Organic architecture : the other modernism / text by Alan Hess ; photographs by Alan Weintraub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Alan.

Contributor:

Weintraub, Alan.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic architecture--United States.

Organic architecture.

Architecture, Domestic--United States.

Architecture, Domestic.

United States.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture.

History.

Physical Description:

275 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2006]

Summary:

Organic Architecture: The Other Modernism illuminates the broad brush stroke of Organic residential architecture throughout the panorama of twentieth-century Modernism. A wide-ranging style that defies definition, Organic buildings are notable in their curves and colors, as well as their exuberant, opulent, and at times extravagant complexity of line, form, texture, structure, and color. Organized chronologically, beginning in 1880 and ending with the present, each chapter explores the contributions of Organic architects in depth. With riveting historical context, including the movement's foundation, evolution, and major events, noted author Alan Hess shows why the organic movement has remained a strong, deep-running current in culture and design. Some key Organic architects explored in this book include: Louis Sullivan Frank Furness Frank Lloyd Wright Bruce Goff Charles Haertling John Lautner Walter Burley Griffin Mickey Muennig R. M. Schindler

Contents:

Introduction

1900-1920

1920-1940

1940-1990

1990-present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

ISBN:

1586858572

9781586858575

142360007X

9781423600077

OCLC:

65341063