The manifesto house : buildings that changed the future of architecture / txt
Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Owen Hopkins.
- 240 p. : ill. : col. : 27 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.
Introduction -- The house as a theme in the history of architectural ideas 7 -- Looking back: 1. Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda, outside Vicenza, Italy, 1566- c. 1590 24 -- 2. Sir John Soane, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK, from 1792 32 -- 3. Philip Webb, Red House, Bexleyheath, London, UK, 1858- 60 42 -- 4. Luis Barragán, Casa Barragán, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948 50 -- 5. Robert Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1959- 64 60 -- 6. Charles Jencks and Terry Farell, The Thematic House, London, UK, 1979- 84 70 -- 7. Worofilia, Keru Mbuubenne, Senegal, 2018- 21 78 -- Looking out: 8. Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA, 1936-8 92 -- 9. Alvar Aalto, Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, 1938-9 102 -- 10. Lina Bo Bardi, Casa de Vidro, São Paulk, Brasil, 1949- 52 112 -- 11. Harry and Penelope Seidler, Harry and Penelope Seidler House, Sydney, Australia, 1966-7 122 -- 12. Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till, 9/10 Stock Orchard Street, Islington, London, 1999-2001 132 -- 13. Anupama Kundoo, Wall House Auroville, India, 2000 142 -- 14. Sou Fujimoto, House NA, Tokyo, Japan, 2012 152 -- Looking forward : 15. Konstantin Melnikov, Melnikov House, Moscow, Russia, 1927-9 164 -- 16. Adolf Loos, Villa Müller, Střešovice, Prague, Czech Republic, 1928-30 174 -- 17. Eileen Gary, E-1027, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, 1929 184 -- 18. Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France,1929 184 -- 19. Mies van der Rohe, Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA, 1951 200 -- 20. Richard and Su Rogers, 22 Parside, Wimbledon, London, UK, 1969 210 -- 21. Krista Kim, Mars House, Virtual object, 2020 220 --
Epilogue -- Architecture at the crossroads 230 -- Acknowledgments 232 -- Notes 233 -- Further reading 236 – Index 238 -- Credits 240 --
"Most houses are the product of multiple layers of norms and expectations built up over time, whether methods, materials, and technologies or social, cultural, economic, and political pressures. Yet at various moments houses have been built that break with the past and do something different--houses that stand outside of these expectations and instead are conceived to embody whole new theories or agendas. We call these "manifesto houses." For the first time, this compelling thread in the history of architecture is surveyed by Owen Hopkins. He brings together a collection of twenty-one such manifesto houses, exploring the visions for architecture conjured by Andrea Palladio, Eileen Gray, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry Seidler, Lina Bo Bardi, Anupama Kundoo, and Sou Fujimoto, among others. The Manifesto House looks in detail at the ideas and ambitions embodied in each house, the contexts that shaped them, and their impact and influence on the future of architecture"-- Provided by publisher.