Polshek, James Stewart. creator Teijin Institute for Biomedical Research text 2014 1st edition monographic eng

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512 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 26 cm. A look at a life in architecture from the architect of the Rose Center at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Newseum in Washington, D.C. James Stewart Polshek has witnessed changing architectural tastes, worked with numerous high-profile personalities, and designed many of America’s most prominent buildings. His notable and immediately recognizable projects include the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the renovation and expansion of Carnegie Hall in New York City. Committed to principles of community, history, and environment, Polshek has devoted his fifty-plus-year career to serving the common good. In Build, Memory, he surveys his life’s work in an accessible personal narrative, with a focus on the process of designing a building and working with clients to implement their vision. A lively narrative and abundant imagery guide the reader through the sixteen diverse and important structures that Polshek has named the highlights of his active and impressive career, revealing details about the history and development of these buildings along the way. Teijin Institute for Biomedical Research; Teijin Applied Textile Science Center / Hino, Tokyo; Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan 1962-1965 -- New York State Bar Center / Albany, New York 1968-1971 -- Quinco Regional Mental Health Center / Columbus, Indiana 1969-1973 -- Carnegie Hall / New York, New York 1978-2003 -- United States Embassy, Oman / Muscat, Oman 1981-1991 -- Brooklyn Museum / Brooklyn, New York 1986-2004 -- Seamen's Church Institute / New York, New York 1988-1991 -- Santa Fe Opera / Santa Fe, New Mexico 1988-1998 -- Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant / Brooklyn, New York 1990-2014 -- New York Times Printing Plant, College Point / New York 1993-1997 -- Rose Center for Earth and Space, American Museum of Natural History / New York, New York 1994-2000 -- Scandinavia House / New York, New York 1997-2000 -- William J. Clinton Presidential Center / Little Rock, Arkansas 1999-2004 -- National Museum of American Jewish History / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1999-2010 -- Lycée Français de New York / New York, New York 2000-2003 -- Newseum/Freedom Forum Foundation World Headquarters / Washington, D.C. 2000-2008 -- specialized James Stewart Polshek. Include index Polshek, James Stewart Themes, motives Architecture History 20th century United States Architecture History 21th century United States ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Essays ARCHITECTURE / General NA737.P55 A4 2014 720.9730904 9781580933629 1580933629 pucpr 140623 20220705184928.0 eng