Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects

Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
ISBN-10
1616892633
ISBN-13
9781616892630
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
84
Language
English
Published
2014-09-02
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Author
Didier Cornille

Description

Who Built That? Modern Houses takes readers on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille uses a light touch to depict the various stages of construction, paying special attention to key design innovations and signature details. Cornille's charming drawings and accessible text unlock the secrets of modern classic houses, ranging from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1939) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998). Readers of all ages will delight in this colorful introduction to modern architecture's most extraordinary homes.

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