Description: Paul Rudolph, one of the 20th century's most iconoclastic architects, is best know--and most maligned--for his large "brutalist" buildings, like the Yale Art and Architecture Building. So it will surprise many to learn that early in his career he developed a series of houses that represent the unrivaled possibilities of a modest American modernism. With their distinctive natural landscapes, local architectural precedents, and exploitation of innovative construction materials, the Florida houses, some eighty projects built between 1946 and 1961, brought modern architectural form into a gracious subtropical world of natural abundance. Like the locally inspired desert houses of another modern master, Albert Frey, Rudolph's Florida houses represent a distillation and reinterpretation of traditional architectural ideas developed to a high pitch of stylistic refinement. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses reveals all of Rudolph's early residential work. Along with Rudolph's personal essays and renderings, duotone photographs by Ezra Stoller and Joseph Molitor, and insightful text by Joseph King and Christopher Domin, this compelling new book conveys the lightness, timelessness, strength, materiality, and transcendency of Rudolph's work. Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press; 2002 1st edition Language : EnglishHardcover : 248 pagesISBN-10 : 1568982666ISBN-13 : 978-1568982663Reading age : 13 years and upGrade level : 8 and upItem Weight : 2.73 poundsDimensions : 10.25 x 8.25 x 1 inches
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Binding: Hardcover
Product Group: Book
Signed By: Joseph King
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: Yes
Weight: 3 lbs
Edition: First Edition
IsTextBook: No
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Type: Picture Book
Era: 2000s
Personalized: Yes
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Book Title: Paul Rudolph : the Florida Houses
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2002
Topic: Buildings / Residential
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Architecture
Item Weight: 43.4 Oz
Author: Ezra Stoller, Joseph King
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 10.2 in
Format: Hardcover
