The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page 172
... wall of the house was thus an insulated membrane ( sometimes not even insulated ) nailed to a wooden grid , whose vertical studs transferred the load to the foundations . In a brick or stone wall , by contrast , the wall had to carry ...
... wall of the house was thus an insulated membrane ( sometimes not even insulated ) nailed to a wooden grid , whose vertical studs transferred the load to the foundations . In a brick or stone wall , by contrast , the wall had to carry ...
Page 181
... walls , a rationalization for cheapness . " This fallout from his ideas was not , however , what Mies had in mind in 1923 ... wall of the Seagram Building in New York , 1956-8 ( plate 123 ) , Mies could have used steel or aluminium . But ...
... walls , a rationalization for cheapness . " This fallout from his ideas was not , however , what Mies had in mind in 1923 ... wall of the Seagram Building in New York , 1956-8 ( plate 123 ) , Mies could have used steel or aluminium . But ...
Page 191
... wall , the skinlike tautness of its stucco walls emphasized by long strips of sliding windows , the whole design setting up an exquisitely delicate play between opacity and transparency , closed form and open space . Corbusier was able ...
... wall , the skinlike tautness of its stucco walls emphasized by long strips of sliding windows , the whole design setting up an exquisitely delicate play between opacity and transparency , closed form and open space . Corbusier was able ...
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