Main entry:

Jackson, N. (Neil)

Title & Author:

The modern steel house / Neil Jackson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1996.

Description:

245 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index.
pt. 1. The Modern Steel House 1929-1939. 1. Two Modern Steel Houses. 2. The International Style. 3. Exhibition and innovation -- pt. 2. The Modern Steel House in America. 1. Arts and Architecture. 2. Los Angeles in the 1940s. 3. Chicago in the 1940s. 4. San Francisco in the 1950s. 5. Los Angeles in the 1950s. 6. Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s -- pt. 3. The Modern Steel House in Europe and Australia. 1. Europe and Australia in the 1950s. 2. England in the 1960s. 3. The influence of Chicago in the 1970s. 4. The influence of California in the 1970s. 5. Australia in the 1980s. 6. Prefabrication in the 1980s -- pt. 4. Four Responses. 1. The structural response. 2. The metaphorical response. 3. The regional response. 4. The market response.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This work provides a survey of Modern Movement houses constructed with steel frames. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it traces the development since the 1920s of steel houses in Europe, Australia and the United States, with special reference to London, Paris, Sydney and Los Angeles.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419217207
9780419217206
0442024142 (Van Nostrand Reinhold)
9780442024147 (Van Nostrand Reinhold)
0471288063
9780471288060
9788884915696 (pbk.)
8884915694 (pbk.)

Subject:

Building, Iron and steel.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Construction métallique.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century.
Architecture domestique.
Architecture moderne.
Steel houses
Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans
Architecture, Modern 20th century Designs and plans
Architecture Use of Metals

Holdings:

Location: Library main 115795
Call No.: ID:96-B2894
Status: Available