Structures of Our Time 31 Buildings That Changed Modern Life

Name: Structures of Our Time 31 Buildings That Changed Modern Life
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ISBN: 9780071369695

ISBN-10: 0071369694

ISBN-13: 9780071369695

Edition: 2002

Authors: Roger Shepherd

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This text examines 31 structures that have won the American Institute of Architect's Award. It examines how designers conceived the projects, how inhabitants feel about them and how they function as public cultural artifacts.

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 243
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Shepherd is a multifaceted artist and designer whose projects include low-income housing, book design, videos, murals, garden design, and Web design. He holds the Henry & Louise Loeb Chair of Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design, where he teaches in the architecture department and directs the BFA and MFA programs in painting and sculpture.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Garden in the City	p. 12
Rockefeller Center - Associated Architects: Reinhard and Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley and Fouiloux - 1939	p. 18
Baldwin Hills Village - Reginald D. Johnson, Wilson, Merrill and Alexander; Clarence S. Stein - 1942	p. 26
Elevating the User Experience	p. 32
S C Johnson and Son Administration Building - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1939	p. 38
Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Louis I. Kahn - 1965	p. 44
Ford Foundation Headquarters - Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates - 1968	p. 50
Philips Exeter Academy Library - Louis I. Kahn - 1972	p. 54
Where Nature and the Built World Meet	p. 60
Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1938	p. 66
Bavinger House - Bruce Goff - 1955	p. 70
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Edward Larrabee Barnes - 1960	p. 76
Sea Ranch Condominium I - Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker - 1966	p. 80
The Essence of Style	p. 84
Crow Island School - Eliel and Eero Saarinen; Perkins, Wheeler and Will - 1939	p. 92
Christ Church Lutheran - Saarinen, Saarinen and Associates - 1949	p. 98
Yale University Art Gallery - Louis I. Kahn - 1953	p. 102
Price Tower - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1956	p. 106
Dulles International Airport - Eero Saarinen and Associates - 1963	p. 110
A Sense of Proportion	p. 116
Equitable Savings and Loan - Pietro Belluschi - 1948	p. 124
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments - Mies van der Rohe - 1951	p. 130
Lever House - SOM [Gordon Bunshaft] - 1952	p. 136
Seagram Building - Mies van der Rohe - 1958	p. 142
The Way We Live	p. 148
Eames House - Charles and Ray Eames - 1949	p. 156
Philip Johnson Residence [the Glass House] - Philip Johnson - 1949	p. 162
Farnsworth House - Mies van der Rohe - 1951	p. 166
Vanna Venturi House - Robert Venturi - 1963	p. 172
Smith House - Richard Meier - 1967	p. 176
The Corporate Campus	p. 180
General Motors Technical Center - Eero Saarinen and Associates - 1956	p. 186
Deere and Company Administrative Center - Eero Saarinen and Associates - 1963	p. 192
Sublime Innovation	p. 198
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1959	p. 204
Gateway Arch - Eero Saarinen and Associates - 1964	p. 210
U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel - SOM [Walter Netsch] - 1962	p. 216
John Hancock Center - SOM [Bruce Graham and Fazlur Kahn] - 1970	p. 222
Kimbell Art Museum - Louis I. Kahn - 1972	p. 226
Afterword	p. 231
Notes	p. 232
Credits	p. 237
Index	p. 238
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