TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ochsendorf,John Allen
AU  - Freeman,Michael
TI  - Guastavino vaulting: the art of structural tile. 
SN  - 9781616892449
AV  - NA737.G79 O28 2010
U1  - 721.430922 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Guastavino, Rafael
KW  - R. Guastavino Company
KW  - History
KW  - Local
KW  - Vaults (Architecture)
KW  - Tile construction
N1  - Include index; Include bibliography; Mediterranean origins --
Toward the Boston Public Library, 1881-92 --
The success of the Guastavino Company, 1893-1908 --
Rafael Guastavino Jr. and the mature company, 1909-29 --
Reasons for success --
The decline of Guastavino vaulting, 1930-62 --
The legacy of the Guastavino Company --
Appendices --
Selected list of extant buildings with Guastavino tile vaulting --; Also available online
N2  - The first monograph to celebrate the architectural legacy of the Guastavino family is now available in paperback. First-generation Spanish immigrants Rafael Guastavino and his son Rafael Jr. oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular tile vaults across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. These versatile, strong, and fireproof vaults were built by Guastavino in more than two hundred major buildings in Manhattan and in hundreds more across the country, including Grand Central Terminal, Carnegie Hall, the Biltmore Estate, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Registry Room at Ellis Island, and many major university buildings. Guastavino Vaulting blends a scholarly history of the technology with archival images, drawings, and stunning photographs that illustrate the variety and endurance of this building method
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