Description: R. M. SCHINDLER by James Steele 1999 First Edition in Dust Jacket 180 pages profusely illustrated with color and black and white images James Steele: R. M. SCHINDLER. Köln: Taschen, 1999. First edition. Parallel text in English and French. Quarto. Printed paper covered boards. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 180 pp. Fully illustrated in color and black and white. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Jacket lightly rubbed with a small chip to upper corner of rear panel, but a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. 9 x 12 hardcover book with 180 pages profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs, floorplans, and renderings of Schindler’s architecture, interiors, furniture and more. "Each of my buildings deal with a different architectural problem, the existence of which has been forgotten in this period of Rational Mechanization. The question of whether a house is really a house is more important to me, than the fact that it is made of steel, glass, putty or hot air." - R. M. Schindler Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953), like his colleague Richard Neutra, emigrated to the US and applied his International Style techniques to the movement that would come to be known as California Modernism. Influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and taking cues from spatial notions found in cubism, he developed a singular style characterized by geometrical shapes, bold lines, and association of materials such as wood and concrete, as seen in his own Hollywood home (built in 1921-22) and the house he designed for P.M. Lovell in Newport Beach (1923-24). Today, Schindler is finally being regarded as an outstanding exponent of the Californian modernist style. His marginalized historical status traditionally has resulted from the architects' refusal to mimic the streamlined image of the popular modern architecture of the times. In 1932, when Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock organized the exhibition The International Style, they failed in invite Schindler. His prodigious output until his death in 1953, helped him eventually escape the shadow of his compatriot Richard Neutra. Schindler designed over 500 buildings, more than 150 of which, mostly family residences, were actually built. His own residence in Kings Road, Hollywood (1922), and the beach house he designed for Philip Lovell (1926), has a lasting influence on the development of modern architecture in California. Please visit my Ebay store for an excellent and ever-changing selection of rare and out-of-print design books and periodicals covering all aspects of 20th-century visual culture. I offer shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Please contact me for details. Payment due within 3 days of purchase.
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