Who Built That? Modern Houses

Who Built That? Modern Houses
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Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
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ISBN-10 : 1616892633
ISBN-13 : 9781616892630
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Book Synopsis Who Built That? Modern Houses by : Didier Cornille

Download or read book Who Built That? Modern Houses written by Didier Cornille and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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