Main entry:

Cronan, Todd, author.

Title & Author:

Nothing permanent : modern architecture in California / Todd Cronan.

Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

Description:

x, 384 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Connections in California modern architecture -- The medium has no message : media politics from Adolf Loos to the Bauhaus -- Not learning from Los Angeles -- Between culture and biology : R. M. Schindler and Richard Neutra at the limits of architecture -- Richard Neutra's design theory -- Functionalism with a vengeance : Neutra, Soriano, and the Eameses -- Burn after use : Eames modeling -- Conclusion: Reyner Banham's neoliberal aesthetic.

Summary:

"Nothing Permanent is a nuanced intellectual history of architectural innovation in California between 1920 and 1970. It demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture was propelled by divergent views about the dynamic between interior and exterior, the idea of permanence, and the extent to which architects could exercise control over the inhabitants of their structures"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781517915193 hardcover
1517915198 hardcover
9781517915209 paperback
1517915201 paperback
electronic book
9781452969381

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architects and patrons California History 20th century.
Architecture and society California History 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architectes et mécènes Californie Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture et société Californie Histoire 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Architects and patrons
Architecture and society
Architecture, Modern
California

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318983
Call No.: 318983
Copy: 1
Status: Available