Fallingwater, the Villa Mairea and the Eames House -- by Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames respectively -- represent pinnacles of modern residential design. Fallingwater is one of Wright's most inventive houses, showing him to be an architect of immense creativity and daring. Aalto drew on a deep understanding of vernacular building, classicism and modernism, and on a love of natural materials, to create the humane, rich and lyrical Villa Mairea. Charles and Ray Eames' own house was assembled ...
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Fallingwater, the Villa Mairea and the Eames House -- by Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames respectively -- represent pinnacles of modern residential design. Fallingwater is one of Wright's most inventive houses, showing him to be an architect of immense creativity and daring. Aalto drew on a deep understanding of vernacular building, classicism and modernism, and on a love of natural materials, to create the humane, rich and lyrical Villa Mairea. Charles and Ray Eames' own house was assembled entirely from standardized industrial components composed with a sensitive irregularity. Together, these buildings represent the responses of some of the world's most respected architects to the problems of residential design.
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Very Good+ No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall. Phaidon Press, 1999, 4to, numerous illustrations/photos. Hardcover edition, no dust jacket, book very good+ condition.
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Used-Very Good. Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Wright's Fallingwater, the Eames brother's Eames House and Alvar Aalto's Villa Mairea. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. The text explains how together as innovative and experimental pieces, the house represent pinnacles of modern residential design. Slight scratching/scuffing on back of cover.
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Like New. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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