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Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Some of the world's greatest architects, including Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, have used their talents to create groundbreaking innovations in American residential architecture over the past 120 years. Though wide-ranging in style, these houses share a remarkable sensitivity to site and context; appreciation of local materials; experimentation with form, materials, and technology; and understanding of clients'...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The first comprehensive monograph focused on the most spectacular residential projects built and designed by Antonio Farř, one of Mexico's most distinguished contemporary architects. This publication showcases a curated and handpicked selection of the most outstanding houses in Mexico. The projects designed by Antonio Farř represent a one-of-a-kind combination of simplicity and sophistication blended with nature, turning complicated spaces into...
Author
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright's foray into affordable housing--the American System-Built Homes--is frequently overlooked. When Nicholas and Angela Hayes became stewards of one of them, they began to unearth evidence that revealed a one-hundred-year-old fiasco fueled by competing ambitions and conflicting visions that eventually gave way to Wright's most creative period.
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) is not only one of the most important architects of the twentieth century, his furniture designs are also considered milestones in the history of design. Even today, his tubular and flat-bar steel furniture, such as the famous Barcelona Chan, are to a large extent still in serial production. Based on the most recent scholarship and taking new material into consideration, this publication devotes itself to these...
Author
Publisher
Pomegranate
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"From 1914 to 1917 Frank Lloyd Wright developed a system of affordable ready-cut houses for the middle class: the American System-Built Homes. About twenty-five American System-Built Homes of varying sizes and floor plans were constructed before the project stalled due to lumber shortages, as the United States entered World War I in April 1917. Today, only about a dozen of the homes remain standing, including six on Milwaukee's Burnham Street. The...
19) Life as a house
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Description
Widescreen. In a final attempt to make something meaningful with his life, George launches a last ditch effort to build the house of his dreams. In the process, he renovates his crumbling relationship with friends and family.
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