20/20

Twenty Great Houses of the Twentieth Century

20/20
John Pardey
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Hardback
h240 x 170mm - 224pg
3 Sep 2020 UK
9781848223530
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Ordered chronologically, and global in scope, this book provides an account of modern architecture through the prism of 20 of the most influential houses built over the past century. By telling the stories of these houses, it offers a fascinating biography of some of the greatest modern architects.John Pardey examines the ground-breaking ideas, sensitivity to detailing and materials in houses designed by the likes of Gerrit Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Giuseppe Terragni, Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames and Oscar Niemeyer, and seeks to discover what lessons they can still offer for architects practising today.20/20 tells the story of the client, the architect, the house and the events around the construction of each dwelling during the turbulent 20th century. It offers readers a fascinating biography of great architects in which revelations are found in their most intimate projects.
John Pardey is a leading architect, the winner of national RIBA awards and the 2013 Gold Medal for Architecture in Wales, whose practice John Pardey Architects (JPA) was named one of Britain's top six residential design practices in the Sunday Times in April 2014. He has taught at the South Bank, PCL, Canterbury and Portsmouth Schools of Architecture, is the author of Utzon: Two houses on Majorca (2005) and Louisiana and Beyond: The work of Vilhelm Wohlert (2007) and contributed to Houses: Created by Peter Aldington (2016)
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ISBN-13: 9781848223530
Published: 3 Sep 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 224

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