Crafting a modern world : the architecture and design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G.F. Helfrich and William Whitaker, editors.

Title & Author:

Crafting a modern world : the architecture and design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G.F. Helfrich and William Whitaker, editors.

Publication:

Description:

364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.
Preface / Julia Moore Converse and Ann Bermingham -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: belated recognition / Kenneth Frampton -- Introduction: rediscovering Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G.F. Helfrich, with Mari Sakamoto Nakahara -- Antonin Raymond and the modern movement: a Czech perspective / Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau -- Antonin Raymond in America, 1938-49 / Kurt G.F. Helfrich -- Characters of concrete / Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Portfolio / William Whitaker, with Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Chronology of the Raymonds' lives and careers / William Whitaker -- Selected writings by Antonin and Noémi Raymond -- Selected correspondence of Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Anne Lutun, editor -- List of buildings and projects, 1917-73 / William Whitaker.

Summary:

"Crafting a Modern World examines a missing chapter in the history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noemi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966"--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9781568985831 (alk. paper)
1568985835

Subject:

Raymond, Antonin, 1888-1976.
Raymond, Noémi P. (Noémi Pernessin), 1889-1980.
Raymond, Antonin, 1888-
Raymond, Noémi P. (Noémi Pernessin), 1889-
Raymond, Antonin 1888-1976
Raymond, Noémi P. 1889-1980
Raymond, Antonin, (1888-1976)
Raymond, Noémi, (1889-1980)
Raymond, Noémi P. (Noémi Pernessin), b. 1889.
Design 2016
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Design History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Design.
Architektur

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Helfrich, Kurt Gerard Frederick.
Whitaker, William.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248646
Call No.: BIB 178191
Status: Available

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