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Author Marcus, George H.

Title The houses of Louis Kahn / George H. Marcus and William Whitaker
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]

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Description x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Prologue -- Home -- Houses -- Furnishings -- Epilogue -- [Houses] : Jesse and Ruth Oser House ; Philip and Jocelyn Roche House ; Morton and Lenore Weiss House ; Samuel and Ruth Genel House ; Fred and Elaine Clever House ; Bernard and Norma Shapiro House ; Margaret Esherick House ; Norman and Doris Fisher House ; Steven and Toby Korman House
Summary Beginning with his earliest encounters with Modernism in the late 1920s and continuing through his iconic work of the 1960s and 1970s, the authors trace the evolution of the architect's thinking, which began and matured through his design of houses and their interiors, a process inspired by his interactions with clients and his admiration for vernacular building traditions. Richly illustrated with new and period photographs and original drawings, as well as previously unpublished materials from personal interviews, archives, and Kahn's own writings, The Houses of Louis Kahn shows how his ideas about domestic spaces challenged conventions, much like his major public commissions, and were developed into one of the most remarkable expressions of the American house
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture, Domestic -- History -- 20th century.
Author Whitaker, William.
LC no. 2012051171
ISBN 0300171188 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300171181 (cloth : alk. paper)