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Albert Frey
G Koenig
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Hardcover. Albert Frey, the desert modernist Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 570.
Architect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier before moving to the United States in 1930, convinced it was the land of architectural opportunity. On a visit to Palm Springs, he fell under the desert spell. It was here, amid the arid and empty landscape, that he could truly envisage a perfect modern future. Like fellow Californian luminary, John Lautner, Frey would spend the rest of his career nurturing the consonance of architecture and nature: studying the fall of sunlight and rain, and merging ... Read more
Architect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier before moving to the United States in 1930, convinced it was the land of architectural opportunity. On a visit to Palm Springs, he fell under the desert spell. It was here, amid the arid and empty landscape, that he could truly envisage a perfect modern future. Like fellow Californian luminary, John Lautner, Frey would spend the rest of his career nurturing the consonance of architecture and nature: studying the fall of sunlight and rain, and merging ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
570g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836547468
SKU
V9783836547468
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About G Koenig
Gloria Koenig is an architectural historian and author. She has published and lectured widely on a variety of topics in contemporary architecture, and served as consultant with filmmakers on a documentary about her late husband, modernist architect Pierre Koenig.
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