Isbn: 9780300069013 - josef frank, architect and designer: an alternative vision of the modern home (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held May 9-July 21, 1996, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York. Description: 311 pages : illustrations (some colour), plans ; 31 cm Contents: Three visions of the modern home : Josef Frank, Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto / Nina Stritzler-Levine -- The consequences of catastrophe : Josef Frank and post-world-war-I Vienna / Leon Bostein -- The wayward heir : Josef Frank's Vienna years, 1885-1933 / Christopher Long -- Life in exile : Josef Frank in Sweden and the United States, 1933-1967 / Kristina Wängberg-Eriksson -- Space for living : the architecture of Josef Frank / Christopher Long -- Architektur als symbol : theory and polemic / Karin Lindegren -- "Steel is not a raw material : steel is a Weltanschauung" : the early furniture designs of Josef Frank, 1910-1933 / Christian Witt-Dorring -- "Convenience and pleasantness" : Josef Frank and the Swedish modern movement in design / Penny Sparke -- Josef Frank and Gio Ponti : reflections on the "house" and the "garden," a view from Italy / Marianne Lamonaca -- Geometry in disguise : a modernist's vision of textile design / Kristina Wangberg-Eriksson -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Christopher Long [and others].…