Frank House : A Modernist Masterwork by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuerk - Alan I. W. Frank

Frank House

A Modernist Masterwork by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuerk

By: Alan I. W. Frank, Kenneth Frampton

Hardcover | 12 November 2019

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The first book to feature this modernist masterpiece, one of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer's most important residential commissions.

Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, leading architect and furniture designer of the twentieth century, this beautifully designed volume celebrates the Alan I W Frank House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Frank House--built for third-generation Pittsburgh industrialist Robert Frank and his wife, Cecelia, in 1939-- embodies the Bauhaus "total work of art" philosophy with Gropius & Breuer having designed every aspect of the house and its site. With the support of and in consultation with their clients, the architects were able to experiment on a scale practically unheard of in modernist homes. The Frank family's dedication to preserving it with original Breuer-designed furnishings and features intact has made this architectural gem a valuable example of a unique point in modern architecture that has been seen by few until now.
In this seminal volume, more than 200 photographs by iconic photographers such as Ezra Stoller, Richard Pare, and Richard Barnes showcase this expansive modernist home, while never-before-seen architects' plans and correspondence from the Foundation's archives highlight the collaboration that led to the creation of its exquisite balance of architectural proportions, textures and colorations.

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