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Freed, Elaine

 
9781943829057: Modern at Midcentury: Ruhtenberg Revisited
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ISBN 10 : 1943829055 ISBN 13 : 9781943829057
Editeur : Rhyolite Press LLC, 2017

Synopsis

Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe reign as the two most important modern architects of the 20th century. Remarkably, their considerable influences were felt in the city of Colorado Springs during the late 1940s - Wright's through the work of his granddaughter, Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, and Mies's in the oeuvre of A. Gustaf Jan Ruhtenberg. Elaine Freed, author of a book about Ingraham's signature houses, turns attention here to Jan Ruhtenberg's journey from Riga to Berlin, then Stockholm and New York, and finally to Colorado Springs, where he designed and remodeled dozens of houses and other structures in the Miesian mode. After placing Ruhtenberg's work in the context of European and American modernism, Freed focuses on five unique houses in Colorado Springs, ranging from a modest "cottage" to a spacious Italian villa. Her insightful view includes Ruhtenberg's own home in the exclusive Broadmoor neighborhood.

Design magazines in Europe and America celebrated Ruhtenberg's designs at midcentury, and the popular press did as well. His work appeared in Progressive Architecture and Architectural Forum - and in Time, Life, and Fortune. Later, Ruhtenberg's legacy faded, but recently his design reputation has gained new respect. Modern at Midcentury: Ruhtenberg Revisited guarantees his proper place in the modernist pantheon.

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À propos de l'auteur

Former Executive Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois, and Vice President of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Retired Administrator Colorado College.

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Éditeur
Rhyolite Press LLC
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1943829055
ISBN 13 
9781943829057
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
178
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