Main entry:

Stone, Hicks.

Title & Author:

Edward Durell Stone : a son's untold story of a legendary architect / Hicks Stone.

Publication:

New York, NY : Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2011.

Description:

334 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes quotations from Edward Durell Stone.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Ozarks -- New York, New York -- MoMA -- World War and the Hair Shirt -- Search for Meaning -- Maria -- Brussels Pavilion and the Time Cover -- Rapid Growth -- "Perhaps I Let This Enthusiasm Get Out of Hand" -- Name Is Durell -- Grand Projects -- Corporation.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A personal and authoritative biography of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century architecture, written by the architect's son. Architect Edward Durell Stone was both celebrated and scorned, and led a life that was both triumphant and embittered. Among the iconic projects for which Stone is responsible are The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. But a negative reception among the architectural community often accompanied his popular and commercial successes, a double edge that continues to inform his legacy. Author Hicks Stone, Edward Durell Stone's son, not only addresses a body of work that has been largely neglected if not outright misunderstood but also explores a complex, multidimensional, and often turbulent life. -- Book Description.

ISBN:

9780847835683 (hbk.)
0847835685 (hbk.)

Subject:

Stone, Edward Durell.
Stone, Edward Durell 1902-1978
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects
United States

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Quotations (texts)

Added entries:

Stone, Edward Durell

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278087
Call No.: NA44.S877.9 S7 2011
Status: Available