Taylor Spight.