Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond

Helfrich, Kurt G. F.[editor]; William Whitaker [editor]; Mari Sakamoto Nakahara; Ken Tadashi Oshima; Christine Vendrendi-Auzanneau

ISBN 10: 1568985835 / ISBN 13: 9781568985831

Edité par Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2006

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28.5 x 22.5 cm. Quarto. 364pp. Black and white and color photographs, plans chronology, letters, index. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Light edgewear to top of jacket. Some spotting to top foredge. From the jacket: "Crafting a Modern World examines an echanting missing chapter in thee history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noémi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 - 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds combined their European modern roots with the vernacular craft traditions they discovered while living in regions as diverse as Japan, India, and rural Pennsylvania." Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 67886

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Titre : Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture ...

Éditeur : Princeton Architectural Press, New York

Date d'édition : 2006

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette

Edition : First edition.

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There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its 'moment' to be discovered. Antonin and No mi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. Crafting a Modern World is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that included designs for factories, office buildings, churches, and schools as well as furniture, fabrics, and graphic design.

The Raymonds combined their European modern roots with the vernacular craft traditions they discovered in regions as diverse as Japan, India, and rural Pennsylvania. They also collaborated with some of the twentieth century's leading thinkers and artists, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Cass Gilbert, Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, and Fernand L ger. Inspired by the conventions of traditional Japanese buildings, they brought a high level of attention to craft to all their work, from churches in Chicago and Karuizawa to the Tokyo Tennis Club, the Pacific Cable Company Station in Guam, the Golconde Dormitory in India, and houses throughout the northeastern U.S., including their own modernist interventions at a rural farmhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Four essays round out this thorough examination of the Raymonds' careers a missing and enchanting chapter in the history of mid-century modern design.