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Between earth and heaven : the architecture of John Lautner

Title
Between earth and heaven : the architecture of John Lautner / texts by Jean-Louis Cohen, Nicholas Olsbereg, and Frank Escher ; edited by Nicholas Olsberg.
Author
Cohen, Jean-Louis.
Publication
New York : Rizzoli International Publications : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2008.

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  • Lautner, John, 1911-1994.
  • Olsberg, R. Nicholas.
  • Escher, Frank.
  • Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.
Description
234 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color); 29 cm
Summary
"Accompanying a full-scale exhibation of his work at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum, Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner comprehensively explores Lautner's full body of work, including his apprenticeship with Frank Lioyd Wright and the culture and geographical context of Los Angeles." "This illustrated monograph includes previously unpublished plans, drawings, construction images, and Lautner's own photographs to unveil the evolution, originality, and logic of his designs, focusing on the atmospheres and vistas they establish and the connections to landscape and fluidity that mark their innovative spatial arguments."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Lautner, John, 1911-1994 > Criticism and interpretation > Exhibitions
  • Architecture, Domestic > California, Southern > Exhibitions
  • Architecture, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
Note
  • "Published in association with Hammer Museum."
  • "This publication accompanies the exhibition Between earth and heaven: The architecture of John Lautner, organized by Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg and presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13-October 12, 2008"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 228) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Ann Philbin -- Acknowledgments / Nicholas Olsberg and Frank Escher -- Perspective -- John Lautner's Luxuriant Tectonics / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Grounding -- Idea of the Real / Nicholas Olsberg -- Building -- Shaping Awareness / Nicholas Olsberg -- Continuity -- Structuring Space / Frank Escher.
ISBN
  • 9780847830145
  • 0847830144
LCCN
2007926994
OCLC
  • ocn166387906
  • 166387906
  • SCSB-9252147
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries