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Art & Architecture in Detroit

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Last update 04/21/2009

Art in Detroit

American beauty: paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920
by Beal, Graham William John
( Scala, 2002.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 560 .B435 2002

Art Deco in Detroit
by Savage, Rebecca Binno and Greg Kowalski
(Arcadia, 2004)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 735 .D4 S38 2004 (Conference Room)

Art in Detroit Public Places
by Nawrocki, Dennis Alan
(Wayne State University Press, c1999)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 8845 .D6 N38 1999

Art in the Stations: the Detroit People Mover
by Walt, Irene
(Art in the Stations, 2004)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 8845 .D6 A77 2004

Connecting the dots : Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project
by Guyton, Tyree
(Wayne State University Press, c2007.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NX 180 .A77 C66 2007

Diego Rivera: the Detroit Industry Murals
by Downs, Linda Bank
(Detroit Institute of Arts in association with W.W. Norton, c1999)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: ND 259 .R5 D68 1999

Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit
by Tutag, Nola Huse
(Wayne State University Press, 1987)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NK 5312 .T88 1987

The Frescoes of Diego Rivera (video)
by Camerini, Michael (director)
Publishing Information: Home Vision, c1986
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: ND 259 .R5 F74 1986b

A museum on the verge : a socioeconomic history of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000
by Abt, Jeffrey
(Wayne State University Press, c2001.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 560 .A83 2001

100 masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts
by Detroit Institute of Arts
(Detroit Institute of Arts, 1985)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 560 .A484 1985

Sarkis
by Orear, Gordon
(Wayne State University Press, c1995)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: ND 237 .S317 O73 1995

The Scarab Club
by Renner, Christine
(Arcadia, c2006.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 560 .R46 2006

Talking Shops : Detroit Commercial Folk Art
by Clements, David
(Wayne State University Press, c2005)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: GT 3911 .M5 D63 2005

Up From the Streets: Detroit Art from the Duffy Warehouse Collection
by Abt, Jeffrey (ed.)
(Wayne State University, c2001)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: N 6535 .D43 U66 2001

Architecture in Detroit

AIA Detroit: the American Institute of Architects guide to Detroit Architecture
by Hill, Eric J.
(Wayne State University Press, 2003)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 735 .D4 H55 2003

Albert Kahn Associates 100th anniversary collection
by AKA
(AKA, 1995)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 737 .A4 A43 1995 [Conference Room]

Alden B. Dow : midwestern modern
by Maddex, Diane.
(W.W. Norton, 2007)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 737 .D67 M33 2007

American city : Detroit architecture, 1845-2005
by Sharoff, Robert
(Wayne State University Press, c2005.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 735 .D4 S53 2005

Buildings of Detroit: a History
by Ferry, W. Hawkins
(Wayne State University Press, c1980)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 735 .D4 F4 1980

Cass Corridor : profile and policies
by University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Urban Design Studio.
(The College, 1976)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 9127 .D6 M523

Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crisis
by Architecture for Humanity.
(Metropolis Books, c2006)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 2543 .S6 D397 2006

Chapter on the Collaborative Design Center -Center for Disabled Workers. 

Detroit historic districts style & color guide
by Historic District Commission
(City of Detroit, Historic District Commission, 1984.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 2840 .D4 1984

Detroit's historic hotels and restaurants
by Ibbotson, Patricia
(Arcadia Pub, 2007.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: TX 911 .I22 2007

Dreaming suburbia: Detroit and the production of postwar space and culture
by Kenyon, Amy Maria
(Wayne State University Press, c2004.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: HT 352 .U62 D485 2004

Environmental redesign study of Sojourner Truth homes
by Sims-Varner & Associates.
(Sims-Varner & Associates.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 2750 .S55

The Guardian Building : cathedral of finance
by Tottis, James W.
(Wayne State University Press, c2008)
Call Number: NA 6233 .D6 G838 2008

John Portman & Associates Peachtree Center Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976 : Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1977 : Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan, 1977
by Futagawa, Yukio, ed.
(A.D.A. EDITA, 1981)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 680 .G5 no.57

Organic urban structure
by Staniszkis, Jerzy
(School of Architecture, University of Detroit, 1979.)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 9127 .D6 S7

Detroit's central business district. 
Stalking Detroit
by Waldheim, Charles and Jason Young, eds.
(Actar, 2001)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: F 574 .D4 S73 2001 (Conference Room)

Urban surgery
by Staniszkis, Jerzy
(School of Architecture, University of Detroit, 1978)
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: NA 9127 .D6 S72

A study on rejuvenating Detroit. 

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