Alexander Girard, Architect : Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces /

"Showcases the bold, innovative, and colorful architectural designs of Alexander Girard. During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard's vibrantly colored and patterned t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kawsky, Deborah Lubera, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Girard, Alexander.
Girard, Alexander > Criticism and interpretation.
Midcentury modern (Architecture)
Designers.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architects.
Architectes > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Midcentury modern (Architecture) > Michigan > Grosse Pointe.
Architecture, Domestic > Michigan > Grosse Pointe.
Architects > United States > Anecdotes.
Designers > United States > Anecdotes.
United States.
Michigan > Grosse Pointe.
Grosse Pointe (Mich.) > Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustres.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
illustrated books.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Connections: modern design in postwar Michigan. Cranbrook Academy of Art ; Herman Miller ; Eero Saarinen ; Minoru Yamasaki
  • Promotion: Girard's studios and exhibitions. Girard's Grosse Pointe studios ; For Modern Living at the Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Tradition and innovation: Girard and Grosse Pointe architecture. Tradition: style and status in Grosse Pointe ; Innovation: The Alexander and Susan Girard house
  • Collaboration and experimentation: Girard, Yamasaki, and Lothrop Road (1949-1950). Expansion: The Pine Woods "Enclave" ; Collaboration: The Daniel and Margaret Goodenough house ; Experimentation: The Richard and Margaret Jackson house
  • Culmination: The John and Kathleen McLucas house. Patrons ; Architecture: "A new concept of beauty"
  • Radical iteration: The George and Betty Rieveschl house. Conclusion: Girard from Detroit to Santa Fe ; Appendix: Alexander Girard design sites in Grosse Pointe, circa 1950.

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