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Building America
- Author
- Jean H. Baker
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 28 April 2020
- Run Time
- 12 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
As a young man, Latrobe was apprenticed to both a leading architect and civil engineer in London, studied the European continent's architectural and engineering monuments, worked on canals, and designed private houses. After the death of his first wife, he was bankrupt and emigrated to the United States in 1796 to restart his career. For the new nation with grand political expectations, he intended buildings and engineering projects to match those aspirations. Like his patron Thomas Jefferson, Latrobe saw his neoclassical designs as a way to convey American democracy. He envisioned his engineering projects as a way to unite the nation and improve public health.
Building America masterfully narrates the life and legacy of a key figure in creating an American aesthetic in the new United States.
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Details
- Author
- Jean H. Baker
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Duration
- 12 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 April 2020
- ISBN
- 9781684579693
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Architecture, Biography: general, Individual artists, art monographs, Individual architects and architectural firms, Individual photographers, History of the Americas, History of architecture, History
Synopsis
An English émigré who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created some of the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall.As a young man, Latrobe was apprenticed to both a leading architect and civil engineer in London, studied the European continent's architectural and engineering monuments, worked on canals, and designed private houses. After the death of his first wife, he was bankrupt and emigrated to the United States in 1796 to restart his career. For the new nation with grand political expectations, he intended buildings and engineering projects to match those aspirations. Like his patron Thomas Jefferson, Latrobe saw his neoclassical designs as a way to convey American democracy. He envisioned his engineering projects as a way to unite the nation and improve public health. Building America masterfully narrates the life and legacy of a key figure in creating an American aesthetic in the new United States.
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