The Architecture of McKim, Mead & White in Photographs, Plans and Elevations

by McKim, Mead & White

First one-volume paperback edition of one of the most important documents in American architecture. Depicted are over 130 structures — the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Tiffany & Company, and the original Penn Station, among others, in New York, as well as many important landmarks in other cities. 435 photographs, over 250 line illustrations.

Genres: Architecture

476 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of masterpieces. Synthesizing the best of Georgian, Federal, Greco-Roman and French empire into a style distinctly American, McKim, Mead & White oversaw the design of classic architecture for governments, public enterprises and private dwellings - including turn-of-the-century renovations to the White House - from the 1880's through the 1920's. They don't build them like this anymore; but they really should.