Midcentury houses today : New Canaan, Connecticut / Cristina A. Ross, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Jeffrey Matz ; Michael Biondo, photography ; John Morris Dixon, introduction.

Author
Ross, Cristina A. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Expanded edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York, New York : Monacelli Press, [2024]
  • ©2024.
Description
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), plans ; 27 x 27 cm.

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Traces the evolution of midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today. This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of midcentury houses in New Canaan, Connecticut, built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Philip Johnson, John Black Lee, and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition addresses the issue of preservation and adaptive reuse as a sustainable architectural strategy.
ISBN
  • 9781580936101
  • 1580936105
OCLC
1430342565
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