R.M. Schindler

R.M. Schindler
ISBN-10
3822871885
ISBN-13
9783822871881
Category
Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General
Pages
180
Language
French
Published
1999
Publisher
Taschen
Authors
James Steele, Rudolph M. Schindler

Description

"Maverick of mid-century American architecture. "Each of my buildings deal with a different architectural problem, the existence of which has been forgotten in this period of Rational Mechanization. The question of whether a house is really a house is more important to me, than the fact that it is made of steel, glass, putty or hot air."--R.M. Schindler. Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953), like his colleague Richard Neutra, emigrated to the US and applied his International Style techniques to the movement that would come to be known as California Modernism. Influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and taking cues from spatial notions found in cubism, he developed a singular style characterized by geometrical shapes, bold lines, and association of materials such as wood and concrete, as seen in his own Hollywood home (built in 1921-22) and the house he designed for P.M. Lovell in Newport Beach (1923-24)"--viewed on Amazon.com 5/31/2016.

Other editions

Similar books

  • Morphosis, the Crawford House
    By Frederic Migayrou, Aris Janigian, Michele Saee

    This is the first volume to showcase the Crawford House; it is emblematic of the dynamic interplay between art, architecture, and representation that characterizes Morphosis' work. -- from back cover.

  • Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons
    By Brian Mackay-Lyons, Malcolm Quantrill, Glenn Murcutt

    Kutcher House ( 1997-98 ) Location : Herring Cove , Nova Scotia , Canada Client : Jan and Stan Kutcher Project Team : Brian MacKay - Lyons , Rob Meyer , Trevor Davies Structural : Campbell Comeau Engineering Builder : Special Projects ...

  • The Architecture of John Lautner
    By Alan Hess, John Lautner

    This splendid book offers a fascinating look at the architect who combined the principles of Frank Lloyd Wright with breathtaking technical achievements. 350 illustrations.

  • Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture
    By Donald Hoffmann

    "May be the best book on Wright ever written, with the exception of the master's own incomparable autobiography." — New York Times Book Review.

  • FRS Yorke: and the Evolution of English Modernism
    By Jeremy Melvin

    See the Building Research Establishment Report by E Grant on the Telford House , Ci / SfB ( 99.71 ) H : h2 ( A7 ) ... The Allford Yorke Archive , Folder 8 , has a loose leaf torn from a book - possibly the 52 - page booklet mentioned by ...

  • Richard Meier, Architect, 1964/1984
    By Richard Meier

    Paul Aferiat Ada Karmi Melamede Dorothy Alexander Jean Michel Meunier Stanley Allen Edward Mills PhilipBabb Richard ... Donald Charles Evans Valerie Vaudou Manfred Fischer Greta Weil Frank Fitzgibbons Tod Williams Steven Forman David ...

  • Arquitectonica
    By Beth Dunlop

    This lovely book covers some 40

  • Federico Da Montefeltro's Palace at Gubbio and Its Studiolo
    By Olga Raggio, Antoine M. Wilmering

    Federico Da Montefeltro's Palace at Gubbio and Its Studiolo

  • Buildings and projects: 1965 - 1990
    By Mario Gandelsonas, Cesar Pelli, John Pastier

    Buildings and projects: 1965 - 1990

  • BuckyWorks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today
    By J. Baldwin

    "A pleasure to read." -Architectural Review "A wonderful, nontechnical introduction to one of this century's most fascinating minds." -Whole Earth Review "Original . . . [and] valuable, because...