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9781845450526

Adolf Cluss, Architect

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  • ISBN13:

    9781845450526

  • ISBN10:

    1845450523

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-31
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Summary

Adolf Cluss was born in 1825 into a middle-class family of master stonemasons, engineers and entrepreneurs in Heilbronn, Germany. A colleague and correspondent of Karl Marx, and a participant in the unsuccessful German revolution of 1848, he emigrated to the United States. Thanks to Cluss's imagination, technical skills, and vision of a new cityscape, Washington became a showcase for the nation through the handsome public buildings and private structures that expressed national confidence and international interest in improving the health, safety, and beautification of cities. In this volume, major scholars in the field place Cluss's life and career in a historical context. Their essays are enhanced by many previously unpublished illustrations drawn from years of research. A photo essay at the center of the book vividly illustrates Washington in Cluss's time, Cluss's contribution to Washington, and the fate of Cluss's buildings and city.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 6
Introductionp. 8
Heilbronn, revolution, exile, and a new home
Adolf Cluss in Heilbronn - his formative yearsp. 19
Years of apprenticeship and travel : Adolf Cluss and the revolution of 1848 in Mainzp. 31
Adolf Cluss : from German revolutionary to architect for America's capitalp. 43
Die Residenzler : German Americans in the making of the nation's capitalp. 55
Photo essay
The Washington Cluss found, the Washington Cluss madep. 68
Adolf Cluss : a family albump. 94
An architect of modern Washington
Adolf Cluss, the world, and Washingtonp. 103
Adolf Cluss and Washington's public worksp. 119
Cluss's masterwork : the National Museum Buildingp. 131
Schools for all : Adolf Cluss and educationp. 143
Adolf Cluss and public market reformp. 157
Epilogue : the lost buildings of Adolf Clussp. 168
Adolf Cluss buildings
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