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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Baker, Jean H., author.     Subjects     Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.     Architects -- United States -- Biography.     Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Baker, Jean H., author.       by title:      Building America : t...         MARC Display

Building America : the life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / Jean H. Baker. by Baker, Jean H., author. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] Subjects Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.   Architects -- United States -- Biography.   Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865. ISBN:  9780190696450 (hardcover alkaline paper) : Description:  x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Itching ears -- This new American -- Capital projects -- Beloved Mary and the little folks -- Breaking points -- Final beginnings. Requests:  0 Summary:  "An English émigré who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created some of the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall and the Senate, House, and Supreme Court Chambers. As a young man, Latrobe was apprenticed to both a leading architect and civil engineer in London, studied the European continent's architectural and engineering monuments, worked on canals, and designed private houses. After the death of his first wife, he was bankrupt and emigrated to the United States in 1796 to restart his career. For the new nation with grand political expectations, he intended buildings and engineering projects to match those aspirations. Like his patron Thomas Jefferson, Latrobe saw his neoclassical designs as a way to convey American democracy. He envisioned his engineering projects, such as the canals and municipal water systems for Philadelphia and New Orleans, as a way to unite the nation and improve public health. Jean Baker conveys the personality of this charming, driven, and often frustrated genius and the era in which he lived. Latrobe tried to establish architecture as a profession with high standards, established fees, and recognized procedures, though he was unable to collect fees and earn the living his work was worth. Like many of his peers, he speculated and found himself in bankruptcy several times. Building America masterfully narrates the life and legacy of a key figure in creating an American aesthetic in the new United States." -- Publisher's description   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 720.92 Latrobe Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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