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Private architecture : masterpieces of the twentieth century

Title
Private architecture : masterpieces of the twentieth century / Roberto Schezen ; introduction by Peter Blake ; text by Susan Doubilet.
Author
Schezen, Roberto.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Monacelli Press, [1998]

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Additional Authors
Doubilet, Susan.
Description
354 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
This collection features 30 exceptional, but very different residences, including Fallingwater and Dana House by Frank Lloyd Wright; Hill House by Charles Rennie Macintosh; Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier; Villa Mairea by Alvar Aalto; Villa Karma by Adolf Loos; and the Rachofsky House by Richard Meier. Each profile includes numerous photos of interior and exterior details, a floor plan, a description of the structure and its historical and theoretical context, and notes about the architect. Oversize: 11.5x11.5". c. Book News Inc.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Architect-designed houses > Catalogs
  • Architecture, Modern > 20th century > Catalogs
  • Architect-designed houses
  • Architecture, Domestic > 20th century
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architect-designed houses
  • Architecture, Modern
  • Villa's
Genre/Form
  • catalogs (documents)
  • Catalogs
  • Catalogs.
  • Catalogues.
Contents
Palau Güell, Antoni Gaudí -- Dana House, Frank Lloyd Wright -- Hill House, Charles Rennie Mackintosh -- Villa Karma, Adolf Loos -- Gamble House, Greene and Greene -- Villa Skywa/Primavesi, Josef Hoffmann -- Schindler/Chase House, R.M. Schindler -- Villa Noailles, Robert Mallet-Stevens -- Wittgenstein House, Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Lovell House, Richard Neutra -- Saarinen House, Eliel Saarinen -- Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau -- Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier -- Müller House, Adolf Loos -- Tugendhat House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann House), Frank Lloyd Wright -- Villa Mairea, Alvar Aalto -- Villa Malaparte, Adalberto Libera -- Farnsworth House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Glass House, Philip Johnson -- Villa Planchart, Gio Ponti -- Maisons Jaoul, Le Corbusier -- Fisher House, Louis Kahn -- Korman House, Louis Kahn -- Brion-Vega Cemetery, Carlo Scarpa -- House Vi, Peter Eisenman -- Gilardi House, Luis Barragán -- Sirmai-Peterson House, Frank Gehry -- Crawford House, Morphosis -- Rachofsky House, Richard Meier.
ISBN
  • 1580930085
  • 9781580930086
LCCN
98020360
OCLC
  • ocm39157493
  • 39157493
  • SCSB-9003714
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library