UID:
almahu_9949385917802882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9780429054174
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0429054173
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9780429622540
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0429622546
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9780429618246
,
0429618247
,
9780429620393
,
042962039X
Series Statement:
Routledge research in architecture
Content:
"This book follows Henry Klumb's life in architecture from Cologne, Germany to Puerto Rico. Arriving on the island, Klumb was a one-time German immigrant, a moderately successful designer, and previously a senior draftsman with Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the next forty years Klumb would emerge as Puerto Rico's most prolific, locally well-known and celebrated modern architect. In addition to becoming a leading figure in Latin American modern architecture, Klumb also became one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most accomplished protégés, and an architect with a highly attuned social and environmental consciousness. Cruz explores his life, works, and legacy through the lens of a sense of place, defined as the beliefs that people adopt, actions undertaken and feelings developed towards specific locations and spaces. He argues that the architect's sense of place was a defining quality of his life and work, most evident in the houses he designed and built in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's Henry Klumb offers a historical narrative, culminating in a series of architectural analyses focusing on four key design strategies employed in Klumb's work: vernacular architecture, the grid and the landscape, dense urban spaces and open-air rooms. This book is aimed at researchers, academics and postgraduate students interested in Latin American architecture, modernism and architectural history"--
Note:
Looking into a Modern Architect's Sense of Place -- From Germany to the Modern American Metropolises, 1905-1927 -- With Wright in Arizona and Taliesin, 1929-1933 -- Vernacular Influences I: The Native American Projects, 1938-1941 -- Vernacular Influences II: Reimagining Puerto Rico's Jibaro Hut, 1944-1948 -- The Grid and the Landscape: The Haeussler Residence, 1945 -- Open Air Rooms: The Emilio Rodriguez and Duchow Residences, 1951 and 1958 -- Additional House Types: Houses in Dense Urban Spaces and Modern Stilt Houses -- A Coda to a Sense of Place: The Klumb House, 1947-1984.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Cruz, César A. (César Antonio). Puerto Rico's Henry Klumb Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367149727
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429054174
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