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Architectural Masterworks Since 1900
Thames & Hudson
November 2009
On Sale: November 2, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 0500342555
EAN: 9780500342558
Hardcover
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An essential book on modern architecture: one hundred of the
most significant houses of the past hundred years. From the
first stirrings of modernity in the early twentieth century
to the present, the house has served as a test bed of design
experimentation, the place where architects have sought to
create new forms and to offer new domestic lifestyles. Alvar
Aalto, Buckminster Fuller, Rudolph Schindler, Frank Lloyd
Wright, Frank Gehry, Eileen Gray, Charles and Ray Eames,
Charles Gwathmey, Carlo Scarpa, Herzog & de Meuron: most
great architects of the past hundred years have begun or
catalyzed their careers with an iconic house. The
introduction looks at the historical and social motivations
behind epoch-making residential architecture, showing in
sidebars twenty of the most important early examples. Then
eighty houses—sixty of which have been specially
photographed—are presented chronologically. The text
describes the all-important relationship between
architecture and client, the physical context in which the
house is set, and the pivotal role the house played in the
development of the architect’s career and architecture in
general. Concise architect biographies and a list of key
buildings accompany each house, while photographs and
easy-to-read plans bring the words to life. 570 color, 84
b&w illustrations.
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