HOUSES ARCHITECTS DESIGN FOR THEMSELVES
Walter F. Wagner, Jr. AIA and Karin Schlegel [Editors]
Walter F. Wagner, Jr. AIA and Karin Schlegel [Editors]: HOUSES ARCHITECTS DESIGN FOR THEMSELVES. New York City: An Architectural Record Book/McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. First edition. Quarto. Fabricoid covered boards with tan quarter cloth titled in black. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Walnut endpapers. 230 pp. 400 illustrations, some in color. Illustrated profiles of 61 architects’ residences. Jacket lightly worn with a bit of rippling and edgewear. Textblock with a tiny bit of spotting. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
9 x 12 hardcover book with 230 pages and approx. 400 illustrations, some in color. Features 61 architects' houses. Homes are categorized by influence including site, cost, family, response to tradition, experimentation, renovation, custom features and unique problems.
Featured architects include James Alcorn, Barbara & Allan Anderson, Alfred Beadle, Hugh Bennett, Sigmund Blum, Preston Bolton, Gina Brandes, John Garden Campbell Earl Burns Combs, Patricia Coplans, Andrew Deland, Paul Damaz, John Desmond, Alfred De Vito, Robert Ernest, Avery Faulkner, Robert Fitzpatrick, Richard Foster, Jack Friedin, F. Malcom George, Frank Glass, Gibbs Donald & Hughes, Myron Goldfinger, Bennie Gonzales, Jules Gregory, Theodore Grossman, Morton Gruber, David Haid, Dwight Holmes, Honnold & Rex, Huygens & Tappé, Francis Mah, Tasso Katselas, Vassia & Laura Kianlenas, Edward Kilingsworth, Wendell Lovett, Paul McKim, Richard Moger, Arthur Cotton Moore, Gyo Obata, Vladimir Ossipoff, Lawrence Partridge, John Portman, J. Alexander Riley, Peter Samton, Jospeh Schiffer, Frank Schlesinger, Harry Seidler, Robert Sobel, Thomas Sorey, Hugh Stubbins, Sim Van Der Rym, Harturan Vaporcivin, Hobart Wagener, Harry Weese, Murray Whisnant, Wittenberg Delony & Davidson, Young Woo, And Eberhard Zeidler.