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Women and the making of the modern house : a social and architectural history

1998

Format:	Book
Author:	Friedman, Alice T.
Title:	Women and the making of the modern house : a social and architectural history / Alice T. Friedman.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Abrams, 1998.
Description:	240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Summary:	"Women and the Making of the Modern House" looks at 20th century buildings designed for women. Covering the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe, among others, the book focuses both on architecture and social history.
Subjects:	Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Architecture and women -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Architects and patrons. Dwellings -- History -- 20th century. Architecture and women. Architecture, Domestic -- 20th century -- Designs and plans.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	No ordinary house : Frank Lloyd Wright, Aline Barnsdall, and Hollyhock house -- Family matters : the Schröder house, by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder / with Maristella Casciato -- Being modern together : Le Corbusier's Villa Stein-de Monzie -- People who live in glass houses : Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Philip Johnson -- Southern California modern : the Constance Perkins house, by Richard Neutra -- It's a wise child : the Vanna Venturi house, by Robert Venturi -- The 1980s and 1990s.
LCCN:	97023860
ISBN:	9780810939899 0810939894
Other Number:	37201382
System Availability:	1
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Control Number:	60201
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Call Number:	720.82 Friedman

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