By Alice T. Friedman

This is a study of houses designed by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Robert Venturi for independent women who headed their own households. It explores the challenges that unconventional attitudes and ways of life presented to architectural thinking - and to the architects themselves. Among the houses examined are Hollyhock House, the Farnsworth House, the Schroeder House and the villa, "Les Terrasses". The author focuses on people and their lives as well as on the history of built form. Each chapter follows one house from conception to completion and beyond, looking behind the scenes at the complex process of give-and-take as design decisions were hammered out. Detailed portraits - fashioned from personal letters, diaries, office records, photo albums and interviews - aim not only to reveal the private passions and struggles that men and women of talent and creativity brought to these projects, but also to suggest the rich cultural and artistic context in which each house was created.

Format: Hardback ISBN: 0-8109-3989-4 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Rating: Retail price: Pound £ 25.00 (Rs. 3,122.75) Our price: Rs. 2,000.00 You Save: Rs. 1,122.75 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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