Crafting a modern world : the architecture and design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond. / txt
Kurt G. F. Helfrich and William Whitaker, editors.
- 364 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ;photo. ; 29 cm. book
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Preface / Julia Moore Converse and Ann Bermingham -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: belated recognition / Kenneth Frampton -- Introduction: rediscovering Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Kurt G.F. Helfrich, with Mari Sakamoto Nakahara -- Antonin Raymond and the modern movement: a Czech perspective / Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau -- Antonin Raymond in America, 1938-49 / Kurt G.F. Helfrich -- Characters of concrete / Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Portfolio / William Whitaker, with Ken Tadashi Oshima -- 1. HOUSES FOR JAPANESE CLIENTS (1921-24) -- 2. TOKYO WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, TOKYO (1924-38) -- 3. HOSHI SCHOOL, TOKYO (1921-24) -- 4. REINANZAKA HOUSE, TOKYO (1924-26) -- 5. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (1925-58) -- 6. WOOD HOUSES (1925-51) -- 7. BUILDINGS FOR RISING SUN PETROLEUM COMPANY (1925-51) -- 8. EMBASSIES (1925-35) -- 9. TOKYO GOLF CLUB, ASAKA (1931-32) -- 10. CONC1IETE HOUSES (1951-55) -- 11. SUMMER HOUSES, KARUIZAWA (1933-55) -- 12. ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, KARUIZAWA (1954-55) -- 13. TOKYO HOUSES (1954-58) -- 14. GOLCONDE DORMITORY, PONDICHERRY, INDIA (1953-42) -- 15. DELAWARE VALLEY FARM HOUSES (1959-40) -- 16. AMERICAN HOUSES (1940-48) -- 17. CHAPEL OF ST. 'JOSEPH THE WORKER VICTORIAS, NEGROS, PHILIPPINES (1947-50) -- 18. RECREATION CENTERS (1947-30) -- 19. READER'S DIGEST BUILDING, TOKYO (1948-51) -- 20. HOUSING FOR AMERICANS IN POSTWAR JAPAN (1950-53) -- 21. TOKYO HOUSES (1950-02) -- 22. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS (1950-54) -- 23. CHURCHES (1955-60) -- 24. GUNMA MUSIC CENTER, TAKASAKI (1933-61) -- 25. NANZAN UNIVERSITY, NAGOYA (1962-64) -- 26. STUDIOS AND VACATION HOUSES (1957-06) -- Chronology of the Raymonds' lives and careers / William Whitaker -- Selected writings by Antonin and Noémi Raymond -- Selected correspondence of Antonin and Noémi Raymond / Anne Lutun, editor -- List of buildings and projects, 1917-73 / William Whitaker --
There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Nomi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. Crafting a Modern World is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that included designs for factories, office buildings, churches, and schools as well as furniture, fabrics, and graphic design.
The Raymonds combined their European modern roots with the vernacular craft traditions they discovered in regions as diverse as Japan, India, and rural Pennsylvania. They also collaborated with some of the twentieth century's leading thinkers and artists, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Cass Gilbert, Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, and Fernand Lger. Inspired by the conventions of traditional Japanese buildings, they brought a high level of attention to craft to all their work, from churches in Chicago and Karuizawa to the Tokyo Tennis Club, the Pacific Cable Company Station in Guam, the Golconde Dormitory in India, and houses throughout the northeastern U.S., including their own modernist interventions at a rural farmhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Four essays round out this thorough examination of the Raymonds' careers a missing and enchanting chapter in the history of mid-century modern design.
9781568985831 1568985835
2006008907
Raymond, Antonin 1888- Raymond, Noémi P. b. 1889.
Architecture, Modern--20th century. Design--History--20th century