Casas de vidro
Subtitle: Glass houses
By: organização = editors, Renato Anelli, Sol Camacho ; prefácio = preface, Barry Bergdoll
Contributors: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969; Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005; Eames, Charles; Eames, Ray; Elmhurst Art Museum; Centro Carioca de Design (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Getty Foundation; Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo; Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi
Publisher: Romano Guerra Editora; romano guerra
Published: 2018
Place of publication: São Paulo, Brasil
Language: por; eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9788588585799
Subjects: Exhibitions; Homes and haunts; Modern Architecture; Glass construction; Architect-designed houses; Casa de Vidro (São Paulo, Brazil); Farnsworth House (Plano, Ill.); Glass House (New Canaan, Conn.); Eames House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Other titles: Glass houses; Casas de vidro.; Casas de vidro. English.
Description: The book is a comparative study between Lina Bo Bardi's "Casa de Vidrio (Glass House) in Morumbi, São Paulo and 3 other modernist examples of glass and steel residential projects: the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) in Southern California, the Glass House, or Johnson House (designed by Philip C. Johnson), in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe, as a tool for understanding Bardi's own story and the future of the Glass House. It also brings unpublished photos and drawings of the four projects.
Notes: "Exposição "Casas de Vidrio = Glass Houses Exhibition. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst jun-ago 2018 = June-August 2018. Centro Carioca de Design, Rio de Janeiro, out-dez 2018 = October-December 2018"--Verso title page.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Glass Houses" produced by the Instituto Bardi and Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo of the USP São Carlos in 2017, within the program "Keeping it Modern", of the Getty Foundation, as part of the management plan for the conservation of the residence of married couple Lina and Pietro Bardi.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.
Table of contents: title: Prefácio = Preface / Barry Bergdoll; title: Casas de vidro = Glass houses / Renato Anelli; title: Encontro no MASP = MASP encounter; title: A casa como espaço expositivo = The house as an exhibition space; title: Biografia dos arquitetos = Architects' biography.