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28%OFFKarla Britton - Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff - 9780300214161 - V9780300214161
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Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff

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Description for Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff Paperback. Editor(s): Sakamoto, Dean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 color + 243 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1589.
An illuminating study of the architecture of one of the 20th century’s most important tropical modernists



Vladimir Ossipoff (1907–1998), known as the “master of Hawaiian architecture,” was at the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism. Although he practiced at a time of rapid growth and social change in Hawai`i, Ossipoff criticized large-scale development and advocated environmentally sensitive designs, developing a distinctive form of architecture appropriate to the lush topography, microclimates, and vernacular traditions of the Hawaiian islands.

 

This stunning book, now available for the first time in paperback, surveys Ossipoff’s buildings, which demonstrate a striking interplay of ... Read more





Published in association with the Honolulu Museum of Art


Exhibition Schedule:

Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii (November 29, 2007 – January 27, 2008)

Yale School of Architecture, New Haven (Fall 2008)

Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt (Spring 2009)

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300214161
SKU
V9780300214161
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About Karla Britton
Dean Sakamoto, principal of Dean Sakamoto Architects/SHADE Group, is based in Honolulu, Hawai`i and New Haven, Connecticut. Karla Britton is lecturer in architectural history at the Yale School of Architecture. 

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