Kenneth Frampton has authored numerous books including such Rizzoli titles as Richard Meier, Architect Vol. 3 and the three-volume Modern Architecture series, among others. He is the Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University. David Larkin is an editor and designer, whose previous Rizzoli books include Farmhouse, Barn, American Home, and The Treehouse Book.
This beautiful, authoritative book celebrates great American residential design. Its wide-ranging content highlights the most important works by the influential architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Presented are approximately forty-five icons of modern architecture, including the Greene brothers’ arts-and-crafts Gamble House; Michael Graves’ neoclassical villa; Richard Neutra’s California Modern Kaufmann House; and three Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces: Fallingwater, and the Storer and Sturges houses, as well as masterpieces by Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, and Peter Eisenman. First published in 1995, this expanded and updated edition includes twelve important additions to the canon. Works by a new generation of influential architects include Zoka Zola’s award-winning Pfanner House; Michael Bell’s Binocular House; and Peter Bohlin’s Ledge House. It is the ultimate compendium of great American house design.
"This is a coffee-table book with a point of view. The presentation of what it says are the 44 greatest hits of modern American residential architecture is enlivened by the opinions of its author." ~The Washington Post
"The most influential modern houses built over the last two centuries are showcased in author Kenneth Frampton’s latest coffee table book." ~California Home & Design
“…this hefty, handsome volume has the luminous photographs and thought-provoking text to fulfill the quest.” ~Modernism Magazine
“If you love mid-century modern design, you’ll swoon over sumptuous illustrations and well-researched texts that conspire to uncover some of the period’s best-kept secrets.” ~Charleston Home
NEW ENTRIES
• H. H. Richardson: Glessner House
• Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer
• Richard Neutra: Kaufmann House
• Peter Bohlin: Ledge House
• John Patkau: Agosta House
• Rick Joy: Tyler House
• Barton Myers: House & Studio
• Carlos Jimenez: Jimenez House and Studio
• Zoka Zola: Pfanner House
• Michael Bell: Binocular House
• Karla Rothstein and Joel Towers: Ballston Lake House
REPRINTED ENTRIES
Greene and Greene: Gamble House
Rudolph Schindler: Schindler-Chase House
Rudolph Schindler: Lovell Beach House
Frank Lloyd Wright: Storer House
Frank Lloyd Wright: Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright: Sturges House
Richard Neutra: Lovell Health House
Eliel Saarinen: Saarinen House
Cedric Gibbons: Dolores Del Rio House
Walter Gropius: Gropius House
Mies van der Rohe: Farnsworth House
Philip Johnson: Glass House
Charles and Ray Eames: Eames House, Case Study House No. 8, Pacific Palisades
Craig Ellwood: Case Study House No. 16
Charles Moore, Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, & Richard Whitaker: Sea Ranch Condominium
Charles Gwathmey: Gwathmey Residence and Studio
Louis Kahn: Korman House
Richard Meier: Douglas House
Paul Rudolph: Rudolph House
Peter de Bretteville: Willow Glen Houses
Peter Eisenman: House VI
Michael Graves: Graves House
Arquitectonica: Spear House
Frank Gehry: Gehry House
Krueck & Olson: Steel & Glass House
David Rockwood: Rockwood House
Stanley Saitowitz: De Napoli House
Jose Oubrerie and Cecily Wylde/Atelier Wylde-Oubrerie: Miller House
Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawkinson: House for a Film Producer
Mark Mack: Summers House
Antoine Predock: Fuller House
Ricardo Legorreta: Greenberg House
Steven Holl: Texas House
Publisher: Rizzoli
Distributor: Random House, Inc.
Publication Date: 10-21-2008
Pages: 384
Measurements: 11.3in X 11.4in X 1.55in X 6.26lb
