Crafting a modern world : the architecture and design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G. F. Helfrich and William Whitaker, editors.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2006Description: 564 p. ; 29 cmISBN:

1568985835

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DDC classification:

720.922 B 22

LOC classification:

NA737.R33 C73 2006

Contents:

Foreword : belated recognition / Kenneth Frampton -- Introduction : rediscovering Antonin and Noemi Raymond / Kurt G. F. Helfrich and Mari Sakamoto Nakahara -- Antonin Raymond and the modern movement : a Czech perspective / Christine Vendrebi-Auzanneau -- Antonin Raymond in America, 1938-49 / Kurt G. F. Helfrich -- Characters of concrete / Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Portfolio / William Whitaker and Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Chronology of the Raymond's lives and careers / William Whitaker -- Selected writings by Antonin and Noemi Raymond -- Selected correspondence of Antonin and Noemi Raymond / Edited by Anne Lutun -- List of buildings and projects, 1917-73 / William Whitaker.

Review: "Crafting a Modern World examines a missing chapter in the history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noemi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	720.922 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A441292B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Crafting a Modern World examines a missing chapter in the history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noemi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966."--BOOK JACKET.

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