New Canaan, Conneticut Matz, Jeffrey Ottaviannin, Lorenzo; Ross, Cristina A. Ross creator Biondo Michael [Photographer] text 2014 monographic eng

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240 p. ill. ;col. ;photo. ; 27 cm. New Canaan, Connecticut, was a site of experimentation by modernist house designers, and contains an unparalleled concentration of residential modernism. This heavily illustrated volume describes sixteen representative houses, and shows how they have adapted to contemporary life while maintaining their philosophy of living. -- Michael Biondo, Jeffrey Matz, Lorenzo Ottaviani, and Cristina A. Ross formed the collaborative Moderns on Modern to study midcentury architecture and design in the belief that modern architecture is not static but seeks to reinvent itself as it adapts to new ways of life. Biondo is a fashion and architectural photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books and magazines. Matz is a practicing architect in Greenwich, Connecticut. Ross is an architect and preservationist based in New Canaan. Ottaviani is the creative director of Lorenzo Ottaviani Design and the author of Travel Italia: The Golden Age of Italian Travel Posters. -- Breuer House 2 / Marcel Breuer -- Noyes House 2 / Eliot Noyes -- Wiley House / Philip Johnson -- Irwin House / Victor Christ-Janer -- Ball House / Philip Johnson -- Brown House / Eliot Noyes -- Boissonnas House / Philip Johnson -- Mills House 2 / Willis Mills -- Villa Ponte / John Johansen -- Celanese House / Edward Durell Stone -- Irwin Pool House (now Gores Pavilion) / Landis Gores -- Tatum House / Hugh Smallen -- Birkenstock House / Victor Christ-Janer -- Becker House / Hugh Smallen -- Goldberg House / Alan Goldberg -- Chivvis House / Eliot Noyes -- specialized Jeffrey Matz, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Cristina A. Ross, Michael Biondo (Photography). Include index Include Bibliography Architecture Domestic Pictorical works Conneticut - New Canaan Architecture Domestic Designs and plan Conneticut - New Canaan Pictorical works Designs and plan Conneticut New Canaan NA7238.N36 M38 2014 728.37097469 9781580933858 1580933858 pucpr 150429 20220518141255.0 eng