Brian Pfeiffer is an independent architectural historian with over 40 years experience working on historic preservation projects throughout New England. Brian has managed projects for Historic New England, the Architectural Conservation Trust for Massachusetts, Preservation Massachusetts, Inc., Historic Boston, Inc. and the Nantucket Preservation Trust. He has been invited to lecture on New England architecture for the Irish Georgian Society, the Scottish National Trust and the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at York, England. He has been a contributing writer on New England architectural topics to Apollo Magazine, Antiques & Fine Arts Magazine, and Timber Framing, the journal of the Timber Framers’ Guild.
... Let it wrap itself around you: Philip Johnson's glass house. Autores: Brian Pfeiffer; Lo... more ... Let it wrap itself around you: Philip Johnson's glass house. Autores: Brian Pfeiffer; Localización: Apollo: The international magazine of arts, ISSN 0003-6536, Nº. 544, 2007 , págs. 31-43. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Although once ubiquitous, exterior masonry finishes have been largely forgotten. In the pre-indu... more Although once ubiquitous, exterior masonry finishes have been largely forgotten. In the pre-industrial era, these finishes protected soft, locally produced materials from weather. They were also tooled and tinted to provide more architectural finishes than were available or affordable to pre-industrial builders. The vast majority of the region's historic masonry buildings - monuments and houses alike - retain evidence of these finishes, although most have either weathered away or have been actively removed in misguided efforts to expose and restore underlying masonry materials that, in many cases, were never intended to be seen. Masonry finishes include:
• Tooled and lined-out joints intended to give a more regular appearance to irregularly shaped masonry materials; • Transparent coatings: linseed oil, waxes and pigmented washes often applied in conjunction with finely tooled, lined-out mortar joints; • Opaque coatings: limewashes and paints; and • Built-up surfaces: renders, plaster and mastic
This paper was prepared for Archipedia New England and is part of an on-going project to document masonry finishes and construction techniques in the region. Readers are invited to submit additional information. Credit will be provided for all submissions.
... Let it wrap itself around you: Philip Johnson's glass house. Autores: Brian Pfeiffer; Lo... more ... Let it wrap itself around you: Philip Johnson's glass house. Autores: Brian Pfeiffer; Localización: Apollo: The international magazine of arts, ISSN 0003-6536, Nº. 544, 2007 , págs. 31-43. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Although once ubiquitous, exterior masonry finishes have been largely forgotten. In the pre-indu... more Although once ubiquitous, exterior masonry finishes have been largely forgotten. In the pre-industrial era, these finishes protected soft, locally produced materials from weather. They were also tooled and tinted to provide more architectural finishes than were available or affordable to pre-industrial builders. The vast majority of the region's historic masonry buildings - monuments and houses alike - retain evidence of these finishes, although most have either weathered away or have been actively removed in misguided efforts to expose and restore underlying masonry materials that, in many cases, were never intended to be seen. Masonry finishes include:
• Tooled and lined-out joints intended to give a more regular appearance to irregularly shaped masonry materials; • Transparent coatings: linseed oil, waxes and pigmented washes often applied in conjunction with finely tooled, lined-out mortar joints; • Opaque coatings: limewashes and paints; and • Built-up surfaces: renders, plaster and mastic
This paper was prepared for Archipedia New England and is part of an on-going project to document masonry finishes and construction techniques in the region. Readers are invited to submit additional information. Credit will be provided for all submissions.
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• Tooled and lined-out joints intended to give a more regular appearance to irregularly shaped masonry materials;
• Transparent coatings: linseed oil, waxes and pigmented washes often applied in conjunction with finely tooled, lined-out mortar joints;
• Opaque coatings: limewashes and paints; and
• Built-up surfaces: renders, plaster and mastic
This paper was prepared for Archipedia New England and is part of an on-going project to document masonry finishes and construction techniques in the region. Readers are invited to submit additional information. Credit will be provided for all submissions.
• Tooled and lined-out joints intended to give a more regular appearance to irregularly shaped masonry materials;
• Transparent coatings: linseed oil, waxes and pigmented washes often applied in conjunction with finely tooled, lined-out mortar joints;
• Opaque coatings: limewashes and paints; and
• Built-up surfaces: renders, plaster and mastic
This paper was prepared for Archipedia New England and is part of an on-going project to document masonry finishes and construction techniques in the region. Readers are invited to submit additional information. Credit will be provided for all submissions.