The second generation / Esther McCoy ; introduction by Cesar Pelli

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 0-87905-119-1

Davidson -- Julius Ralph -- 1889-1977

Ain -- Gregory -- 1908-1988

Soriano -- Raphael Simon -- 1904-1988

Harris -- Harwell Hamilton -- 1903-1990

Architectes -- Californie (États-Unis)

Architecture -- Californie (États-Unis) -- 20e siècle

Architecture -- 20e siècle -- Californie (États-Unis)

Californie (États-Unis) -- Constructions -- 20e siècle

Pelli, Cesar (1926-2019) (Préfacier, etc. / author of introd)

Résumé / Abstract : Esther McCoy focused world attention on West Coast architecture in the classic Five California Architects. Now the sequel, The Second Generation, gets at the root of California's continuing preeminence in the design of houses. The architect/subjects of Second Generation were all searchers-J. R. Davidson searched for the ideal floor plan which expanded the life within. His innovations often produced a loose-fitting envelope around a perfect floor plan. Harwell Hamilton Harris was a native Californian whose search for form in wood and plaster turned vernacular practices into sophisticated architecture. His often impish use of wood contrasts with graver work in plaster. But all grew out of his provocative unit systemsc which he explains here. Gregory Ain broke open the cheap plaster box in his search for a richer environment for low-cost housing. But his social concerns prevailed when he had to choose between saving his large cooperative tract and allowing in minorities. Raphael Soriano's faith in twentieth-century technology prompted him to perfect a prefabricated steel frame costing the same as wood. Other architects might be stirred by the names Palladio or Le Corbusier, but Soriano thrilled to the name of new metal alloys. From steel, he turned to the prefabricated aluminum frame, designing housing for Hawaii and a 1000-foot-high aluminium tower.