Modernism Rediscovered

I always get curious about the contents when a book arrives that is an odd size. Today we received a large three volume set with the title 'Modernism Rediscovered'.
On the Taschen website I found this description:
" Thanks to Julius Shulman's abandoned files, an unknown side of American mid-century architecture is now coming to light.

The buildings burned in our memories, which to us represent the spirit of fifties and sixties architectural design, were those whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books; but what about those that got lost in the process, hardly or never appearing in publication?

The exchange of visual information is crucial to the development, evolution, and promotion of architectural movements. If a building is not widely seen, its photograph rarely or never published, it simply does not enter into architectural discourse. Many buildings photographed by Julius Shulman suffered this fate, their images falling into oblivion. With this book, TASCHEN brings them to light, paying homage to California Modernism in all its forms.

The abandoned files of Julius Shulman show us another side of Modernism that has stayed quiet for so many years. Bringing together nearly 300 forgotten masterpieces, 'Modernism Rediscovered' pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement. It's like sneaking into a private history, into homes that have rarely been seen and hardly appreciated as of yet."

Entourage Books

Yesterday someone asked me where the 'entourage books' were. I had never heard the word 'entourage' in the context of architecture books. When I did a keyword search in our catalog I discovered that this refered to books on architectural rendering.

Dictionary.com gives this definition:

3. Architecture. the landscaping and other nearby environmental features shown on a rendering of a building.

The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition, which opened in June 1909. The Architecture Library has some periodicals from the time period with articles about the exhibition.

I especially enjoyed 'The Western Architect' from 1909.

New Book - Julia Morgan

Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect. The architect of over 700 buildings in California,^[1] she is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Throughout her long career, she designed multiple buildings for institutions serving women and girls. She was the first woman to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
(From Wikipedia)

The library today received a book titled - Julia Morgan : Architect of Beauty
Author: Mark A. Wilson
Call Number NA737 M68 2007
Great illustrations - It looks like an interesting exploration of her life and career.

Favorite new book this week - 21st century architecture

This book arrived in our reference section today:

The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture

It lists 1,037 buildings, 653 architects, 6 geographical regions and 89 countries.
Its huge.....and a lot of fun to look through.

The call number is
NA687 .P48 2008

Online Archives - My Great Uncle

In an earlier post I wrote about getting to know my Great Aunt Jennie Hartmann through the Special Collections archives. I discoved some information about her brother in law Captain Earling Brastad in the 'Alaska Digital Archives'. He had done ten oral interviews in the early 1980s about his career at sea.

Here is the URL for the page.

http://vilda.alaska.edu/

I typed in Brastad to find the interviews. His wife Elizabeth - Jennies Sister participated in one of the interviews. It was strange to hear his voice after so many years.

Style Guides

Its getting close to the end of winter quarter, and students are writing research papers.
There are several style guides that they use:

MLA styleguide

and Chicago Styleguide are the guides that they are usually required to use.



We have brief handouts at the desk for both of these guides, and we have the 15th edition of the Chicago Styleguide in our reference section.