Main entry:

Jackson, N. (Neil), author.

Title & Author:

Pierre Koenig : a view from the archive / Neil Jackson.

Publication:

Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2019]
©2019

Description:

vii, 295 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: a view from the archive -- Beginnings -- Education -- Glendale -- Santa Monica and San Vicente -- Case study houses -- Steel pavilions -- Hillside houses -- Timber houses -- Midcareer steel houses -- Production houses -- "I'm your architect" -- Restoration -- Revival -- Payback time -- Cool twice -- Appendix: list of works -- Index.

Summary:

"Using discoveries made in architect Pierre Koenig's archive at the Getty Research Institute, Neil Jackson examines the influences of Koenig's youth in San Francisco, military service during World War II, Case Study Houses, and later award-laden years on the evolution and legacy of Koenig's oeuvre in Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781606065778
1606065777

Subject:

Koenig, Pierre, 1925-2004.
Koenig, Pierre.
Koenig, Pierre 1925-2004
Architect-designed houses California Los Angeles County.
Architecture California Los Angeles County History.
Maisons conçues par des architectes Californie Los Angeles (Comté)
Architecture Californie Los Angeles (Comté) Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation.
Architect-designed houses California.
Architecture History. California.
Architect-designed houses.
Architecture.
California Los Angeles County.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304226
Call No.: BIB 249723
Status: Available