Title & Author:

Contemporary : architecture and interiors of the 1950s / Lesley Jackson [editor].

Publication:

London : Phaidon Press, 1994.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
First paperback ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index.
The birth of the contemporary style -- The house -- The interior -- Decoration and fittings -- Furniture and furnishings -- Society goes contemporary -- Epilogue.
Also issued online.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

An examination of the so-called Contemporary style that dominated architecture and design from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. It shows the trends in taste and interior design at a time of economic regeneration that affected not only people's homes but public buildings.

ISBN:

9780714831848
0714831840
9780714837574 (paperback)
0714837571 (paperback)
0714828882
9780714828886

Subject:

International style (Architecture)
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic.
Design History 20th century.
Interior decoration History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Style international (Architecture)
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Histoire 20e siècle.
International Style (modern European architecture style)
Design.
Interior decoration.
Innenarchitektur
Bildband
Architektur
Arquitetura de interiores.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century.
Decorative arts History 20th century.
Interior decoration 20th century.
Residences Interiors Design History
Architecture History

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Jackson, Lesley.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 118999
Call No.: ID NA680.J13.C67; ID:95-B174
Status: Available