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050 0 0 _aPS3565.N316
_bS66 2008
082 1 _a720.734 NEU
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100 1 _aNeutra, Richard Joseph
_d(1892-1970)
245 1 0 _aRichard Neutra, 1950-60 :
_bbuildings and projects / bauten und projekte / réalisations et projets
_c/ edited by Willy Boesiger
260 _aNew York
_b: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers
_c, 1959
300 _a240 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 24 cm
500 _aRichard Joseph Neutra was a Jewish Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered among the most prominent and important modernist architects.
520 _aThis 240-page volume surveys all of Neutra's architectural activities of the decade 1950-1960. The first section is devoted to twenty original California residences and apartment buildings. The second section treats of his diverse activities in designing schools, hotels, hospitals, churches, and such commercial and public buildings as the U.S. Embassy in Karachi, the Dayton Museum, and Adelphi College. The last section describes Neutra’s work in city planning in Guam, Sacramento, Venezuela, and Spain. In all, the book includes approximately 600 photographs, plans, and sketches. The text is in three languages—English, German, and French.
546 _aTrilingual - English, German, and French.
650 4 _aArchitects
_x-United States
650 4 _aArchitect
_x-Modernist
942 _cMO
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_d251736