Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, v.56, no.4, December 1997

Volume 56 / Number 4 / December 1997

EDITORIAL

412 WILLIAM HENRY JORDY, A REFLECTION
William H. Pierson, Jr.

ARTICLES

414 AN ARCHITECTURE FOR MODERN NERVES: JOSEF HOFFMAN'S PURKERSDORF SANATORIUM
Leslie Topp

438 THE VERNACULAR, MODERNISM, AND LECORBUSIER
Francesco Passanti

452 JOSEPH HUDNUT'S OTHER MODERNISM AT THE "HARVARD BAUHAUS"
Jill Pearlman

478 THE OPENWORK FLYING BUTTRESSES OF AMIENS CATHEDRAL: "POSTMODERN GOTHIC" AND THE LIMITS
OF STRUCTURAL RATIONALISM
Robert Bork, Robert Mark, and Stephen Murray

EXHIBITIONS

494 BUILDING FOR AIR TRAVEL: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION, The Art Institute, Chicago,
19 October-5 January 1997, Reviewed by Sheri Olson

497 THE NEW SPIRIT: MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN VANCOUVER, 1938-1963, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal,
5 March-25 May 1997, reviewed by George Wagner

499 GRAND TOUR: THELURE OF ITALY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, Tate Gallery, London, 10 October 1996-5 January 1997; PETITOT: UN ARTISTA DEL SETTECENTO EUROPEO A PARMA, Palazzo Bossi-Bossi, 6 April-29 June 1997,
reviewed by Jeffrey Collins

BOOKS

503 HOUSES, CASTLES, PALACES
THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE, by Nasser Rabbat,
reviewed by D. Fairchild Ruggles
CHATEÂUX ET ENCIENTES DE LA FRANCE MÉDIÉVALE; DE LA DÉFENSE À LA RÉSIDENCE, by Jean Mesqui
CRUSADER CASTLES, by Hugh Kennedy, reviewed by Michael Thompson
THE MEDIEVAL HALL: THE BASIS OF SECULAR LIFE, 600-1600 A.D., by Micahel Thompson, reviewed by Simon Thuley
VITERBO: PROFILE OF A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY PAPAL PALACE, by Gary M. Radke, reviewed by Julian Gardner
SIXTUS V AND THE LATERAN PALACE, by Corinne Mandel, reviewed by Jack Freiberg

511 NINETEENTH CENTURY
EMPIRE BUILDING: ORIENTALISM AND VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE, by Mark Crinson, reviewed by Zeynip Çelik
MEIJI REVISITED: THE SITES OF VICTORIAN JAPAN, by Dallas Finn, reviewed by Jonathan M. Reynolds
ARCHITECTURE IN THE FAMILY WAY: DOCTORS, HOUSES, AND WOMEN, 1870-1900, by Annmarie Adams,
reviewed by Deborah E. B. Weiner
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RECOLLECTIONS, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, reviewed by Stefan Muthesius
GOTTFRIED SEMPER, ARCHITECT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Harry Francis Mallgrave, reviewed by Kurt W. Forster
KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL: AN ARCHITECTURE FOR PRUSSIA, by Barry Bergdoll, reviewed by Harry Francis Mallgrave

519 MODERNS
SVEN MARKELIUS, ARCHITECT, by Eva Rudberg
THE ARCHITECTURE OF PETER CELSING, by Wilfred Wang, reviewed by Mark Treib
WILLEM MARINUS DUDOK: ARCHITECT-STEDEBOUWKUNDIGE, 1884-1974, by Herman van Bergeijk,
reviewed by Hans Ibelings
ERNÖ GOLDFINGER, by Robert Elwall, reviewed by Eric Mumford

523 AMERICAN ARCHITECTS AND THEIR BUILDINGS
THE PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE OF FRIEDRICK G. SCHEIBLER, JR, by Martin Aurand
THE ARCHITECTURE OF EDWIN LUNDIE, by Dale Mulfinger
CARL F. GOULD: A LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS, by T. William Booth and William H. Wilson,
reviewed by Boyd C. Pratt
UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND ARCHITECTURE FOR LIBERAL RELIGION, by Joseph M. Siry
UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, by Robert McCarter
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DANA HOUSE, by Donald Hoffmann,reviewed by David M. Sokol
THE CIVIC ARCHITECTURE OF PAUL CRET, by Elizabeth Greenwell Grossman,reviewed by Paul Eli Ivey

529 AMERICAN LANDSCAPES AND GARDENS
A GUIDE TO THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, by Catherine W. Bishir and
Michael T. Southern, reviewed by Carroll Van West
THE GARDENS OF ELLEN BIDDLE SHIPMAN, by Judith B. Tankard
THE MUSES OF GWINN: ART AND NATURE IN A GARDEN DESIGNED BY WARREN H. MANNING, CHARLES A. PLATT, AND ELLEN BIDDLE SHIPMAN, by Robin Karson, reviewed by William Lake Douglas

533 NORTH AMERICAN ETHNIC AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS
BUILDINGS AND BUILDERS IN HISPANIC CALIFORNIA, 1769-1850, by Mrdith K. Schuetz-Miller, reviewed by Mark L. Brack
CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: CULTURAL REGENERATION AND CREATIVITY, by Carol
Hersell Krinsky, reviewed by Kenneth A. Breisch

537 ABSTRACTS

539 INDEX TO VOLUME 56

vol. 58, no. 4 December 1999	vol. 59, no. 1 March 2000	vol. 59, no. 2 June 2000	vol. 59, no. 3 September 2000	vol. 59, no. 4 December 2000
vol. 57, no. 3 September 1998	vol. 57, no. 4 December 1998	vol. 58, no. 1 March 1999	vol. 58, no. 2 June 1999	vol. 58, no. 3 September 1999
vol. 56, no. 2 June 1997	vol. 56, no. 3 September 1997	vol. 57, no. 1 March 1998	vol. 57, no. 2 June 1998

414	AN ARCHITECTURE FOR MODERN NERVES: JOSEF HOFFMAN'S PURKERSDORF SANATORIUM Leslie Topp
438	THE VERNACULAR, MODERNISM, AND LECORBUSIER Francesco Passanti
452	JOSEPH HUDNUT'S OTHER MODERNISM AT THE "HARVARD BAUHAUS" Jill Pearlman
478	THE OPENWORK FLYING BUTTRESSES OF AMIENS CATHEDRAL: "POSTMODERN GOTHIC" AND THE LIMITS OF STRUCTURAL RATIONALISM Robert Bork, Robert Mark, and Stephen Murray

494	BUILDING FOR AIR TRAVEL: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION, The Art Institute, Chicago, 19 October-5 January 1997, Reviewed by Sheri Olson
497	THE NEW SPIRIT: MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN VANCOUVER, 1938-1963, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, 5 March-25 May 1997, reviewed by George Wagner
499	GRAND TOUR: THELURE OF ITALY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, Tate Gallery, London, 10 October 1996-5 January 1997; PETITOT: UN ARTISTA DEL SETTECENTO EUROPEO A PARMA, Palazzo Bossi-Bossi, 6 April-29 June 1997, reviewed by Jeffrey Collins

503	HOUSES, CASTLES, PALACES THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE, by Nasser Rabbat, reviewed by D. Fairchild Ruggles CHATEÂUX ET ENCIENTES DE LA FRANCE MÉDIÉVALE; DE LA DÉFENSE À LA RÉSIDENCE, by Jean Mesqui CRUSADER CASTLES, by Hugh Kennedy, reviewed by Michael Thompson THE MEDIEVAL HALL: THE BASIS OF SECULAR LIFE, 600-1600 A.D., by Micahel Thompson, reviewed by Simon Thuley VITERBO: PROFILE OF A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY PAPAL PALACE, by Gary M. Radke, reviewed by Julian Gardner SIXTUS V AND THE LATERAN PALACE, by Corinne Mandel, reviewed by Jack Freiberg
511	NINETEENTH CENTURY EMPIRE BUILDING: ORIENTALISM AND VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE, by Mark Crinson, reviewed by Zeynip Çelik MEIJI REVISITED: THE SITES OF VICTORIAN JAPAN, by Dallas Finn, reviewed by Jonathan M. Reynolds ARCHITECTURE IN THE FAMILY WAY: DOCTORS, HOUSES, AND WOMEN, 1870-1900, by Annmarie Adams, reviewed by Deborah E. B. Weiner PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RECOLLECTIONS, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, reviewed by Stefan Muthesius GOTTFRIED SEMPER, ARCHITECT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Harry Francis Mallgrave, reviewed by Kurt W. Forster KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL: AN ARCHITECTURE FOR PRUSSIA, by Barry Bergdoll, reviewed by Harry Francis Mallgrave
519	MODERNS SVEN MARKELIUS, ARCHITECT, by Eva Rudberg THE ARCHITECTURE OF PETER CELSING, by Wilfred Wang, reviewed by Mark Treib WILLEM MARINUS DUDOK: ARCHITECT-STEDEBOUWKUNDIGE, 1884-1974, by Herman van Bergeijk, reviewed by Hans Ibelings ERNÖ GOLDFINGER, by Robert Elwall, reviewed by Eric Mumford
523	AMERICAN ARCHITECTS AND THEIR BUILDINGS THE PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE OF FRIEDRICK G. SCHEIBLER, JR, by Martin Aurand THE ARCHITECTURE OF EDWIN LUNDIE, by Dale Mulfinger CARL F. GOULD: A LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS, by T. William Booth and William H. Wilson, reviewed by Boyd C. Pratt UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND ARCHITECTURE FOR LIBERAL RELIGION, by Joseph M. Siry UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, by Robert McCarter FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DANA HOUSE, by Donald Hoffmann,reviewed by David M. Sokol THE CIVIC ARCHITECTURE OF PAUL CRET, by Elizabeth Greenwell Grossman,reviewed by Paul Eli Ivey
529	AMERICAN LANDSCAPES AND GARDENS A GUIDE TO THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, by Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, reviewed by Carroll Van West THE GARDENS OF ELLEN BIDDLE SHIPMAN, by Judith B. Tankard THE MUSES OF GWINN: ART AND NATURE IN A GARDEN DESIGNED BY WARREN H. MANNING, CHARLES A. PLATT, AND ELLEN BIDDLE SHIPMAN, by Robin Karson, reviewed by William Lake Douglas
533	NORTH AMERICAN ETHNIC AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS BUILDINGS AND BUILDERS IN HISPANIC CALIFORNIA, 1769-1850, by Mrdith K. Schuetz-Miller, reviewed by Mark L. Brack CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: CULTURAL REGENERATION AND CREATIVITY, by Carol Hersell Krinsky, reviewed by Kenneth A. Breisch
537	ABSTRACTS
539	INDEX TO VOLUME 56