{"product_id":"north-carolina-architecture-9780807856246","title":"North Carolina Architecture","description":"This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories, and churches. These buildings, like the people who created them and who have used them, are central to the character of North Carolina. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in a convenient new format, this portable edition of \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e retains all of the text of the original edition as well as hundreds of halftones by master photographer Tim Buchman. Catherine Bishir's narrative analyzes construction and design techniques and locates the structures in their cultural, political, and historical contexts. This extraordinary history of North Carolina's built world presents a unique and valuable portrait of the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBishir, Catherine W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Catherine W. Bishir is senior architectural historian at the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina. From 1971 to 2001 she served in various capacities in the Survey and Planning Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office. She is coauthor of the three regional volumes of \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the Historic Architecture of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e. Tim Buchman is an architectural and fine arts photographer living in Charlotte, North Carolina.","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461255008530,"sku":"9780807856246","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69c9b3f1-0222-4c7d-9740-c2123200f2ef.jpg?v=1730061291","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/north-carolina-architecture-9780807856246","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}