First house : the grid, the figure and the void / Christian Bjone ; photographs by Robert Walker.

Main entry:

Bjone, Christian.

Title & Author:

First house : the grid, the figure and the void / Christian Bjone ; photographs by Robert Walker.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy, 2002.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"This book examines the first houses of a selection of the soon-to-be famous Harvard architecture students of the 1930s to 1950s: Edward Larrabee Barnes, Ulrich Franzen, John Johansen, Philip Johnson, Eliot Noyes, I.M. Pei, Paul Rudolph"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

First House examines the first works of key architects from the Modern Movement who taught or studied at Harvard between the late 1930s and early 1950s. Drawings, project descriptions, and details concerning the cost of each building are included.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0470845384
9780470845387

Subject:

Bauhaus Influence.
Bauhaus
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Architektur
Haus
Geschichte 1937-1959.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Essays.
Interviews.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222498
Call No.: NA7207 .B5 2002
Status: Available

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