SMALL HOMES IN THE NEW TRADITION
François C. Morand
François C. Morand: SMALL HOMES IN THE NEW TRADITION. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1959. Second printing. Quarto. Tan cloth titled in red. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 143 pp. 254 black and white photographs, floorplans, diagrams and illustrations. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn with faint ink signature and sticker price removal from the front panel, but a very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
8.75 x 11.25 hardcover book with 143 pages and 254 black and white photographs, floorplans, diagrams and illustrations analyzing 35 “recent architect-designed homes that exeemplify the principles of the new tradition: free use of materials, integration of furnishings into house planning, emphasis on good use of site, and harmony between the interior and the surroundings.” Sounds good to me. Includes residential designs by Alden B. Dow, Kenneth Kassler, William Oglesby, John Lautner, Peter Blake, Anshen & Allen, Twitchell & Rudolph, Carl Koch, Robert Overstreet, Blaine Drake, Wurster Bernardi & Emmons, John Yeon, Eduardo Catalano, Mario Corbett, Ulrich Franzen, Harwell Hamilton Harris, John Lyon Reid & Associates, Manuel Rosen Morisson [X 2] Fernando Barbara Zetina, René Rangel, Enrique Olascoaga Pliego [X 5], Carlos Reyes Navarro [X 3], John Bird, André Gilbert [X 2], Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick & Ellwood.
This volume differs from other contemporary anthologies primarily due to the presentation of eleven residences in Mexico City and three in Quebec. The selected residences also tend to be less featured in the literature of the era, making this an excellent reference for regional Modernism in MIchigan, Arkansas, Mississippi, Arizona, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Photography by Hedrich-Blessing, Hans Namuth, Roger Sturtevant, Ezra Stoller, Maynard Parker, Morley Baer, Guillermo Zamora, and others.