Michael Graves by Ian Volner
This is the first (and only) biography of Michael Graves (19342015), who rose to prominence as a cultural icon as both architect and product designer.
"Graves (1934-2015) is now unknown to young architects, but this book may somehow help revive his figure and part of his oeuvreIt follows the canonical scheme of the anglophone biography. The author makes extensive, rigorous use of sources to produce a highly readable text where emphasis is on the subject and his circumstances. The story captures the complexity of an architect who started out as a devoted follower of Le Corbusier and a worshipper of white, to end up an unbiased promoter of the Disneyland aesthetic." -- Arquitectura Viva
Ian Volner has contributed articles on architecture, design, and urbanism to The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Harper’s and The New Yorker online, among other publications, and is a contributing editor at Architect and Surface.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616895631 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616895632 |
| Title | Michael Graves |
| Author | Ian Volner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton Architectural Press |
| Year published | 2017-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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