1998, ISBN: 9780966095500

Madison Books, 1998-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1997 first edition Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), oblong 12 x 9 1/2 inches tall red cloth hardcover in… Altro …

Madison Books, 1998-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1997 first edition Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), oblong 12 x 9 1/2 inches tall red cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt design to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, brown endpapers, copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs, xii, 177 pp. Prior owner address label to top margin of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~UU~ [3.5P] Benno Janssen (1874-1964) was one of the twentieth century's most celebrated architects. Known as 'the Mellon's architect,' at the behest of R. B. Mellon he created many of the most memorable sporting structures at the Rolling Rock Hunt Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, as well as the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. He is also known for monumental buildings such as the Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1911), the Masonic Temple (1915 - now Alumni Hall of the University of Pittsburgh), William Penn Hotel (1916 and again in 1928), the Longue Vue Club (1923), the T.W. Phillips Gas & Oil Company (Butler, Pennsylvania), the Keystone Athletic Club (1929 - now Lawrence Hall of Point Park University), and the Washington Crossing Bridge (Pittsburgh), also called the 40th Street Bridge (1924). Janssen also designed many fine residences, including the country estate of George Calvert (1912); the Lee L. Chandler House (1924) in Shadyside; Elm Court, the estate of B.D. Phillips in Butler, Pennsylvania (1929); as well as Fox Chapel's Frank B. Ingersoll House (1931) and La Tourelle, the Edgar J. Kaufmann house (1923). Contents: The architect; Reminiscences; The works of Benno Janssen; Early years, 1905-1921; Middle years, 1922-1929; Later years, 1930-1964; Catalogue of projects., Madison Books, 1998-02-01, 3<