CONTEMPORARY HOUSES EVALUATED BY THEIR OWNERS
Thomas H. Creighton and Katherine M. Ford

Thomas H. Creighton and Katherine M. Ford: CONTEMPORARY HOUSES EVALUATED BY THEIR OWNERS. NYC: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961. First edition. A very good hardcover book bound in full cloth in a very good dust jacket: DJ has one triangular chip missing from the rear panel. Interior unmarked and very clean. The presence of the DJ alone makes this an unusually nice copy of this Out-of-print vintage volume. Residential Architecture books with dust jackets from this era are notoriously scarce.

224 pages and 240 b/w photographs and floorplans. Includes anexcellent essay that discusses in depth the following topics: the characteristics of the modern house, the architect-designed house, the critical attitude, open planning glass walls, flexibility, materials and finishes, and ornament. Highly recommended.In terms of decor, there is none of that Chippendale jive here-- every residential interior is decked out in full prewar, streamlined glory.

From the front panel: " Thirty-six houses designed by leading architects for today's living are here evaluated by the people who know them best -- their owners. An ideal guide for the prospective home builder who wishes to profit fromthe experience of others in building, whether ranch houses, town houses, houses on the shore and in the mountains, anywhere across the nation, from Connecticut to California.

For fans of midcentury interior decoration, there is none of that Chippendale jive here-- every residential interior is decked out in full midcentury glory. This book spotlights some of the more buget-conscious, lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences.

Includes houses designed by Bruce Abrahamson, Robert Alexander, Blaine Drake,Anshen and Allen, Mario Corbett, George Matsumoto, Roger Lee, Sherwood, Miles and Smith, Richard Neutra (2), Josef Van Der Kar, Francis Jospeh McCarthy, E. G. Hamilton, Philip Johnson (2), Killingsworth-Brady-Smith, Robert A. Little and Associatiates, Edward Dart, The Architects Collaborative, Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons (3), William Muchow, Harris Armstrong, Robert Browne, Henry Hill (2), Bassetti and Morse, George Rockrise, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, Olindo Grossi (2), Meathe, Kessler and Associates, J. R. Davidson, and John Ridley.

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