Main entry:

Treib, Marc, author.

Title & Author:

John Yeon : modern architecture and conservation in the Pacific Northwest / Marc Treib.

Publication:

[Novato, California] : ORO Editions, [2016]
©2016

Description:

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

Notes:
"This book was written and published with the support of the John Yeon Center for Architecture, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, founded in 1995 by Richard Louis Brown with the gift of the Watzek House to the University of Oregon."--Copyright page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.
Introduction -- Family & formation -- Early practice -- Houses of plywood -- War years & shortly thereafter -- Postwar practice: the 1950s -- Regionalism & regional modernism -- Conservation: road, forest, river, shore, building -- Collecting : an aesthetic life -- Gallery design & later practice -- Later life & work.

Summary:

John Yeon is known primarily for residential designs that announced, during the mid-twentieth century, a modern architecture for the Pacific Northwest. It was architecture characterised by astute siting and a sensitive use of wood, with planning that graciously accommodated contemporary living. His devotion to each project was complete, one reason for the relatively small number of realised works. Although regarded by some as a "regionalist," Yeon himself resisted that categorisation, arguing for architecture appropriate to its place, time, and people. John Yeon: Modern Architecture and Conservation in the Pacific Northwest presents detailed accounts of the three interrelated spheres that comprised John Yeon's life: architecture, conservation, and art collecting. As an architect, he quickly established a national reputation with the completion of the Watzek house in Portland in 1937, and its exhibition and publication shortly thereafter. As a preservationist, his advocacy saved, from development or despoliation, several substantial parcels of land in the Columbia River Gorge and along the Oregon Coast.

ISBN:

1935935275
9781935935278

Subject:

Yeon, John.
Architects Oregon Biography.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Northwest, Pacific 20th century.
Architectes Oregon Biographies.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architects
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Oregon
Pacific Northwest

Form/genre:

Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317524
Call No.: 317524
Status: Available