Who Built That Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Who Built That Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
By (Author) Didier Cornille
Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press
1st September 2014
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Architecture: residential and domestic buildings
728
Physical Properties
Hardback
84
Width 177mm, Height 256mm, Spine 15mm
430g
Description
Who Built That Modern Houses, Didier introduces each architect, the main concepts of their work, as well as their most important projects in charming drawings and accessible text, Architects Design for Living is a fun primer for anyone interested in learning more about modern architecture. Didier's step-by-step drawings of houses ranging from Gerrit Rietveld's Schroeder House (1924) and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998), provide original insight into the development of the architectural concepts behind each building. Accessible to both children and adults, charming drawings are combined with informative text providing a fun primer to modern architecture.
Reviews
"Like Lego, Cornille's books provide the building blocks for the designers of tomorrow to imagine and redefine the houses and skyscrapers of the future." Look/Book
Author Bio
Didier Cornille is a designer and professor at the cole des Beaux-Arts du Mans.
