Women and the Making of the Modern House

Name: Women and the Making of the Modern House
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ISBN: 9780300117899

ISBN-10: 0300117892

ISBN-13: 9780300117899

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alice T. Friedman

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“If you want a book about architecture which is informative, provocative, offers new paradigms on the way we describe architecture, is both soundly academic, and as compelling to read as a good novel, look no further.” ---Kester Ratenbury nbsp; 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 Schröder 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…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 9.75" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Introduction



No Ordinary House: Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall, and Hollyhock House



Family Matters: The Schroder House




Being Modern 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 Modern: The Constance Perkins House




It's a Wise Child: The Vanna Venturi House



Conclusion: The 1980s and 1990s


Acknowledgments


Index


Photograph credits