Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects

Cornille, Didier

ISBN 10: 1616892633 / ISBN 13: 9781616892630

Editore: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014

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Who Built That? Modern Houses takes readers on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille uses a light touch to depict the various stages of construction, paying special attention to key design innovations and signature details. Cornille's charming drawings and accessible text unlock the secrets of modern classic houses, ranging from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1939) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998). Readers of all ages will delight in this colorful introduction to modern architecture's most extraordinary homes.

Informazioni sull?autore: Didier Cornille is a designer, illustrator, and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Mans, France.

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Titolo: Who Built That? Modern Houses: An ...
Casa editrice: Princeton Architectural Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Brossura
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