Research Catalog

G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography

Title
G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography / Angelo Maggi ; foreward by Michelangelo Sabatino ; coda by Samuel Pujol Smith.
Author
Maggi, Angelo
Publication
  • [Novato, CA] : Oro Editions, [2022]
  • ©2022

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library TR659 .M33 2022gOff-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Sabatino, Michelangelo
  • Pujol Smith, Samuel
Description
279 pages : illustrations (colour); 28 cm
Summary
George Everard Kidder Smith (1913-1997) was a multidimensional figure within the wide-ranging field of North American architectural professionals in the second half of the twentieth century. Although he trained as an architect, he chose not to practice within the conventional strictures of an architecture office. Instead, Kidder Smith "designed," researched, wrote, and photographed a remarkably diverse collection of books about architecture and the built environment. His work and life were deeply interwoven and punctuated by travel related to the research, writing, and promotion of books that sought to reveal the genius loci of the countries whose built environments he admired and wished to share with a broader audience. From the early 1940s to the late 1950s his interest in architecture led him to describe visually the architectural and historical identity of many European countries. After his far-flung travels over the decades, with his wife Dorothea, Kidder Smith focused on his own country and produced a series of ambitious books focused on the United States. Kidder Smith's vision and narrative betray the gaze of the traveller, the scholar, and the architect.
Subject
  • Smith, G. E. Kidder 1913-1997
  • Smith, G. E. Kidder 1913-1997
  • Architectural photography
  • Architectural writing
  • Photographie d'architecture
  • Architecture > Art d'écrire
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-272) and index.
ISBN
  • 1954081537
  • 9781954081536
LCCN
99992454345
OCLC
  • on1272857559
  • 1272857559
  • SCSB-14405472
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries