Koenig by Neil Jackson - Taschen Basics Art

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Koenig by Neil Jackson - Taschen Basics Art

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MSRP: €18.75
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ISBN:
9783836544375
Author:
Neil Jackson
Series:
Taschen Basic Art
Publisher:
Taschen GmbH
Publication Date:
2023
Format:
Hardback

There are few images of 20th-century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22. At its eagle's nest promontory above Lo…

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Koenig by Neil Jackson - Taschen Basics Art

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There are few images of 20th-century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22. At its eagle's nest promontory above Los Angeles, the building is a vision of streamlined glass and steel, its slick lines echoing the twinkling city boulevards below. With this and his other equally innovative build for the famous project of the Arts & Architecture magazine, American architect Pierre Koenig (1925-2004) became one of the leading figures of the Modern movement.

While still a student of architecture, Koenig designed and built his first exposed steel house in 1950, proving that the use of prefabricated materials could allow for spatial freedom in affordable houses. Throughout his career, he would champion socially responsible design, as well as buildings that responded deftly and directly to the Southern California climate. Through windows, water, terraces, skylights, and glazing, his buildings optimized the rapport between inside and outside, while aiming for a simplistic purity of appearance.

Through all of Koenig's major projects, including the Johnson House (1962) and Oberman House (1962), this book introduces an architect who was pioneering in method and material and iconic of his time, as fueled by experimentalism as the postwar optimism of the age. About the seriesBorn back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features: an introduction to the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological orderinformation about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions.

Includes a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings: approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)

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