Ross, Cristina creator author. Ottaviani, Lorenzo author. Matz, Jeffrey author. Biondo, Michael author. text bibliography nyu 2024 First edition. monographic eng

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256 pages : ill. ; col. ; plans ; 27 cm. Traces the evolution of midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today. This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of midcentury houses in New Canaan, Connecticut, built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Philip Johnson, John Black Lee, and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition addresses the issue of preservation and adaptive reuse as a sustainable architectural strategy Preface 6 -- Then and Now 7 -- Brown House Eliot Noyes 16 -- Bremer House Eliot Noyes 26 -- Breuer House 2 Marcel Breuer 38 -- Wiley House Philip Johnson 56 -- Ball House Philip Johnson 70 -- Irwin House Victor Christ-Janer 80 -- Noyes House 2 Eliot Noyes 94 -- Lee House 2 John Black Lee 114 -- Boissonnas House Philip Johnson 132 -- Mills House 2 Willis Mills 148 -- Villa Ponte John Johansen 160 -- Rogers House John Black Lee 176 -- Celanese House Edward Durell Stone 188 -- Irwin Pool House (now Gores Pavilion) Landis Gores 202 -- Tatum House Hugh Smallen 212 -- Becker House Hugh Smallen 226 -- Chivvis House Eliot Noyes 238 -- Acknowledgments 254 -- Selected Bibliography 255 -- Photo Credits/ About the Authors 256 -- Cristina Ross, Lorenzo Ottaviani, Jeffrey Matz, Michael Biondo. Architecture Domestic Pictorial works Designs and plans Connecticut, New Canaan NA7238.N36 M38 2024 9781580936101 pucpr 231024 20240514143622.0 eng