Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World, Gyure, Dale Allen,

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ISBN
9780300217094
Book Title
Minoru Yamasaki : Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World
Publisher
Yale University Press
Item Length
1.2 in
Publication Year
2017
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.1 in
Author
Dale Allen Gyure
Genre
Philosophy, Architecture, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Movements / Humanism
Item Weight
60.9 Oz
Item Width
0.9 in
Number of Pages
296 Pages
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300217099
ISBN-13
9780300217094
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237469367

Product Key Features

Book Title
Minoru Yamasaki : Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Movements / Humanism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Architecture, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Dale Allen Gyure
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
60.9 Oz
Item Length
1.2 in
Item Width
0.9 in

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LCCN
2016-960159
Dewey Edition
23
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"The architect, as this deeply-researched, lucidly-written and handsomely-illustrated book shows, was driven, brilliant and insecure."--Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune "Gyure does his subject justice. His adept presentation allows us to think anew about Yamasaki's legacy. Gyure provides a wealth of insight on the architect's values and his approach to design, and he reveals the complex, conflicted nature of his career."--Richard Longstreth, George Washington University "Minoru Yamasaki was one of the brightest lights in the extraordinary galaxy of mid-20th century architectural talent. We have waited a long time for an adequate re-appraisal of his work, but this meticulously researched and judiciously rendered account will firmly re-establish his reputation."--Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Gyure does his subject justice. His adept presentation allows us to think anew about Yamasaki's legacy. Gyure provides a wealth of insight on the architect's values and his approach to design, and he reveals the complex, conflicted nature of his career."--Richard Longstreth, George Washington University "Minoru Yamasaki was one of the brightest lights in the extraordinary galaxy of mid-20th century architectural talent. We have waited a long time for an adequate re-appraisal of his work, but this meticulously researched and judiciously rendered account will firmly re-establish his reputation."--Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The architect [Minoru Yamasaki], as this deeply-researched, lucidly-written and handsomely-illustrated book shows, was driven, brilliant and insecure. And he was exploring paths -- particularly our emotional response to architecture and architects' search for inspiration from the past -- we are still traveling down today." "--Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune "Gyure does his subject justice. His adept presentation allows us to think anew about Yamasaki's legacy. Gyure provides a wealth of insight on the architect's values and his approach to design, and he reveals the complex, conflicted nature of his career."--Richard Longstreth, George Washington University "Minoru Yamasaki was one of the brightest lights in the extraordinary galaxy of mid-20th century architectural talent. We have waited a long time for an adequate re-appraisal of his work, but this meticulously researched and judiciously rendered account will firmly re-establish his reputation."--Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dewey Decimal
720.92
Synopsis
The first book to reevaluate the evocative and polarizing work of one of midcentury America's most significant architects Born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle, Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) became one of the towering figures of midcentury architecture, even appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1963. His self-proclaimed humanist designs merged the modern materials and functional considerations of postwar American architecture with traditional elements such as arches and colonnades. Yamasaki's celebrated and iconic projects of the 1950s and '60s, including the Lambert-St. Louis Airport and the U.S. Science Pavilion in Seattle, garnered popular acclaim. Despite this initial success, Yamasaki's reputation began to decline in the 1970s with the mixed critical reception of the World Trade Center in New York, one of the most publicized projects in the world at the time, and the spectacular failure of St. Louis's Pruitt-Igoe Apartments, which came to symbolize the flaws of midcentury urban renewal policy. And as architecture moved in a more critical direction influenced by postmodern theory, Yamasaki seemed increasingly old-fashioned. In the first book to examine Yamasaki's life and career, Dale Allen Gyure draws on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, and nearly 200 images, to contextualize his work against the framework of midcentury modernism and explore his initial successes, his personal struggles--including with racism--and the tension his work ultimately found in the divide between popular and critical taste., The first book to reevaluate the evocative and polarizing work of one of midcentury America's most significant architects
LC Classification Number
NA737

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