John Yeon architecture
Subtitle: buildings in the Pacific Northwest
By: edited by Randy Gragg ; with essays by Barry Bergdoll, J.M. Cava, and Marc Treib
Contributors: Portland Art Museum (Or.)
Publisher: Andrea Monfried Editions
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Portland]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780991026371
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: John Yeon (1910-1994) is a pioneering figure in architecture, who paved the way for the Northwest Regional style of modernism. Known for a series of exceptionally beautiful houses - including the Watzek House, a National Historic Landmark - Yeon's architecture was celebrated for its subtle relationship to site and place, and its sensitive deployment of local materials. His far-reaching innovations in construction and early sustainable design, and his stylistic freedom, anticipated several later movements, ranging from ecological modernism to postmodern eclecticism. Yet Yeon's scope of activities stretched far beyond architecture: he was also a planner, conservationist, art collector, historic preservationist, urban activist, and perhaps most of all, a connoisseur. John Yeon Architecture, the first in-depth monograph on Yeon, presents more than 25 built and unbuilt projects for houses, gardens, small public buildings, and exhibitions. Four perceptive essays explore Yeon's life and career: his characteristic design style, his position in the development of Northwest modernism, and his influential role in the stylistic debates of the 1940s and 1950s.00Exhibition: Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA (13.05. - 03.09.2017).