Friedman, Alice T.,

Women and the making of the modern house : a social and architectural history / Alice T. Friedman. - 240 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- No Ordinary House: Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall, and Hollyhock House -- Family Matters: The Schroder House Gerrit Rietveld Truus Schroder Maristella Casciato -- Being Modern Together: Le Corbusier's Villa Stein-de Monzie -- People Who Live in Glass Houses: Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Philip Johnson -- Southern California Modern: The Constance Perkins House / It's a Wise Child: The Vanna Venturi House / Conclusion: The 1980s and 1990s. Richard Neutra -- Robert Venturi --

Investigating how women patrons of architecture were essential catalysts for innovation in domestic architectural design, this book explores the challenges that unconventional attitudes and ways of life presented to architectural thinking, and to the architects themselves.

0300117892 9780300117899

2006935579


Architects and patrons
Architects and patrons--History--20th century.
Architecture and women--History--20th century.
Architecture and women--History--United States--20th century.
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings--History--20th century.

NA2543.W65 / F75 2006

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