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Shaping Seattle Architecture
A Historical Guide to the Architects
Edited by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner
Seattle's growth has been remarkable; from a population of only 3,500 in 1880 the city grew to over 500,000 in 1990, and the Puget Sound region exploded to a population of nearly three million. This book focuses on those whose design shaped the physical form of the city and region. Forty-five generously illustrated profiles of architects and firms provide an overview of Seattle's architectural history as well as a hand reference guide to the life and work of these designers.
Jeffrey Ochsner's introductory chapter summarizes the main currents of Seattle's architectural history, relating it both to the city's history and to national and international trends in architecture. Three special essays, focusing on the region's Native American architecture; on the impact of pattern books, plan books, and periodicals; and on "vernacular" and "popular" architecture - ordinary structures often built without the participation of professional designers - are valuable additions to the book. Only architects no longer actively practicing are included in the individual profiles, but an appendix providing over eighty thumbnail sketches of additional significant Seattle architects and the works for which they are most noted does include recent AIA-Seattle Medal winners. Non-Seattle architects who designed major Seattle structures are listed separately. Another appendix lists the extant buildings mentioned in the text, along with their current names and addresses, including buildings across the Northwest and elsewhere. Sections on sources of information and on researching Seattle architecture provide suggestions for finding out more about a particular architect, building, or project.
Among those architects and firms featured are Mother Joseph (Esther Pariseau), Elmer Fisher, John Parkinson, Kirtland Cutter, Ellsworth Storey, Arthur Loveless, Robert C. Reamer, Lionel Pries, Elizabeth Ayer, Fred Anhalt, Paul Thiry, Paul Kirk, Roland Terry, and Victor Steinbrueck.
Certificate of Recognition awarded by AKCHO, Association of King County Historical Organizations, May 1995
Award of Merit presented by Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, October 1995
Reviews:
"The comprehensiveness, organizational clarity, and impressive graphic design of Shaping Seattle Architecture make it a model for other U.S. cities to follow." - Cite
"Seattle and Pacific Northwest historians interested in the built environment will find this reference work immensely useful. Ochsner and his contributors are to be commended for producing a well-researched, well-written, and beautiful book." - Pacific Northwest Quarterly
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: A Historical Overview of Architecture in Seattle
Native American Architecture on Puget Sound
Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Esther Pariseau)
Donald MacKay
William E. Boone
Elmer H. Fisher
John Parkinson
Charles W. Saunders
Willis A. Ritchie
Edwin W. Houghton
Edward Otto Schwagerl
James Stephen
Pattern Books, Plan Books, Periodicals
Bebb and Mendel
Kirtland K. Cutter
Breitung and Buchinger
John Graham, Sr.
Olof Hanson
Ellsworth Storey
Augustus Warren Gould
Daniel R. Huntington
Somervell and Cote
Harlan Thomas
Edouard Frere Champney
W.R.B. Willcox
Beezer Brothers
Arthur L. Loveless
Schack, Young and Myers
Albertson, Wilson and Richardson
Andrew Willatsen
Bebb and Gould
B. Marcus Priteca
Robert C. Reamer
Henry W. Bittman
Floyd A. Naramore
J. Lister Holmes
Elizabeth Ayer
William J. Bain, Sr.
Frederick William Anhalt
Lionel H. Pries
Butler Sturtevant
Kichio Allen Arai
Paul Thiry
Paul Hayden Kirk
John Graham, Jr.
Benjamin F. McAdoo, Jr.
Roland Terry
Victor Steinbrueck
Vernacular and Popular Architecture in Seattle
Appendixes
- Sources of Information for the Architects
- Locations of Extant Buildings and Projects Presented in the Text
- Additional Significant Seattle Architects
- Non-Seattle Architects Who Did Significant Seattle Designs
- Researching Seattle's Architectural Past
Contributors
Index
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Pub Date:
1994 (revised edition due September 2007)
ISBN:
PAPER:
0-295-97366-8
9780295973661
Price:
Paper: $24.95
Subject Listing:
Western History, Architecture
Bibliographic information:
446 pp., 529 illus., index, appendixes, bibliog.
Published with:
AIA, Seattle
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