| Six Works for Six Architects: Explorations around Invisible Links Contributor(s): Brunetti, Gian Luca (Author) |
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ISBN: 1502989840 ISBN-13: 9781502989840 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.32 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the historical, stylistic and technological relations between six great works of Modern Architecture: the Bauhaus headquarters in Dessau (Germany), designed by Walter Gropius between 1924 and 1925; the houses at the Weissenhofseidlung in Stuttgart (Germany), designed Le Corbusier in 1927; the Saynatsalo Town Hall (Finland), designed by Alvar Aalto between 1949 and 1951; the Orphanage in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), designed by Aldo Van Eyck between 1954 and 1960; the National Gallery in Berlin (Germany), designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe between 1962 and 1966; the Kimbell Art Museum in Fortsworth, Texas (USA), designed by Louis Kahn between 1966 and 1972. |