Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida
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20th-century architecture
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architectural character
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design and its evolution
distinctive public buildings
drawings
ecletic and authentic features
elegant homes and design aesthetic
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floor plans
Florida
Florida land boom
Florida's premier architects
historical styles
human scale and proportion
Lovelock
modern and historical photographs
Patrick and Debra McClane
residences
Rogers
Rollins College
stylish and desirable homes
suitability to the environment
The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park
urban development
vernacular Spanish farmhouses
villas
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- ISBN 9780813027708
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 164 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 2004
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This well-illustrated book illuminates the life and career of one of Florida's premier architects, whose elegant homes and design aesthetic shaped the architectural character of Winter Park and influenced urban development throughout central Florida. James Gamble Rogers II (1901-1990) created homes known for their human scale and proportion and for their suitability to the environment. This work highlights twelve of these residences designed for Winter Park, the beautiful small city adjacent to Orlando and the headquarters of the Rogers family architecture firm, Rogers, Lovelock, and Fritz, which exists today under the leadership of Rogers' son. Ingeniously meeting the special needs of Florida's climate - heat, humidity, termite control, and air circulation - the residences in incorporate details from a variety of historical styles, including ecletic and authentic features that emulate vernacular Spanish farmhouses and villas. The book includes critiques of each design and its evolution, particulars about the site, and stories about the lives and tastes of the clients - men and women of wealth and status who influenced the heady era of the Florida land boom in the 1920s and 1930s. Numerous floor plans, modern and historical photographs, and Rogers' own drawings augment the discussion. The book also presents an entertaining biography of Rogers, with information on his schooling, a history of the firm he founded, and his familial connections with the architectural profession (his uncle and namesake designed more than 20 buildings for Yale University). It describes his success in the areas of governmental, military, and university architecture, including his designs for buildings at Rollins College in Winter Park, and evaluates his impact on 20th-century architecture in Florida and throughout the nation. Coauthors Patrick and Debra McClane have studied Rogers' original drawings, toured his homes, and interviewed clients and family members; Patrick McClane worked at the Rogers firm during the architect's last years there and brings a personal connection to this work. Their book documents an exceptional contribution to Florida's architectural heritage, the life and work of a man who created stylish and desirable homes and distinctive public buildings. With a detailed appendix that lists dates and addresses for nearly 275 houses, most of them still extant, the work will serve as the definitive guide to Rogers' work in Winter Park.
Patrick W. McClane, a native Floridian, is a principal architect with Smith and McClane Architects in Richmond, Virginia. In 1998 he received an Award of Merit from the Association of University Architects for his work on the Jepson Alumni Center at the University of Richmond. Debra McClane is a private consultant in architectural history and historic preservation and a contributing author to Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, a volume in the Buildings of the United States series.
