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| SKU | 9780714870229 |
|---|---|
| Title | Breuer |
| Author Description | Robert McCarter |
| Uri | store/architecture/marcel-breuer-9780714870229/ |
| Web Author Description | Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and has been Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis since 2007. He taught previously at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991–2001, and Columbia University, among other schools. He has written for numerous international publications, and his books include: Grafton Architects (2018); Marcel Breuer (2016); Steven Holl (2015); Alvar Aalto (2014); Carlo Scarpa (2013); Understanding Architecture, co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); and Louis I Kahn (2005), all by Phaidon Press. He has also published The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic (2017); The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture (2016); and Aldo van Eyck (2015), among other books. |
| webLongDescription | The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed In Europe and the United States–from his beginning at the Bauhaus through his collaboration with Walter Gropius, and the establishment of his own practice in the USA. |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Size | Size: 305 x 238 mm (12 x 9 3/8 in) |
| Pages | Pages: 456 |
| Illustrations | 500 |
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