Main entry:

Cohen, Jean-Louis.

Title & Author:

Between earth and heaven : the architecture of John Lautner / texts by Jean-Louis Cohen, Nicholas Olsbereg, and Frank Escher ; edited by Nicholas Olsberg.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International Publications : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2008.

Description:

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

Notes:
"Published in association with Hammer Museum."
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Between earth and heaven: The architecture of John Lautner, organized by Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg and presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13-October 12, 2008"--Title page verso.
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Between earth and heaven: The architecture of John Lautner, organized by Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg and presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, July 13-October 12, 2008"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 228) and index.
John Lautner's luxuriant tectonics / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Idea of the real / Nicholas Olsberg -- Shaping awareness / Nicholas Olsberg -- Structuring space / Frank Escher.

Summary:

"Accompanying a full-scale exhibation of his work at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum, Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner comprehensively explores Lautner's full body of work, including his apprenticeship with Frank Lioyd Wright and the culture and geographical context of Los Angeles." "This illustrated monograph includes previously unpublished plans, drawings, construction images, and Lautner's own photographs to unveil the evolution, originality, and logic of his designs, focusing on the atmospheres and vistas they establish and the connections to landscape and fluidity that mark their innovative spatial arguments."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780847830145
0847830144

Subject:

Lautner, John, 1911-1994 Criticism and interpretation Exhibitions.
Lautner, John Criticism and interpretation.
Lautner, John, 1911-1994
Lautner, John.
Architecture, Domestic California, Southern Designs and plans Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture domestique Californie (Sud) Dessins et plans Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture, Domestic California, Southern Designs and plansExhibitions.
Architecture, Modern Exhibitions. 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Modern
Architektur
Arquitetura moderna (projeto e construção) Califórnia.
Arquitetura moderna (exposições)
Desenho arquitetônico.
Southern California
Lautner, John 1911-1994 Criticism and interpretation Exhibitions

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Lautner, John, 1911-1994.
Olsberg, R. Nicholas.
Escher, Frank.
Hammer Museum.
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256712
Call No.: BIB 187128
Status: Available