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

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

Table of Contents:

No ordinary house : Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall and Hollyhock House
Family matters : The Schröder House / by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder / with 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 / by Richard Neutra
It's a wise child : The Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi
Conclusion: The 1980s and 1990s.

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