TY - BOOK AU - Sheine,Judith AU - Schindler,R.M. AU - Mudford,Grant TI - R.M. Schindler SN - 9780714839141 AV - NA737.S35 S5 2001 U1 - 720.92 23 PY - 2001/// CY - London PB - Phaidon KW - Schindler, R. M. KW - Modern movement Architecture KW - California, Southern KW - Local KW - Architecture KW - United States N1 - Include index; Include Bibliography; Foreword -- Introduction -- Getting to Los Angeles or Famous Architects He Knew -- Schindler and Wright or The First Space Architect -- Schindler and the International Style or His Work Had No Place in It -- Modern Architecture: A Program -- Theory or Space, Climate, Light, Mood -- The Early Years or Concrete and Radicalism -- Plaster-Skin Design or The Search for Cheapness -- The Search for Form or "There Is Certainly Immense Vitality ..." -- The Late Work or The Schindler Frame and Visual Techniques -- Practice or R. M. Schindler, Architect -- Influence and Reputation or He Was an Incorrigible Bohemian -- Conclusion or "I, in Common with Many Others, Like Him Very Much" -- N2 - R M Schindler (1887-1953) was a pivotal Modernist architect who remained largely unrecognized by the critical establishment of his time. A pragmatist and theoretician, Schindler designed more than 500 projects - over 150 of which were built - mostly in the Los Angeles area, where he settled in 1920. Trained in Vienna and influenced by two teachers, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner, Schindler emigrated to Chicago in 1914, hoping to work for Frank Lloyd Wright. By 1918 he had attained that goal, and two years later he moved to Los Angeles as project architect for Wright's famous Barnsdall House. In his own practice, which began in 1922, Schindler synthesized the ideas of Loos, Wagner and Wright into his own original and distinct approach, which he called 'space architecture'. This book focuses on Schindler's influences and on an analysis of his buildings. It includes rare archival material and new photography by Grant Mudford, as well as over 150 redrawn plans, sections and diagrams ER -