Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond

$200.00

RAYMOND. Helfrich, Kurt G.F. and William Whitaker
Princeton Architectural Press 2006
SKU: 70860

The first comprehensive book in English. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that included designs for factories, office buildings, churches, and schools as well as furniture, fabrics, and graphic design. The Raymonds combined their European modern roots with the vernacular craft traditions they discovered in regions as diverse as Japan, India, and rural Pennsylvania. They also collaborated with some of the twentieth century's leading thinkers and artists, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Cass Gilbert, Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, and Fernand Leger.

364 pp., 100 color, 340 B&W illus.