Architecture's odd couple : Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson / Hugh Howard.
Architecture's odd couple : Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson / Hugh Howard.
Architecture's odd couple : Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson / Hugh Howard.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
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G 2016/3266
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: The master and the maestro -- Part I: a meeting of minds -- Two conversations -- Plotting a comeback -- European travels -- Part II: The MOMA moment -- The new museum -- An invitation issued -- Wright vs. Johnson -- The show must go on -- Part III: Acting out their antagonism -- The banks...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867-1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906-2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings i...
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Architecture's odd couple : Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson / Hugh Howard.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-320) and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/3266
Record Identifier
74VKVq3BroAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq3BroAl
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ISBN
1620403757 hardcover
9781620403754 hardcover
DDC
720.9730904
MMS ID
991024007606502626
