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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> La Maison de Verre (House of Glass) in Paris by Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) has become a Mecca for contem- porary designers and architects. Upon its completion in the 30s the fa?ade of glass bricks and numerous items of movable built-in furniture caused a furore. The interna- tional press compared it to the courtyard houses of Moorish Andalusia a ship or even an Eskimo igloo. To- day it is regarded as a classic. This unique achievement in the history of architecture is portrayed here in detail along with the other houses furniture designs and projects by Pierre Chareau. Here for the first time his complete works are accessible to a wide readership. Brian Brace Taylor American architectural historian and critic is professor at the Ecole d’architecture Paris-Bel- leville. He has been an editor of l’Architecture d’Aujour- d’hui arts contributor to the Financial Times and was a founder-editor of the review MIMAR Architecture in Development. An authority on Le Corbusier Dr. Taylor has written two books on his works as well as several on contemporary architecture in Asia Africa and Latin America. (MP)