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A comprehensive volume on Swiss-American architect Albert Frey, whose "simple but severe" style of Desert Modernism cemented his legacy as one of the most influential architects worldwide.Inventive Modernist tracks the scope and significance of Frey’s career, from his early days in Paris working with Le Corbusier to his rise as the iconic architect of Palm Springs. With full access to Frey’s various archives, the book provides many rare and previously unexhibited architectural models, drawings, films, photographs, and furniture, and offers an exceptional visual guide that goes far beyond the mere documentation of finished buildings. New academic research, in-depth essays, and a thorough, illustrated listing of the architect’s projects between 1925 and 1997 serve to contextualize Frey’s relevance today while securing his importance as a twentieth-century architectural master.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction by Brad Dunning
Paradox of Influences by Paul Goldberger
Foreword by Albert Frey
Projects | 1925-1997
Texts by Joseph Rosa, Barbara Lamprecht, Luke Leuschner, Michael Rotondi, Janice Lyle, Christina Kim, and Yves Behar
Project Listing | Luke Leuschner & Brad Dunning
Afterword | Adam Lerner
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Albert Frey (1903-1998) was a Swiss-born architect who established a style of modernist architecture centered on Palm Springs, California, United States, that came to be known as Desert Modernism.Curator of concurrent exhibition "Albert Frey: Inventive Modernist" at Palm Springs Art Museum
Zusammenfassung
A comprehensive volume on Swiss-American architect Albert Frey, whose "simple but severe" style of Desert Modernism cemented his legacy as one of the most influential architects worldwide.Inventive Modernist tracks the scope and significance of Frey’s career, from his early days in Paris working with Le Corbusier to his rise as the iconic architect of Palm Springs. With full access to Frey’s various archives, the book provides many rare and previously unexhibited architectural models, drawings, films, photographs, and furniture, and offers an exceptional visual guide that goes far beyond the mere documentation of finished buildings. New academic research, in-depth essays, and a thorough, illustrated listing of the architect’s projects between 1925 and 1997 serve to contextualize Frey’s relevance today while securing his importance as a twentieth-century architectural master.
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-museum exhibition at Palm Springs Art Museum-email newsletter campaign
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-articles reviewing the show and book in Forbes, LA Times, The Art Newspaper, Cultured Mag, Dezeen, CNN, NYTimes, Society of Architectural Historians, and The Architect's Newspaper, among others
