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the modernist masterwork by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
"Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, leading architect and furniture designer of the twentieth century, this beautifully designed volume celebrates the Alan I W Frank House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1939-40, the house embodies the Bauhaus "total work of art" philosophy, with Gropius and Breuer having designed every aspect of the building and its site. Illustrations including new and archival images and the architects' plans and sketches highlight an exquisite balance of proportions and colors. Accompanying essays place this house firmly within the American modernist canon just as the Bauhaus celebrates its one-hundreth anniversary in 2019." -- publisher.
A photographic essay -- A walk through the house / Alan I W Frank -- A celebration of living / Kenneth Frampton -- New ways in the new world / Barry Bergdoll -- The land : essential context for the birth of modernism in Pittsburgh / Charles A. Birnbaum.
essays by Alan I. W. Frank, Kenneth Frampton, Barry Bergdoll, Charles A. Birnbaum; principal photography by Ezra Stoller and Richard Barnes in association with the Alan I. W. Frank House Foundation.