Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
by Cornille, Didier
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781616892630
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About This Item
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014. Pictorial boards, 83 pages, colour illustrations; 18 x 26 cm. First published in France under the title Toutes les maisons sont dans la nature, 2012, Helium, Paris, France. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. "Who Built That? Modern Houses takes readers on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille uses a light touch to depict the various stages of construction, paying special attention to key design innovations and signature details. Cornille's charming drawings and accessible text unlock the secrets of modern classic houses, ranging from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1939) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998). Readers of all ages will delight in this colorful introduction to modern architecture's most extraordinary homes." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong.
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- Title
- Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
- Author
- Cornille, Didier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1616892633
- ISBN 13
- 9781616892630
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- Oblong
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture / History; Architecture / Domestic;
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