Women and the making of the modern house : a social and architectural history /

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Author / Creator:Friedman, Alice T., author.
Imprint:New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (240 pages) : 157 illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12524873
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ISBN:9780300230949
030023094X
0300117892
9780300117899
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 11, 2018).
Summary:"In this groundbreaking book, Alice T. Friedman investigates how women patrons of architecture were essential catalysts for innovation in domestic architectural design. By looking at such iconic houses as Hollyhock House (Frank Lloyd Wright), the Truus Schröder House (Gerrit Rietveld), the Edith Farnsworth House (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), the Constance Perkins House (Richard Neutra), and the Vanna Venturi House (Robert Venturi), she explores the challenges that unconventional attitudes and ways of life presented to architectural thinking-- and to the architects themselves. Detailed portraits-- fashioned from personal letters, diaries, office records, photo albums, and interviews--of the clients and architects reveal the private passions and struggles that women and men of talent and creativity brought to these projects, and suggest the rich cultural and artistic context in which each house was created. The works considered are thus brought to life through the people who commissioned, designed, and lived in them"--Publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: . . New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006