Stone Work - Designing with Stone by Malcolm Holzman
Building with stone and buildings in stone by award-winning U.S. practitioner Holzman (b. 1940) are featured in this pictorial album, first published last year in Australia. Holzman, a founder of Hardy Holzman Pfieffer Associates and architect of the acclaimed San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, and the Highland House (Madison, WI), recounts his clarity of vision and passion for stone construction in a concise, jargon-free accompanying text.
An appendix lists 17 projects (including public libraries, performing arts centers, museums, and municipal and university commissions), along with construction and engineering details, elevations, and site plans; a biography notes that Holzman's buildings appear in 25 states and that he prefers local quarries whenever possible. Unfortunately, dates are not given for the buildings on display; equally bewildering is the absence of an index or a bibliography of the mostly positive literature regarding Holzman's projects.
These flaws aside, the book works well: the photos are evocative, and there's much of interest to both architects and stone masons. For general collections. Russell T. Clement, Northwestern Univ. Lib., Evanston, IL Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Published/Edition: Images. (May 2002) . ISBN/1864700831
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| Description | Stone Work - Designing with Stone by Malcolm Holzman. Building with stone and buildings in stone by award-winning U.S. practitioner Holzman (b. 1940) are featured in this pictorial album, first published last year in Australia. Holzman, a founder of Hardy Holzman Pfieffer Associates and architect of the acclaimed San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, and the Highland House (Madison, WI), recounts his clarity of vision and passion for stone construction in a concise, jargon-free accompanying text. An appendix lists 17 projects (including public libraries, performing arts centers, museums, and municipal and university commissions), along with construction and engineering details, elevations, and site plans; a biography notes that Holzman's buildings appear in 25 states and that he prefers local quarries whenever possible. Unfortunately, dates are not given for the buildings on display; equally bewildering is the absence of an index or a bibliography of the mostly positive literature regarding Holzman's projects. These flaws aside, the book works well: the photos are evocative, and there's much of interest to both architects and stone masons. For general collections. Russell T. Clement, Northwestern Univ. Lib., Evanston, IL Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Published/Edition: Images. (May 2002) . ISBN/1864700831 |
