Title: Crafting a modern world : the architecture and design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond /
Authors: Helfrich, Kurt Gerard Frederick.; Whitaker, William.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Raymond, Antonin,; Raymond, Noémi P.; Architecture, Modern; Design History; Architects United States; Designers United States.
Abstract: "Crafting a Modern World examines a missing chapter in the history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noemi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Foreword / Julia Moore Converse and Ann Bermingham -- Acknowledgments -- Preface / Kenneth Frampton -- Introduction: rediscovering Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G.F. Helfrich, with Mari Sakamoto Nakahara -- Antonin Raymond and the modern movement: a Czech perspective / Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau -- Antonin Raymond in America, 1938-49 / Kurt G. F. Helfrich -- Characters of concrete / Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Portfolio / William Whitaker -- Chronology / William Whitaker -- Selected writings by Antonin and Noémi Raymond -- Selected correspondence / Anne Lutun, ed. -- List of buildings and projects 1917-73 / William Whitaker -- Bibliography -- Index.