The Architecture of R.M. Schindler

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Harry N. Abrams, 2001 - Architecture - 284 pages
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With such masterworks as the Schindler-Chace House and the Lovell Beach House in California, the Vienna-born modernist R. M. Schindler (1887-1953) is recognized as one of the most innovative architects of the 20th century. Nearly 50 years after his death, admiration for his breathtakingly original houses and apartment buildings is at an all-time peak.

Containing many never-published drawings and photographs and spanning Schindler's early years in Vienna, his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, and his bold contributions to West Coast modernism, this book -- which accompanies the first major Schindler retrospective -- offers the most comprehensive view of his genius to date.

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Contents

Directors Foreword
7
As It Was 19201940
87
MICHAEL DARLING
175
Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Elizabeth A. T. Smith, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago since 1999, was formerly curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she organized exibitions including "Blueprints for Modern Living: History and legacy of the Case Study Houses," "Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm," and "At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture." She has also curated exhibitions on the work of artists including Cindy Sherman, Rebecca Horn, Lee Bontecou, Uta Barth, Toba Khedoori, and Catherine Opie. She was Adjunct Professor in the School of Fine Arts' Public Art Studies Program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and has published and lectured widely on a variety of topics in contemporary art and architecture.

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TitleThe Architecture of R.M. Schindler
AuthorsR. M. Schindler, Rudolph M. Schindler, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Kurt Gerard Frederick Helfrich, Robert Lawrence Sweeney, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), Richard Guy Wilson
EditorsElizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), National Building Museum (U.S.)
Compiled byMichael Darling
Illustrated byRudolph M. Schindler
ContributorsElizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst
Editionillustrated
PublisherHarry N. Abrams, 2001
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
DigitizedFeb 17, 2010
ISBN0810942232, 9780810942233
Length284 pages
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Architecture / Buildings / Residential
Architecture / General
Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General
  
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