Title & Author:

Making Houston modern : the life and architecture of Howard Barnstone / edited by Barrie Scardino Bradley, Stephen Fox, and Michelangelo Sabatini.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.

Description:

xi, 388 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Roger Fullington series in architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Barnstone's practice / Stephen Fox -- Translating Mies : Barnstone and Houston modernism / Michelangelo Sabatino -- To be modern in Texas : Lone Star avant-garde / Kathryn E. Holliday -- A constructive connection : Barnstone and the Menils / Barrie Scardino Bradley -- An architectural family portrait / Robert Barnstone and Deborah Ascher Barnstone -- Barnstone's Jewish Houston / Joshua J. Furman -- A short biography / Barrie Scardino Bradley and Stephen Fox -- Barnstone and the University of Houston / Bruce C. Webb -- The worst thing that can happen : Gertrude and Howard / Olive Hershey.

Summary:

"Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Houston's foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came to prominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed the rigorous and austere architectural practices of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to the hot, steamy coastal plain of Texas. Barnstone was a man of contradictions--charming and witty but also self-centered, caustic, and abusive. Making Houston Modern explores the provocative architect's life and work, not only through the lens of his architectural practice but also by delving into his personal life, class identity, and connections to the artists, critics, collectors, and museum directors who forged Houston's distinctive culture in the postwar era"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781477320556 hardcover
1477320555 hardcover

Subject:

Barnstone, Howard.
Barnstone, Howard Catalogs.
Architects United States Biography.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture)
Architects
Intellectual life
Houston (Tex.) Intellectual life.
Texas Houston
United States

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Biographies
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Bradley, Barrie Scardino, 1945- editor.
Fox, Stephen, 1950- editor.
Sabatino, Michelangelo, editor.
Roger Fullington series in architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309512
Call No.: BIB 254735
Status: Available