Main entry:

Schezen, Roberto.

Title & Author:

Private architecture : masterpieces of the twentieth century / Roberto Schezen ; introduction by Peter Blake ; text by Susan Doubilet.

Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : The Monacelli Press, [1998]

Description:

354 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Palau Güell, Antoni Gaudí -- Dana House, Frank Lloyd Wright -- Hill House, Charles Rennie Mackintosh -- Villa Karma, Adolf Loos -- Gamble House, Greene and Greene -- Villa Skywa/Primavesi, Josef Hoffmann -- Schindler/Chase House, R.M. Schindler -- Villa Noailles, Robert Mallet-Stevens -- Wittgenstein House, Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Lovell House, Richard Neutra -- Saarinen House, Eliel Saarinen -- Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau -- Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier -- Müller House, Adolf Loos -- Tugendhat House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann House), Frank Lloyd Wright -- Villa Mairea, Alvar Aalto -- Villa Malaparte, Adalberto Libera -- Farnsworth House, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Glass House, Philip Johnson -- Villa Planchart, Gio Ponti -- Maisons Jaoul, Le Corbusier -- Fisher House, Louis Kahn -- Korman House, Louis Kahn -- Brion-Vega Cemetery, Carlo Scarpa -- House Vi, Peter Eisenman -- Gilardi House, Luis Barragán -- Sirmai-Peterson House, Frank Gehry -- Crawford House, Morphosis -- Rachofsky House, Richard Meier.

Summary:

This collection features 30 exceptional, but very different residences, including Fallingwater and Dana House by Frank Lloyd Wright; Hill House by Charles Rennie Macintosh; Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier; Villa Mairea by Alvar Aalto; Villa Karma by Adolf Loos; and the Rachofsky House by Richard Meier. Each profile includes numerous photos of interior and exterior details, a floor plan, a description of the structure and its historical and theoretical context, and notes about the architect. Oversize: 11.5x11.5". c. Book News Inc.

ISBN:

1580930085
9781580930086

Subject:

Architect-designed houses Catalogs.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Catalogs.
Architect-designed houses.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century.
Maisons conçues par des architectes.
Architecture domestique 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique 20e siècle Dessins et plans.
Maisons conçues par des architectes Catalogues.
Architecture 20e siècle Catalogues.
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Modern
Villa's.

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Doubilet, Susan.
Blake, Peter, 1920-2006

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203750
Call No.: NA7125 .S382 1998
Status: Available