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The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia Hbcu

The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia Hbcu - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Katherine M. Kuenzli, Bryan Clark GreenSeries:Race, Place, and JusticePublish date:7/17/2025Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813952963ISBN-10:813952964UPC:9780813952963Book Category:ArchitectureBook Subcategory:History, BuildingsBook Topic:Public, Commercial & IndustrialSize:8.29 x 7.38 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SCS57XZP66

The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World's Fair to a Virginia Hbcu

A singular architectural landmark bridging western Europe and the American South

How did the Belgian Friendship Building, originally constructed for the 1939 New York World's Fair--and one of only a few surviving buildings from that celebrated exhibition--end up on the campus of an HBCU in Richmond, Virginia? In this richly illustrated book, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Katherine Kuenzli, and...
Series: Race, Place, and Justice
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813952963ISBN-10:813952964UPC:9780813952963Book Category:ArchitectureBook Subcategory:History, BuildingsBook Topic:Public, Commercial & IndustrialSize:8.29 x 7.38 x 1.03 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SCS57XZP66
Kathleen James-Chakraborty is Professor of Art History at University College Dublin and the author of several books, including Modernism as Memory: Building Identity in the Federal Republic of Germany.Katherine Kuenzli is Professor of Art History at Wesleyan University and the author of Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism, among others. Bryan Clark Green is Architectural Historian and...
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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