twentiet h -
centu ry
reSidential
architecture
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AMP
—
f you're fascinated by mod-
ern residential architecture,
your coffee table shouldn't
be without Richard
Weston's essential design
resource, Twentieth-Century
Residential Architecture (Abbeville
Press Publishers, $75).
Illustrated with 400 photo-
graphs and architectural draw-
ings, the book features landmark
homes by such notable names as
Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao
Ando, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh, Le Corbusier and
Louis Kahn.
Weston organizes his tome
thematically, with chapters dedi-
cated to the house as a work of
art; machines for living in; place,
climate and culture; the
American dream; and
Scandinavian modern. He covers
a wide range of homes exempli-
fying each period, but also exam-
ines benchmark buildings.
Furthermore, he addresses the
fascinating ways in which domes-
tic design has both reflected and
influenced the changing social
climates and lifestyles of the past
100 years.
--AMMote
"PAT'
— Linda Bachrack
A Robert Stern-designed
home in New York.