Main entry:

Tinniswood, Adrian.

Title & Author:

The art deco house : avant-garde houses of the 1920s and 1930s / Adrian Tinniswood.

Publication:

New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002.

Description:

176 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.
Brave new worlds: Introduction -- The moderne movement: The house of tomorrow, Norman Bel Geddes -- Villa Schminke, Löbau, Germany, Hans Scharoun -- Burnham Beeches, Melbourne, Australia, Harry Norris -- Manik Bagh, Madhya Pradesh, India, Eckart Muthesius -- Saarinen House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, Eliel Saarinen -- The Atkins House, Hastings, New Zealand, Albert Garnett -- The Butler House, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Kraetsch & Kraetsch -- Geragh, Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland, Michael Scott -- Pavilioned in splendor -- Machines for living in -- Villa Henny, Utrecht, Netherlands, Robert van't Hoff -- The Schröder House, Utrecht, Netherlands, Gerrit Rietveld -- New Ways, Northampton, UK, Peter Behrens -- The Lovell House, Los Angeles, California, USA, Richard Neutra -- E.1027, Roquebrune-Cap Martin, France, Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici -- Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, Le Corbusier -- Furniture design and high deco -- Metropolis -- Kiefhoek Housing Estate, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud -- Rue Mallet-Stevens Housing, Auteuil, Paris, France, Robert Mallet-Stevens -- Silver End Garden Village, Silver End, Essex, UK, Thomas S. Tait -- Miami Beach, Florida, USA, Henry Hohauser and others -- Napier, Napier, New Zealand, C.T. Natusch & Sons, J.A. Louis Hay, Finch & Westerholm, E.A. Williams, and others -- Lawn Roads Flats, London, UK, Wells Coates -- Highpoint I and II, London, UK, Berthold LUbetkin/Tecton -- Los Angeles apartment buildings, Los Angeles, California, USA, Milton J. Black -- Fair play -- Un-English and unmanly -- High and over, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK, Amyas Connel -- Alding, Grayswood, Surrey, UK, Connell & Ward -- Joldwynds, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, UK, Oliver Hill -- High Cross House, Dartington, Devon, UK, Howe & Lescaze -- Bentley Wood, Halland, Sussex, UK, Serge Chermayeff -- Charters, Sunninghill, Berkshire, UK, Adie & Button -- Ensembliers -- City slickers -- The Schindler House, Los Angeles, California, USA, Rudolf Schindler -- The Ernest Cormier House, Montreal, Canada, Ernest Cormier -- The Del Rio House, Santa Monica, California, USA, Cedric Gibbons -- Maison de Verre, Paris, France, Chareau & Bijvoët -- Eltham Palace, London, UK, Seely & Paget -- 2 Willow Road, London, UK, Ernö Goldfinger -- Transports of delight.

Summary:

In The Art Deco House, architectural historian Adrian Tinniswood combines fascinating text and stunning photography to create an essential reference for anyone who loves Art Deco design. Captivating chapters provide detailed overviews of the design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of the Art Deco house, covering such themes as streamline moderns; Modernist ideas for estates and apartment blocks; urbanism and domestic design; and more. Within each chapter, special stand-alone features draw upon contemporary literature, magazines, and museum exhibitions to demonstrate the style and philosophy of the Art Deco movement.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0823003159
9780823003150

Subject:

Art deco (Architecture)
Architecture, Domestic.
Architect-designed houses.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century.
Art déco (Architecture)
Architecture domestique 20e siècle.
Maisons conçues par des architectes.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Domestic architecture.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222949
Call No.: NA7125 .T6 2002
Status: Available