From Bauhaus to Our House
Author | : Tom Wolfe |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 2009-11-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429924252 |
ISBN-13 | : 142992425X |
Rating | : 4/5 (25X Downloads) |
Download or read book From Bauhaus to Our House written by Tom Wolfe and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After critiquing―and infuriating―the art world with The Painted Word, the award-winning author Tom Wolfe shares 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 buildings that have influenced (and infected) America’s cities.