{"product_id":"the-iconic-house-architectural-masterworks-since-1900","title":"The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn essential book on modern architecture: one hundred of the most significant houses of the past hundred years. From the first stirrings of modernity in the early twentieth century to the present  the house has served as a test bed of design experimentation  the place where architects have sought to create new forms and to offer new domestic lifestyles. Alvar Aalto  Buckminster Fuller  Rudolph Schindler  Frank Lloyd Wright  Frank Gehry  Eileen Gray  Charles and Ray Eames  Charles Gwathmey  Carlo Scarpa  Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron: most great architects of the past hundred years have begun or catalyzed their careers with an iconic house.  The introduction looks at the historical and social motivations behind epoch-making residential architecture  showing in sidebars twenty of the most important early examples. Then eighty housessixty of which have been specially photographedare presented chronologically. The text describes the all-important relationship between architecture and client  the physical context in which the house is set  and the pivotal role the house played in the development of the architects career and architecture in general.  Concise architect biographies and a list of key buildings accompany each house  while photographs and easy-to-read plans bring the words to life. 570 color  84 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983827267637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500342555","price":61.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500342558.jpg?v=1770810944","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-iconic-house-architectural-masterworks-since-1900","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}