Taschen Albert Frey

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Isbn: 9783836547468

author: gloria koenig

publisher: taschen

language: english

binding: paperback

summary: architect albert frey (1903-1998) envisioned a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in zurich, he studied in europe with le corbusier before moving to the united states in 1930, convinced that it was the land of architectural opportunity.

on a visit to palm springs, he fell under the desert spell.

it was here, in the arid and empty landscape, that he could truly envision a perfect modern future.

Like fellow californian luminary john lautner, frey would spend the rest of his career nurturing the consonance of architecture and nature: studying the fall of sunlight and rain, and merging aluminum, steel, and glass with the boulders and sands of the west coast wilds. His vision was particularly focused on palm springs, capitalizing on the city's postwar population boom to create a stronghold of the sleek, leisurely modernism that defines midcentury california.

In this dependable introduction to architecture, we trace frey's long and prestigious career from his european beginnings through to the apogee of his californian practice, taking in his notes on de stijl, le corbusier, and bauhaus, and exploring the stylistic, material, and geographic makings of his unique "desert modernism.

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