—Frank O. Gehry
“He is the most important architect in California of his day and deserves highly the attention given to him at last by his hometown, Vienna.”
—Philip Johnson
With such masterworks as the Schindler-Chace House and the Lovell Beach House in California, the Vienna-born modernist R. M. Schindler (1887–1953) is recognized as one of the most innovative architects of the 20th century. Nearly 50 years after his death, admiration for his breathtakingly original houses and apartment buildings is at an all-time peak.
Containing many never-published drawings and photographs and spanning Schindler’s early years in Vienna, his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, and his bold contributions to West Coast modernism, this book—which accompanies the first major Schindler retrospective—offers the most comprehensive view of his genius to date.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
While his sometime colleague Richard Neutra pursued the Corbusian ideal of the house as a "machine for living," Schindler designed organic forms--angled walls, variously sized windows, plans that shift off-axis--that respond to multiple aspects of the individual site.
In 1921, while still employed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Schindler designed the tilt-up concrete Kings Road House for himself and his wife, Pauline. This landmark early project--fulfilling, in his words, "the basic requirements for a camper's shelter"--was designed to be shared with a contractor friend and his wife. The house became a haven for fellow bohemians, a scene entertainingly described in one chapter of this excellent and copiously illustrated study of Schindler's contribution to modernism and the architecture of Los Angeles.
During the following years, the "rustic complexity" of the Lovell Beach House (1922-26) gave way to increasing international style influence, visible in the John J. Buck Residence (1934), with its flat roofs and sliding walls of glass. Schindler's late work explored increasingly personal forms of "space architecture," culminating in the delicate crow's nest design of the Ellen Janson Residence (1948-49).
This book accompanies an exhibition that travels to the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. (June 28 to October 7, 2001) and then to the MAK Center in Vienna (November 13, 2001, to February 5, 2002). --Cathy Curtis
Robert Sweeney is president of the Friends of the Schindler House.
Richard Guy Wilson chairs the Department of Architectural History at the University of Virginia.
Kurt G. F. Helfrich is a curator at the University Art Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Michael Darling is assistant curator of the Schindler exhibition.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0810942232
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0810942232
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0810942232
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0810942232
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0810942232
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0810942232
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0810942232
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 4.54. Seller Inventory # Q-0810942232