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Pierre Koenig: 1925-2005: Living with Steel (Taschen Basic Genre Series)

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Pierre Koenig was one of the finest architects of the mid-20th Century. His 1960 Stahl House (well illustrated here) has been seen by millions of people in movies, television and especially, television ads. It's the glass enclosed living room/pavilion with a swimming pool in the foreground and all of Los Angeles as a background. This small Taschen book, part of a rather large series, talks about his career and buildings and is well worth the purchase price of $9.99. If your're a fan of the Arts and Architecture Case Study houses, as I am, you will love this little book.

Good, short and reasonably priced overview of a Southern California architect who would have been largely unknown if not for Julius Shulman's great nightime picture.

Simplemente asombroso, un pequeño libro que nos muestra cómo la mente de un hombre se adelanto prácticamente un siglo al diseño y arquitectura contemporánea.
Muy bien precio para este pequeño viaje.

if you want more of the history of the bauhaus type revolution in the us here it is. wright and the bauhaus are both influeneces in these mens lives.