Main entry:

Dietsch, Deborah.

Title & Author:

Classic modern : midcentury modern at home / Deborah K. Dietsch.

Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2000.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"An Archetype Press book."
Includes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
[I.] The essence of modern : Model houses, modern dreams -- The midcentury look : Flowing spaces, casual living ; Transparent barriers ; Malleable materials, mass produced ; Furniture of many uses ; Textures nubby and plain ; Cheering colors and bold patterns ; Curvaceous organic shapes ; Sculptural accessories -- [2.] Midcentury modern at home : Modern to the core: classic houses ; Throwing a curve: Albert Frey, Palm Springs, California, 1946 ; Machine in the garden: Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, California, 1946 ; Less is more: Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, Plano, Illinois, 1951 ; Bauhaus, American style: Marcel Breuer, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 1953 ; Modern Monticello: Eero Saarinen, Columbus, Indiana, 1957 ; Urban sanctuary: José Luis Sert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958 ; Time-honored values: Jens Risom interiors, New Canaan, Connecticut, and Block Island, Rhode Island, 1950s and 1967 -- Mainstream modern: affordable style ; Missionary living: Case study houses nos. 9, 16, and 22 by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood and Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1945-59 ; Symphony in steel: Charles and Ray Eames, Pacific Palisades, California, 1949 ; Suburban frontier: Eugene Sternberg and Joseph Dion, Englewood, Colorado, 1949-57 ; Into the woods: Charles Goodman, Alexandria, Virginia, 1949-60s ; Umbrella in the sun: Paul Rudolph, Sarasota, Florida, 1953 ; Western pioneers: Jones and Emmons, San Mateo, California, 1956 ; Passion for plastic: Ralph Wilson Sr. and Bonnie McIninich, Temple, Texas, 1959 -- Back to the future: living with midcentury modern ; The art of reduction: Clarence Mayhew, Oakland, California, 1960 ; Minimalist temple: Richard Neutra, San Diego, California, 1960 ; Calming effect: Richard Neutra, Glendale, California, 1961 ; Industrial evolution: John Lawrence, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1958 ; Beginner's luck: Julian Berla and Joseph Abel, Washington D.C., 1941 ; Modernist summit: Shelton, Mindel and Associates, New York City, 1997 ; City deco, county classic: Heiner M. Kromer, Southampton, New York, 1982 ; Nordic harmony: Philip Truchaud, Washington D.C., 1955 ; Midcentury maverick: Mark McDonald interior, New York City, 1992 -- [3.] Modern necessities : Catalogue ; Midcentury designers.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A visual tour of mid-twentieth-century design introduces the bold architecture of the 1940s and 1950s.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0684867443 (hc)
9780684867441 (hc)

Subject:

Midcentury modern (Architecture) United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture) United States.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme du milieu du siècle (Architecture) États-Unis.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architecture
Midcentury modern (Architecture)
Möbel
Wohnung
Innenarchitektur
Architecture United States 20th century
Interior decoration United States.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214818
Call No.: NA712.5.M63 D5 2000
Status: Available