Title: Modern American houses : four decades of award-winning design in Architectural record /
Authors: Pearson, Clifford A.; Hine, Thomas, 1947-
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans; Architecture, Modern United States Designs and plans.; Architecture, Domestic United States; Architecture United States History
Abstract: Architectural Record, the premier architectural journal in America, has a devoted following among architects, designers, and the general public. Drawing from the roster of award-winning houses that have been featured each year in Record Houses, the magazine's popular and prestigious "best of" annual issue, this book showcases the most innovative residential architecture of the past four decades, touching on many groundbreaking achievements along the way.
Contents: Introduction / Clifford A. Pearson -- The 1950s: Of tailfins and sug spray / Thomas Hine -- The 1960s: Playing by the rules / Robert Campbell -- The 1970s: A time of upheaval / Suzanne Stephens -- The 1980s and '90s: Chipping away at the old -- boy network: Charles Gandee.