Description
| Product ID: | 9783836544115 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | SK |
| Series: | Basic Art |
| Title: | Lautner |
| Authors: | Author: Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange, Peter Gossel |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Individual architects and architectural firms, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, History of architecture, Individual architects & architectural firms, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, History of architecture |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner is responsible for some of the most original buildings of the 20th century. This introductory book surveys his key works and his iconic aesthetic in an age of space-age technology, economic growth, and affluence. With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911–1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in mid-20th-century America.This introductory book brings together the most important of Lautner’s projects to explore hishis ingenious use of modern building materials and his bold stylistic repertoire of sweeping rooflines, glass-paneled walls, and steel beams. From commercial buildings to such iconic homes as the Chemosphere, we look at Lautner’s sensitivity to a building’s surroundings and his unique capacity to integrate structures into the Californian landscape. With several of Lautner’s houses now labeled Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, we’ll also consider the architect’s cultural legacy, as much as his pioneering of a visual paradigm of 1950s optimism, economic growth, and space-age adventure. |
| Imprint Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Publisher Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-29 |