The Louisville Guide

by Mohoney, David; Domer, Dennis; Luhan, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9781568984513
• ISBN10: 1568984510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-09
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

Louisville is one of the overlooked gems of American architecture, a city of Southern charm and grace with a catalog of buildings by such masters as K.H. Burnham, Bruce Goff, and Herb Greene. An important destination for people interested in everything from colonial to postmodern architecture, this riverfront city is historically rich, while being beautifully planned with a boulevard and park system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The Louisville Guidetakes readers on a journey through the city, describing its most notable buildings while providing a complete overview of its architectural history. Essays by Louisville scholars Grady Clay and Edie Bingham add color and life to the story of the city and its makers. From Carrere and Hastings's Memorial Hall to Michael Graves's Humana Building,The Louisville Guideoffers visitors and residents alike never-before published scholarship of the city's rich architectural heritage.

Author Biography

David Mohoney is Helen Edwards Abell Chair in Historic Preservation at the University of Kentucky.

Dennis Domer is the Dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Kentucky.

Gregory Luhan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Building and rebuilding Louisville, 1787-1900	p. 15
Louisville modernism	p. 23
Contemporary Louisville	p. 31
Notes on preservation history in Louisville	p. 37
A living legacy : Olmstead's Louisville landscapes	p. 45
The urban context as battleground	p. 53
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