shannonwalker69 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Send me your favorite classic modern architects and the specific project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasdago Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I'll throw out a name not often mentioned here... Morris Lapidus - I've always been partial to the Fountainbleau Hotel, pre-additions and renovations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 O'neil FordElliot NoyesCharles & Ray EamesNearly everyone on the Houston Mod website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Send me your favorite classic modern architects and the specific projectNational/ Worldwide:Frank Lloyd Wright - I actually really like his Prarie houses even though they're from before your time period.Le Corbusier - Monastery at La TouretteRichard Neutra - His case study houses in California are awesome.Mies Van De Rohe - Almost everything he did was solid.Walter GropiusLocal to Houston:William FloydWilliam JenkinsHarwood TaylorMacKie & Kamrath - actually out Wrighted Wright in a few buildings, IMOHugo NeuhausThere are a litany of others. But these are all that come to mind without referring to books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Nationally/Worldwide: Edward Durell Stone, Gordon BunschaftLocally: Howard Barnstone, Preston Bolton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey01 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 For me, some of the most interesting of this time period are Richard Neutra, John Lautner, Hal Levitt, Buff and Hensman, and Alvar Aalto. Locally I love Harwood Taylor and Howard Barnstone.My personal favorite is R.M. Schindler Nationally/Worldwide: Edward Durell Stone, Gordon BunschaftLocally: Howard Barnstone, Preston BoltonGood taste! Bunshaft especially! The Georgica Pond House (now gone) was incredible. Lever House is my favorite high-rise in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowisp Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 My Favorites (these answers are predictable):US - Mies: Farnsworth House, Philip Johnson: Glass House and Wiley House, Pierre Koenig: Stahl HouseHouston - Bolton and Barnstone: Gordon House, Philip Johnson: Menil House, Hugo V. Neuhaus: Neuhaus House, Harwood Taylor: Frame HouseJason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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