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Pennoyer, Peter.

The architecture of Delano & Aldrich / Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker ; foreword by Robert A.M. Stern ; new photographs by Jonathan Wallen.

New York : Norton, ©2003.

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

The mansions, private clubs, art galleries, and other buildings created by American architects Delano and Aldrich, who specialized in a Beaux-Arts style of opulent grandeur, are described in this handsome volume by Pennoyer (an architect, he's renovated Delano and Aldrich's Union and Knickerbocker clubs in New York City) and Walker (she has a master's degree in historic preservation). The text is supplemented with superb reproductions of period and current photographs of the buildings. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Aldrich, Chester Holmes, 1871-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Delano & Aldrich -- Criticism and interpretation.

Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Walker, Anne, 1973-

Architecture of Delano and Aldrich

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.

The architecture of Delano & Aldrich. Introduction -- Background and beginnings -- Style and architecture -- Country houses -- New York buildings -- Public buildings --Conclusion -- Twenty Delano & Aldrich projects.

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