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American modern home : Jacobsen architecture + interiors

Title
American modern home : Jacobsen architecture + interiors / Simon Jacobsen ; introduction by Paul Goldberger.
Author
Jacobsen, Simon
Publication
New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2022.

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Goldberger, Paul
Description
224 pages : illustrations (chefly colour), plans; 28 cm
Summary
"Hugh Newell Jacobsen, the legendary architect and late co-founder with his son, Simon, of Jacobsen Architecture, once said "the best house is polite to her neighbors and never shouts." This statement is a key to the philosophy of the firm, whose houses are suffused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingle elegant, subtle modernism, with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on the outside, on the inside these houses offer dancing symphonies in white. Unmarked by moldings, walls and ceilings express simple volumetric forms composed of solid planes and voids, while, upon floors of burnished wood or travertine, furniture, much of it designed by the firm, allows for serene repose and practical, unfussy use. Featured here are exemplars of the firm, from Harbor Hill--a cluster of 12 small structures, appearing at first as a group of smallish shingled Nantucket cottages, that reveals itself as a single serene residence overlooking Nantucket Harbor--to Windsor, a Florida Colonial abstraction in Vero Beach. Featuring inviting interiors, exteriors, and gardens, the book is an expression of eloquent design."--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Architecture, Domestic > United States > Pictorial works
  • Architecture, American > Pictorial works
  • Interior decoration > Pictorial works
  • ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General
  • Architecture, American
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Interior decoration
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • Includes index.
Call Number
NA712
ISBN
  • 084787205X
  • 9780847872053
LCCN
40031607671
OCLC
  • on1305439892
  • 1305439892
  • SCSB-14481370
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries