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001 2015042135
003 DLC
005 20151028083607.0
008 151027s2016 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015042135
020 $a9781620403754 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aNA737.W7$bH685 2016
082 00 $a720.973/0904$223
084 $aARC005000$aHIS038000$aBIO001000$aARC005070$aARC005080$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHoward, Hugh,$d1952-$eauthor.
245 10 $aArchitecture's odd couple :$bFrank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson /$cHugh Howard.
263 $a1605
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury Press,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867-1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906-2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history. Differing radically in their views on architecture, Wright and Johnson shared a restless creativity, enormous charisma, and an outspokenness that made each man irresistible to the media. Often publicly at odds, they were the twentieth century's flint and steel; their repeated encounters consistently set off sparks. Yet as acclaimed historian Hugh Howard shows, their rivalry was also a fruitful artistic conversation, one that yielded new directions for both men. It was not despite but rather because of their contentious--and not always admiring--relationship that they were able so powerfully to influence history. In Architecture's Odd Couple, Howard deftly traces the historical threads connecting the two men and offers readers a distinct perspective on the era they so enlivened with their designs. Featuring many of the structures that defined modern space--from Fallingwater to the Guggenheim, from the Glass House to the Seagram Building--this book presents an arresting portrait of modern architecture's odd couple and how they shaped the American landscape by shaping each other"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aWright, Frank Lloyd,$d1867-1959$xFriends and associates.
600 10 $aWright, Frank Lloyd,$d1867-1959$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aJohnson, Philip,$d1906-2005$xFriends and associates.
600 10 $aJohnson, Philip,$d1906-2005$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aArchitecture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / History / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/754/9781620403754/image/lgcover.9781620403754.jpg