Women and the Making of the Modern House

A Social and Architectural History

Alice T. Friedman

242 pages, parution le 15/03/2007

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In this groundbreaking book, Alice T. Friedman investigates how women patrons of architecture were essential catalysts for innovation in domestic architectural design. By looking at such iconic houses as Hollyhock House (Frank Lloyd Wright), the Truus Schroder House (Gerrit Rietveld), the Edith Farnsworth House (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), the Constance Perkins House (Richard Neutra), and the Vanna Venturi House (Robert Venturi), she explores the challenges that unconventional attitudes and ways of life presented to architectural thinking, and to the architects themselves.

Detailed portraits, fashioned from personal letters, diaries, office records, photo albums, and interviews, of the clients and architects reveal the private passions and struggles that women and men of talent and creativity brought to these projects, and suggest the rich cultural and artistic context in which each house was created. The works considered are thus brought to life through the people who commissioned, designed, and lived in them.

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No Ordinary House: Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall, and Hollyhock House
Family Matters: The Schröder House, by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder with Maristella Casciato
Being Modem Together: Le Corbusier's Villa Stein-de Monzie
People Who Live in Glass Houses: Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Philip Johnson
Southern California Modem: The Constance Perkins House, by Richard Neutra
It's a Wise Child: The Vanna Venturi House, by Robert Venturi
Conclusion: The 1980s and 1990s

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Yale University Press
Auteur(s)	Alice T. Friedman
Parution	15/03/2007
Nb. de pages	242
Format	22 x 27
Couverture	Broché
Poids	765g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780300117899
ISBN13	978-0-300-11789-9