The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener

The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener
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Publisher : LSU Press
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ISBN-10 : 9780807161623
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Synopsis The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener by : Karen Kingsley

In 1933, architect William B. Wiener collaborated with his half-brother Samuel G. Wiener to design a weekend home for his family on the shore of Cross Lake, just outside Shreveport, Louisiana. A year later the house appeared in the pages of Architectural Forum, the leading architectural journal of its day, as a foremost example of the new modernist style yet to take hold in the United States. The featured home would mark the first in a series of buildings -- residential, commercial, and institutional -- designed by Samuel (1896--1977) and William (1907--1981) that incorporated the forms and materials found in the new architecture of Europe, later known as the International Style. These buildings, located in Shreveport and its vicinity, composed one of the largest and earliest clusters of modernist buildings by American-born architects and placed the unexpected area of northern Louisiana in the forefront of architectural innovation in the mid-twentieth century. Authors Karen Kingsley and Guy W. Carwile examine the work of the Wiener brothers from the 1920s through the 1960s, detailing the evolutionary process of their designs and exploring why modern architecture appeared so early in this southern city. Throughout, architectural descriptions of the buildings, archival images, recent photographs and discussion of the surrounding social and economic culture of northern Louisiana inform a deeper appreciation for the Wieners' role in establishing modernism in the United States. Drawing on extensive research, Kingsley and Carwile assess the influence of the Wieners' travel in Europe, particularly their visit to the Bauhaus, and the ways in which the brothers adapted European modernism to fit the cultural and physical demands of construction in Louisiana. Their personal involvement in the local Jewish community, the authors show, also proved to be a critical factor in their success. Kingsley and Carwile braid a broader history of modern architecture together with details about the Wieners' commissions and cultural milieu, allowing readers to consider the brothers' remarkable careers in the context of their contemporaries and modernist architectural trends in the nation as a whole. As a result, The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener illuminates this internationally significant yet little-known legacy of Louisiana.

Progressive Architecture

Progressive Architecture
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Total Pages : 768
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433077647513
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Synopsis Progressive Architecture by : Eugene Clute

Architectural Record

Architectural Record
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Total Pages : 1142
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435022833503
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Making Houston Modern

Making Houston Modern
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9781477320556
ISBN-13 : 1477320555
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Making Houston Modern by : Barrie Scardino Bradley

This collection of essays examines the life and legacy of Houston architect Howard Barnstone, whose modernist designs and pioneering writings reshaped perceptions of the architecture of Texas.

The Life and Work of the Twentieth-century Louisiana Architect, A. Hays Town

The Life and Work of the Twentieth-century Louisiana Architect, A. Hays Town
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Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015058065841
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Synopsis The Life and Work of the Twentieth-century Louisiana Architect, A. Hays Town by : David H. Sachs

This is the first thorough and substantive examination of architect A. Hays Town's work. His 70-year career provides an ideal case study in the evolution of 20th-century American architecture, spanning from a period dominated by Beaux Arts formalism, through a period characterized by the assimilation and acceptance of European Modernism, to a period once again receptive to traditional and regional influences. This examination reveals the remarkable talent and logic which enabled him to assimilate a wide variety of influences from his education and early career as well as influences from the historical examples of his region. It contributes both to an understanding of the potential use of vernacular traditions in general, and specifically, of the rich architectural influences present through Louisiana's long and intriguing history. The study also includes a discussion of Town's habits, values and relationships, providing valuable insights into typical issues involved in the practice of architecture.

Experiencing Architecture, second edition

Experiencing Architecture, second edition
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0262680025
ISBN-13 : 9780262680028
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Experiencing Architecture, second edition by : Steen Eiler Rasmussen

A classic examination of superb design through the centuries. Widely regarded as a classic in the field, Experiencing Architecture explores the history and promise of good design. Generously illustrated with historical examples of designing excellence—ranging from teacups, riding boots, and golf balls to the villas of Palladio and the fish-feeding pavilion of Beijing's Winter Palace—Rasmussen's accessible guide invites us to appreciate architecture not only as a profession, but as an art that shapes everyday experience. In the past, Rasmussen argues, architecture was not just an individual pursuit, but a community undertaking. Dwellings were built with a natural feeling for place, materials and use, resulting in “a remarkably suitable comeliness.” While we cannot return to a former age, Rasmussen notes, we can still design spaces that are beautiful and useful by seeking to understand architecture as an art form that must be experienced. An understanding of good design comes not only from one's professional experience of architecture as an abstract, individual pursuit, but also from one's shared, everyday experience of architecture in real time—its particular use of light, color, shape, scale, texture, rhythm and sound. Experiencing Architecture reminds us of what good architectural design has accomplished over time, what it can accomplish still, and why it is worth pursuing. Wide-ranging and approachable, it is for anyone who has ever wondered “what instrument the architect plays on.”

The Architectural Index for ...

The Architectural Index for ...
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Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000137533802
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Synopsis The Architectural Index for ... by : Ervin J. Bell

The Architectural Index

The Architectural Index
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Total Pages : 548
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ISBN-10 : IOWA:31858009912357
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Style-Architecture and Building-Art

Style-Architecture and Building-Art
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9780892362820
ISBN-13 : 0892362820
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Style-Architecture and Building-Art by : Hermann Muthesius

Style-Architecture and Building-Art is Hermann Muthesius’s classic criticism of nineteenth century architecture. Now published for the first time in English, this pivotal text represents the first serious effort by Muthesius to define the elements of early modernist architecture according to notions of realism and simplicity. Although Muthesius is known best in Anglo-American architectural literature for his studies of the English house, his scholarship constituted a wide-ranging modernist polemic emanating from the German realist movement of the late 1890s. Notions that were introduced in Style-Architecture and Building-Art became common in later modernist historiography: disdain for the nineteenth century’s artistic eclecticism and lack of originality; appreciation of the material and industrial aspects of building technology, and, above all, a simpler approach to design. Muthesius' critique of stylistic architecture is not only linked to the development of the Deutsche Werkbund movement, but also can be viewed more broadly as a cornerstone of the modern movement. In his introduction, Standford Anderson situates Muthesius and his work in turn-of-the-century architectural discourse and analyzes his vision of a new form of architecture. Anderson also discusses the rationale underlying the call for cultural renewal, the role of English architectural models in Muthesius’s thought, critical differences between the first and second editions of Style-Architecture and Building-Art, the influence of the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau movements on Muthesius and, in turn, the influence of Muthesius on the Deutsche Werkbund movement.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: City Planning G-Des

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: City Planning G-Des
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Total Pages : 746
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X000663484
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Synopsis Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: City Planning G-Des by : Avery Library

1977 to present. Citations to articles from more than 1,000 periodicals in all Western languages, including all major architectural journals published in the U.S. and Great Britain, as well as most South American, European and Japanese architecture-related periodicals.