Edward Bosley

Charles and Henry Greene created the definitive houses of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Raised to be architects, the Greene brothers were educated together at MIT, where their natural artistic skills blossomed in concert with an excellent practical education. While they practised architecture jointly in Southern California from 1906 to 1922 they achieved a powerful symbiosis, resulting in some of the most beautifully crafted houses in America. The elegant works of their peak period, such as the Gamble, Blacker and Thorsen houses, are masterful in their design and execution. No detail was overlooked: every element of the interior, including furniture, fittings and glasswork, as well as the building structure (down to pegs,...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999

Three outstanding "public" buildings from different countries demonstrate how Arts and Crafts architects worked within varying environments. St Andrew’s Church, Roker, is a striking creation – a collaboration of work by architect, artists and craftsmen builders; Glasgow School of Art is a synthesis of opposites – austere and delicate, dark and light, derivative yet innovative; and the First Church of Christ Scientist, Berkeley, is versatile, colourful and inventive. The authors of these volumes describe how each building responds to its context, while examining its unique character. Studying the buildings in one volume enables the reader to decipher their shared influences along with the larger historical and geographical contexts...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

These houses are masterpieces of domestic Arts and Crafts architecture and among the best preserved examples. Hill House is a unified aesthetic conception – combining Arts and Crafts honesty with Art Nouveau decoration and distinctly Scottish elements. The Homestead is one of Voysey’s finest achievements: a private house but also one built for entertaining. The Gamble House is the enoblement of the California bungalow image, yet a building of striking intimacy. These commissions share similarities – they were each undertaken for powerful local figures – but also possess unique characteristics; by looking at them together, one can decipher common Arts and Crafts predilections and examine the different responses of the architects...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

These houses are beautiful studies in Arts and Crafts design. The influential Red House, designed for William Morris in 1859, is a seminal ‘modern’ building, conceived as a whole both inside and out. Melsetter House was designed by William Lethaby, a disciple of Morris and Webb; it embodies the principles of simplicity, strength and harmony with nature. Goddards was one of several Arts and Crafts houses which Lutyens designed in Surrey, and is notable for his subtle handling of materials and colours. While the three buildings vary in setting, they share common themes and studying them together allows the reader a deeper insight into the development of Arts and Crafts domestic architecture.

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002