On Adam's house in Paradise : the idea of the primitive hut in architectural history / Joseph Rykwert.

Main entry:

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926- author.

Title & Author:

On Adam's house in Paradise : the idea of the primitive hut in architectural history / Joseph Rykwert.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., [1972]
©1972

Description:

221, [3] pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Series:

The Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture, 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222).
Also issued online.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP32.00 0.

Summary:

"This new edition of On Adam's House in Paradise (first published by the Museum of Modern Art) incorporates all the original illustrations and several new ones, as well as additional text by the author. On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations." -- Charles Moore, Progressive Architecture.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0870705121 (hardback)
9780870705120
087070513X (paperback)
9780870705137 (paperback)
0856704075 (pbk.)
9780856704079 (pbk.)

Subject:

Adam Biblische Person
Architecture, Primitive.
Architecture Psychological aspects.
Architecture primitive.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architekturtheorie
Architektur
Psychologie
Haus
Architecture.
Antiquity.
Huts.
Psychological aspects.
Architecture Effects of primitive architecture, to 1970

Form/genre:

Books.
History (form)

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art papers on architecture ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 23670
Call No.: W7064; ID:88-B1011
Status: Available

Location: Library main 23671
Call No.: 9696; ID:88-B1011
Status: Available

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