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  • The Architects: Raymond Hood

    par Carter Wiseman ...
    Raymond Hood came onto the American architectural scene later in life than his contemporaries, but his contributions over the span of his twelve-year career continue to evoke praise and appreciation. Hood's design of much of Rockefeller Center shines as a prime example of his creative genius. Here, in this essay by architecture critic Carter Wiseman, is Hood's story. ... En savoir plus

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  • Louis Kahn

    A Life in Architecture

    par Carter Wiseman ...
    The man who envisioned and realized such landmark buildings as the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Assembly complex in Bangladesh, Louis Kahn was born in what is now Estonia, immigrated to America, and became one of the towering figures in his adopted country’s built world. His works are unmistakable in their elegance, monolithic power, and architectural honesty.Written by ... En savoir plus

    $29.69 CAD

  • Writing Architecture

    A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment

    par Carter Wiseman ...
    Writing Architecture considers the process, methods, and value of architecture writing based on Wiseman’s 30 years of experience in writing, editing, and teaching young architects how to write. This book creatively tackles a problematic issue that Wiseman considers crucial to successful architecture writing: clarity of thinking and expression. He argues that because we live our lives within the ... En savoir plus

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  • Fallingwater Rising

    Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House

    par Franklin Toker ...
    Fallingwater Rising is a biography not of a person but of the most famous house of the twentieth century. Scholars and the public have long extolled the house that Frank Lloyd Wright perched over a Pennsylvania waterfall in 1937, but the full story has never been told.When he got the commission to design the house, Wright was nearing seventy, his youth and his early fame long gone. It was the ... En savoir plus

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  • Frank Lloyd Wright

    A Life

    Collections series Penguin Lives
    A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architectRenowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Visual Shock

    A History of Art Controversies in American Culture

    par Michael Kammen ...
    In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America’s obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our society. From Thomas Eakins’s 1875 masterpiece The Gross Clinic, (considered “too big, bold, and gory” when ... En savoir plus

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  • Frank Lloyd Wright

    par Robert McCarter ...
    Collections Livre 7 - Critical Lives
    The life and architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) have been much-studied, yet there is a consistent division between analyses of his architecture, which exclude any discussion of his daily life, and books that tell the often sensational tale of his life, with barely a passing reference to the buildings themselves. The result is that, despite the large number of volumes on Wright, the ... En savoir plus

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  • Lee Krasner

    A Biography

    par Gail Levin ...
    A "compelling" biography of the brilliant abstract expressionist painter who was far more than just Mrs. Jackson Pollock ( Los Angeles Times).Lee Krasner is best known as the artist-wife of Jackson Pollock, the renowned abstract expressionist painter. Yet in this riveting biography, the first full-length account of her colorful life, Krasner emerges as a significant artist who deserves her place ... En savoir plus

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  • Dream Cities

    Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World

    par Wade Graham ...
    "An excellent and novel exploration of key ideas behind city spaces and the behaviors they engender." — Wall Street JournalFrom the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities.Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make ... En savoir plus

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  • Do Museums Still Need Objects?

    par Steven Conn ...
    Collections series The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
    "We live in a museum age," writes Steven Conn in Do Museums Still Need Objects? And indeed, at the turn of the twenty-first century, more people are visiting museums than ever before. There are now over 17,500 accredited museums in the United States, averaging approximately 865 million visits a year, more than two million visits a day. New museums have proliferated across the cultural landscape ... En savoir plus

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  • The Origins And Myths Of Modern Architecture

    par Charles Rushing ...
    Modern Architecture began with the advent of electric power; once harnessed the power of electricity produced steel for structure, drives to operate elevators, and even telephones to comunicate specifications instantly. With electric power modern architecture was free to separate from classical architecture as clearly defined by Rushkin who claimed that: "... once metal touches stone it is no ... En savoir plus

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  • You Say to Brick

    The Life of Louis Kahn

    par Wendy Lesser ...
    Born in Estonia 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia. By the time of his mysterious death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last fifteen years of his life.Wendy Lesser's You Say to Brick: The Life of ... En savoir plus

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