House Beautiful Treasury of Contemporary American Homes, The

If you like mid century architecture, like Lautner, Neutra, Eichler era, this book is incredible. It is a vintage, oversize pictorial approx. 10.5 x 13.5 all in full color, featuring architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Browning Parker, Aaron G. Green, Wahl Snyder, Eldredge Snyder, John Yeon, Henry L. Eggers, Albert Ledner, George Brewster, Morgan Stedman, Robert Stanton, John L. King, Jack Hillmer, Joseph Esherick, Jr, Charles M. Goodwin, Harris Armstrong. Modernist landscape architects like Thomas Church are also featured. Oversize with terrific photos by some of the best architectural photographers of the era. Chapters as follow: Frank Lloyd Wright's Great Houses, Pace-Setter Houses Across the Continent, Adventurous Variety of Modern America, California Leads the Way, Low Costs and High Standards. The low cost chapter includes some dazzling pre-fabs.

Dust jacket ratty and torn. Book itself very good, with just a little bumping and fading to cover.

pub date: 1958 publisher: Hawthorne format: Hardcover sku: 3429BRO $164.95 Expected soon. [click to pre-order]