Riviera dreaming : love and war on the Côte d'Azur / Maureen Emerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emerson, Maureen, author.

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dierks, Barry.

Sawyer, Eric.

Expatriate architects--France--Riviera--Biography.

Expatriate architects.

Architects--United States--Biography.

Architects.

Architecture, Domestic.

United States.

France--Riviera.

Architecture, Domestic--France--Riviera--20th century.

World War, 1939-1945--France--Riviera--History.

World War, 1939-1945.

Riviera (France)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Riviera (France).

Riviera (France)--History--20th century.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Love and war on the Côte d'Azur

Place of Publication:

London : I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

"In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France. With his partner, an ex-officer in the British Army, he built a white, flat-roofed Modernist masterpiece that rested on the rocks below the Esterel, with views across the Mediterranean. They called it Le Trident. From the moment it was built, it captivated Riviera society. As commissions for more villas flooded in, Barry Dierks and Eric Sawyer, 'those two charmers', flourished at the heart of Riviera society. Over the years, Dierks would design and build over 70 of the Riviera's most recognisable villas for clients ranging from Somerset Maugham's Villa Mauresque and Jack Warner's Villa Aujourd'hui to the Marquess of Cholmondeley's Villa Le Roc, and Maxine Elliott's Château de l'Horizon, later the home of Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth"-- Provided by publisher.

"In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France. With his partner, an ex-officer in the British Army, he built a white, flat-roofed Modernist masterpiece that rested on the rocks below the Esterel, with views across the Mediterranean. They called it Le Trident. From the moment it was built, it captivated Riviera society. As commissions for more villas flooded in, Barry Dierks and Eric Sawyer, 'those two charmers', flourished at the heart of Riviera society. Over the years, Dierks would design and build over 70 of the Riviera's most recognisable villas for clients ranging from Somerset Maugham's Villa Mauresque and Jack Warner's Villa Aujourd'hui to the Marquess of Cholmondeley's Villa Le Roc, and Maxine Elliott's Ch�ateau de l'Horizon, later the home of Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth"-- Provided by publisher.

"In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France. With his partner, an ex-officer in the British Army, he built a white, flat-roofed Modernist masterpiece that rested on the rocks below the Esterel, with views across the Mediterranean. They called it Le Trident. From the moment it was built, it captivated Riviera society. As commissions for more villas flooded in, Barry Dierks and Eric Sawyer, 'those two charmers', flourished at the heart of Riviera society. Over the years, Dierks would design and build over 70 of the Riviera's most recognisable villas for clients ranging from Somerset Maugham's Villa Mauresque and Jack Warner's Villa Aujourd'hui to the Marquess of Cholmondeley's Villa Le Roc, and Maxine Elliott's Chï¿1/2ateau de l'Horizon, later the home of Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One: Lights and music

Part Two: All change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781788311625

1788311620

OCLC:

999537223