The Architecture of R.M. Schindler

Rudolph M. Schindler, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling

Harry N. Abrams, 2001 - Architecture - 284 pages

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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In life, avant-garde West Coast architect Rudolf Schindler had his loyal admirers, but he was largely dismissed by prominent tastemakers for perceived transgressions against Modernist design ...

Contents

• Directors Foreword: 7
• As It Was 19201940: 87
• MICHAEL DARLING: 175

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Architecture of R.M. Schindler
• Authors: Rudolph M. Schindler, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling
• Editors: Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), National Building Museum (U.S.)
• Illustrated by: Rudolph M. Schindler
• Contributors: Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2001
• Original from: University of Minnesota
• Digitized: Feb 17, 2010
• ISBN: 0810942232, 9780810942233
• Length: 284 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / Residential; Architecture / General; Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General