The Guardian Building: Cathedral of Finance (A Painted Turtle Book) (Painted Turtle Book) | 
| Author: James W. Tottis
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
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Sales Rank: 653948
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0814333850
Dewey Decimal Number: 725.240977434
EAN: 9780814333853
ASIN: 0814333850
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Detailed photographic history of the Union Trust Building, now known as the Guardian Building, one of the architectural gems of Detroit's skyline.
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A work of seminal scholarship which is enhanced with color plates, notes, a bibliography and an index November 8, 2008
A building can be as much of a work of art as any painting or sculpture. In the years between the end of World War I and the economic collapse in 1929 that would give rise to the Great Depression, Detroit Michigan experienced the greatest building boom in its municipal history. That was the era when the Union Trust Building (now known as the Guardian Building) was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and build by the firm of smith, Hinchman and Grylls. With its distinctive Gothic-inspired elements, orange brick facade, brightly colored ceramic accents, extravagantly detailed interior (the lobby ceiling was made entirely of multicolored tiles), with walls and floors accented by exotic marbles, platinum-color Monel metal elevator doors, gates and handrails, the Guardian was an representative example of architectural elegance and artistry. "The Guardian Building" by James W. Tottis (Associate Curator of American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts and an Adjunct Professor in the Humanities Department of Wayne State University) provides a beautifully illustrated history and visual tour of the Guardian Building that will have special appeal to today's students of architecture. A work of seminal scholarship which is enhanced with color plates, notes, a bibliography and an index, "The Guardian Building" is confidently recommended as an informed and informative addition to professional and academic Architectural Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
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