Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture

Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 0520085892
ISBN-13 : 9780520085893
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Book Synopsis Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture by : Thomas S. Hines

Download or read book Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture written by Thomas S. Hines and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An important contribution to the understanding of 'modernist' culture in the United States and a perceptive analysis of the achievement of a major American architect, with a European background and an international reputation."--William Jordy, Brown University "This study, part biography and part architectural analysis, is a modern masterpiece of architectural history. The prose is lucid and sometimes elegant--very much like the work of Richard Neutra which it so brilliantly examines."--Peter Gay, Yale University "An important contribution to the understanding of 'modernist' culture in the United States and a perceptive analysis of the achievement of a major American architect, with a European background and an international reputation."--William Jordy, Brown University


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