Name: From Bauhaus to Our House
ISBN: 9780312429140

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Why This Clicks

Buildings Under Fire

Tom Wolfe turns a sharp, irreverent eye on modern architecture and its influence on American cities.

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A polemic against glass-and-steel boxes
Wolfe’s take on major European architects

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A pointed examination of twentieth-century architecture
A lively collision of architectural ideas and opinion

Book Details

Authors: Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Picador
Published: November 24, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Modern Architecture (to 1945) · Contemporary Architecture (1945-)
Reading lane: Modern Architecture (to 1945)

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Why Buildings Look That Way
Contemporary Architecture (1945-)

About This Book

After critiquing—and infuriating—the art world with The Painted Word , award-winning author Tom Wolfe shared his less than favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House . In this examination of the strange saga of twentieth century architecture, Wolfe takes such European architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass and steel box designed buildings that have influenced—a...

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After critiquing—and infuriating—the art world with The Painted Word , award-winning author Tom Wolfe shared his less than favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House . In this examination of the strange saga of twentieth century architecture, Wolfe takes such European architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass and steel box designed buildings that have influenced—and infected—America’s cities.