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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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Additional Authors

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

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