Thomas Jefferson: Architect: The Built Legacy of Our Third President

by Hugh Howard, Roger Straus III (Photographer)

Overview

This is the first volume to include all of the existing work by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the father of American architecture.

Along with his numerous political achievements, Thomas Jefferson was also the first great architect of the United States. The Jeffersonian Classical style has been so influential that along with Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson, Jefferson is one of the three most recognized architects in American History.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780789339799
Publisher:	Rizzoli
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	9.45(w) x 9.35(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Hugh Howard has written numerous books throughout his career, including the bestseller, Houses of the Founding Fathers. He was the writer of A&E network's six-hour series In Search of Palladio. He is also a sometimes builder, and built himself a tripartite Palladian house in the Federal style.

Roger Straus III worked in book publishing for over thirty years before deciding to devote himself entirely to photography. His work has appeared in numerous books including Houses of the Presidents (also done with Hugh Howard) and America's Great Railroad Stations. He has also written more than a dozen books.

Editorial Reviews

… an especially illuminating blend of photography and text. —Janet Maslin

The New York Times

Howard, author of several architecture and home remodeling titles, partners with architectural photographer Straus to create a well-written book filled with 120 beautiful color photographs of buildings whose designs are attributed to Thomas Jefferson. The introduction contains a short biographical sketch of Jefferson, providing background on the architects and buildings that may have been influential to his design philosophy, but the details of Jefferson's life, including his presidency, are skeletal throughout the book. Chapters focus on the Virginia Capitol building; Jefferson's home, Monticello; Jefferson's "home away from home," Poplar Forest; the Academical Village at the University of Virginia; an interesting discussion on homes that may or may not have been designed by Jefferson; and a consideration of Jefferson's architecture as lasting legacy on American architecture. While there are current titles devoted to Monticello and the University of Virginia campus, no other in-print title is devoted to Jefferson's entire body of architecture. Recommended for public and academic libraries.-Valerie Nye, New Mexico State Lib., Santa Fe Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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