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Albert Frey Houses 1 + 2

Princeton Architectural Press by Jennifer Golub

9.5 x 6.5 in; 84 pp ; 53 color and 22 duotone images
Paperback
Published in April, 1999
ISBN 1568981902
ISBN13 9781568981901

$20.00  

Albert Frey Houses 1 + 2 -- Albert Frey worked in Le Corbusier's atelier in Paris, but he is most closely associated with the 1940s and 1950s desert architecture of Southern California, and with the work of architects such as Richard Neutra and John Lautner. This exquisitely designed monograph on Albert Frey focuses on two houses he built for himself in Palm Springs, California, one in 1941 (with an addition in 1953) and the other in 1964. Although both houses have a modern aesthetic, including glass walls and concrete construction, they are fully incorporated into their surroundings, in keeping with Frey's principles of paralleling nature in his work. This title, which was developed in collaboration with Frey himself, includes color and duotone photographs commissioned especially for this book. The book is exquisitely made and comes in a plastic slipcase.

Jennifer Golub is a producer at the Chiat/Day advertising firm's Los Angeles office.

Quotes

Palm Springs posh sprang up in a single moment and shared a single architectural dream: desert modernism--low, glassy, horizontal, sleek. It remains perfect. Kurt Andersen, New Yorker

Frey is a guru who doesn't preach. His belief in a timeless ideal, modernism's truth of function and materials, is evident in every aspect of the design of his house.  Diana Ketcham, House & Garden