Twentieth Century Residential Architecture

List of contents

Introduction 7
1. The House as a Work of Art 8
2. The Modern House 32
3. Machines for Living in 64
4. Place, Climate and Culture 90
5. The American Dream 128
6. Scandinavian Modern 166
7. From Post-Modern Houses to Postmodern Dwelling 188
8. Continuity and Transformations 214
Further Reading 264
Index 266
Picture Credits 270
Acknowledgements 270

About the author

Richard Weston is an award-winning writer, architect, and landscape designer. A noted expert on Nordic architecture, he is currently Professional Research Fellow at the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University in Wales.

Summary

Also published as: The house in the twentieth-century. London: Laurence King Pub., 2002.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Weston, Weston Richard
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2002
• EAN: 9780789207401
• ISBN: 978-0-7892-0740-1
• Dimensions: 264 mm x 297 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 2028 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; 20th Century, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Architectural structure and design