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Women and the making of the modern house :a social and architectural history /Alice T. Friedman.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-244051

Description

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture, Domestic History 20th century.
Architecture and women History 20th century.
Architects and patrons.
Dwellings History 20th century.
Architecten.
Gebouwen.
Opdrachtgevers.
Vrouwen.

Originator

Friedman, Alice T.

Contents

No ordinary house: Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall and Hollyhock House -- Family matters: The Schrèoder House, by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schrèoder / 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.

Publication

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press

Description

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Received February 26, 2008.

ISBN

0300117892 (alk. paper)
9780300117899 (alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks NA2543.W65 F75 2006 c. 1
Coll. NA2543.W65 F75 2006 c. 2

Places

United States

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