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Medientyp:
Buch;
Biografie
Titel:
Making Houston modern
:
the life and achitecture of Howard Barnstone
Enthält:
Barnstone's practice / Stephen Fox -- Translating Mies : Barnstone and Houston modernism / Michelangelo Sabatino -- To be modern in Texas : Lone Star avant-garde / Kathryn E. Holliday -- A constructive connection : Barnstone and the Menils / Barrie Scardino Bradley -- An architectural family portrait / Robert Barnstone and Deborah Ascher Barnstone -- Barnstone's Jewish Houston / Joshua J. Furman.
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
"Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Houston's foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came to prominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed the rigorous and austere architectural practices of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to the hot, steamy coastal plain of Texas. Barnstone was a man of contradictions--charming and witty but also self-centered, caustic, and abusive. Making Houston Modern explores the provocative architect's life and work, not only through the lens of his architectural practice but also by delving into his personal life, class identity, and connections to the artists, critics, collectors, and museum directors who forged Houston's distinctive culture in the postwar era"--