Weder, Adele, 1961- author.

Copp House / Adele Weder ; photography by Michael Perlmutter.

First edition.

[Place of publication not identified] : Oro Editions : UBC SALA, [2017]
©2017

80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

West Coast modern house series

In 1950, a young Vancouver architectural apprentice was handed a small house project that his boss was too busy to take on. The apprentice, Ron Thom, took the simple plan and rectangular foundation that had been roughed in, and transformed it into a groundbreaking work of architecture that gained national fame. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, but using local wood and paying careful attention to its verdant oceanside setting, Thom created a landmark for the new architectural movement known as West Coast Modernism. The client, Dr. Harold Copp, was himself a trailblazer, the first head of the physiology department in the University of British Columbia's new Faculty of Medicine and a research pioneer. Generously illustrated with both vintage and contemporary architectural photography, line drawings, and photographs of the architect and residents, 'The Copp House' is the story of a cultural landmark on the shores of Vancouver.

9781939621887
1939621887

Thom, Ronald James, 1923-1986 Criticism and interpretation.
Thom, Ronald James, 1923-1986.
Copp House (Vancouver, B.C.)
Architecture British Columbia Vancouver.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic British Columbia Vancouver History 20th century
British Columbia Vancouver.
Vancouver (B.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Perlmutter, Michael (Architectural photographer), photographer.
Perlmutter, Michael (Architectural photographer) photographer.

Location: Library main 297957
Call No.: BIB 244269
Status: Available