American Colossus: The Grain Elevator, 1843 to 1943: The Grain Elevator, 1843 to 1943Lulu.com, 2009 - 451 pages The first full-length history of the American grain elevator, from 1843 to 1943. Eight black and white illustrations, appendix, index, bibliography. |
Table des matières
PrefaceAcknowledgements | 1 |
The Metaphor of Elevation | 35 |
Fireproofing the Tinderbox 110 147 | 110 |
Visualizing the Monster | 147 |
The European Modernists | 168 |
Reyner Banham | 201 |
The Discourse PostBanham | 215 |
Dwelling on Dwelling | 229 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Agriculture American grain American grain elevators American Grain Trade Arcades Project architect Buffalo’s grain elevators built in Buffalo Bunge y Born bushels of grain canal boats Cargill century Chicago City of Buffalo city’s Company Concrete Atlantis Concrete-Central construction Corbusier corn country elevators cylindrical Dan Morgan Dart Elevator demolished designed Dunbar Electric Elevator elevator’s elevators in Buffalo Engineering Erich Mendelsohn Erie Canal feet floater flour flourmill Frank Gohlke grain bins grain elevators grain tanks granaries harbor History Ibid Industrial Building invention iron Joseph Dart Lake Erie Le Corbusier loose leg machines Malting marine tower Merchants of Grain mill million bushels Minneapolis Minnesota Modern Architecture Montreal Nature’s Metropolis Northern Ontario operated Oswego photograph Port published railroad reinforced concrete Report Reyner Banham Seneca shipments steam-powered steel storage structure tall transfer tower translated transshipped Trollope unloading vessels Walter Benjamin Walter Gropius warehouses Washburn-Crosby wheat William Cronon wood