- Paperback: 88 pages
- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (Dec 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1878271350
- ISBN-13: 978-1878271358
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #927,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Grain Elevator is a quintessential American monument. Mahar-Keplinger's crips yet haunting photographs are works of art, and her text reminds us that the American equivalent of the Gothic cathedral or the Egyptian pyramid is more than just a subject beloved by artists...[It is] a good introduction to the development of the American silo and is about silos as objects of beauty. -- William Morgan, University of Louisville
Anyone who's ever seen the immense grain elevators scattered like cathedrals across the American landscape will be enchanted with this modest, beautifully-designed and illustrated book. -- Travel Books Worldwide
This illustrated analysis conveys all the iconic weight of these beautiful machines, carefully cataloguing every variation in form from wood to steel. -- Design Review
Anyone who's ever seen the immense grain elevators scattered like cathedrals across the American landscape will be enchanted with this modest, beautifully-designed and illustrated book. -- Travel Books Worldwide
This illustrated analysis conveys all the iconic weight of these beautiful machines, carefully cataloguing every variation in form from wood to steel. -- Design Review
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In this astonishing collection of photographs and drawings, Lisa Mahar-Keplinger documents on of the most American of building types: the grain elevator, revealing them as symbols of the American collective unconscious. Winner of an AIA Book Award.
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To those who travel the great highways of the Midwest, silos appear like cathedrals, and in fact they are the cathedrals of our times. Read the first page
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To those who travel the great highways of the Midwest, silos appear like cathedrals, and in fact they are the cathedrals of our times. Read the first page
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This is one of the best books that I have read about the American Grain elevator, after doing a lot of research on the topic. The book is a wealth of information on a subject that is not widely published.
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