Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties

作者: Arrol Gellner 著

出版社: Studio

出版时间: 2001-10

ISBN: 9780670893850

定价: 278.40

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 192页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

FairyTale,Disneyesque,HanselandGretel--theseareallsynonymsforStorybookStyle,arambunctiousevocationofmedievalEurope,andsurelythemostdelightfulhomestyleofthetwentiethcentury.Itappearedintheearly1920s,andwasalmostforgottenbythelate1930s.StorybookStylehouseswerecreatedbyarchitectsandbuilderswithadistinctflairfortheater,aloveoffinecraftsmanship,andagoodsenseofhumor--attributesthatmakethesehomesendearingtothejadedmoderneye.ByinlargetheStorybookStylewasaHollywoodproduct,forthevastpublicthatthrongedtheatersfortheearlyHollywoodfilmswenttoexperiencetheexoticforeignlocalestheywereunlikelyevertoseeinperson.InthiswaytheyacquiredatasteforforeignvernaculararchitecturethankstothemoviesetsengenderedbyHollywood'sbestarchitecturaltalents.Inturn,builderswerequicktocapitalizeonthisfascinationandbuilthomesevocativelytitledPicardyVillageandNormandyTowersinCalifornia,andin1931Sears,RoebuckofferedamedievalizedEnglishcottageinitscatalog.HerethenisawealthofinformationonanarchitecturalsubjectthatisbothgreatfunandbeautifullyillustratedwithovertwohundredcolorphotographsbyDouglasKeisterandanexperttextbyArrolGellner.ArrolGellnerisapracticingarchitectandauthorofthenationallysyndicatednewspapercolumnArchitext,whichisbasedwiththeSanFranciscoChronicle.Fornearlyadecade,GellnerhasusedArchitexttotransportthediscussionofarchitecturefromitsfrequentlyhifalutin'planeintotherealmofeverydayexperience.Bothhiswritingandhisworkpositthebeliefthatthoughtfuldesigncandomuchtosustainthehumanspirit.GellnerisanHonorsgraduateoftheCollegeofEnvironmentalDesignattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Inadditiontohisarchitecturalpractice,whichincludesresidential,commercial,andinstitutionalwork,heisafacultymemberofChabotandLasPositasColleges,andseminarleaderattheBuildingEducationCenterinBerkeley.Hespeaksfrequentlyonarchitecturalsubjects,andhasservedonpanelswithsomeofCalifornia'smostdistinguishedarchitects.GellnerlivesandworksinarenovatedfirehousefactorynearSanFrancisco,whichheshareswithhiswifeKathyAidongNianda1955Studebaker.HealsomaintainsanofficeoutsideShanghai,wherehespendshissummersindulginghispenchantforheatandhumidity. ArrolGellner,aresidentialarchitect,livesinEmeryville,California.
内容简介:
FairyTale,Disneyesque,HanselandGretel--theseareallsynonymsforStorybookStyle,arambunctiousevocationofmedievalEurope,andsurelythemostdelightfulhomestyleofthetwentiethcentury.Itappearedintheearly1920s,andwasalmostforgottenbythelate1930s.StorybookStylehouseswerecreatedbyarchitectsandbuilderswithadistinctflairfortheater,aloveoffinecraftsmanship,andagoodsenseofhumor--attributesthatmakethesehomesendearingtothejadedmoderneye.ByinlargetheStorybookStylewasaHollywoodproduct,forthevastpublicthatthrongedtheatersfortheearlyHollywoodfilmswenttoexperiencetheexoticforeignlocalestheywereunlikelyevertoseeinperson.InthiswaytheyacquiredatasteforforeignvernaculararchitecturethankstothemoviesetsengenderedbyHollywood'sbestarchitecturaltalents.Inturn,builderswerequicktocapitalizeonthisfascinationandbuilthomesevocativelytitledPicardyVillageandNormandyTowersinCalifornia,andin1931Sears,RoebuckofferedamedievalizedEnglishcottageinitscatalog.HerethenisawealthofinformationonanarchitecturalsubjectthatisbothgreatfunandbeautifullyillustratedwithovertwohundredcolorphotographsbyDouglasKeisterandanexperttextbyArrolGellner.ArrolGellnerisapracticingarchitectandauthorofthenationallysyndicatednewspapercolumnArchitext,whichisbasedwiththeSanFranciscoChronicle.Fornearlyadecade,GellnerhasusedArchitexttotransportthediscussionofarchitecturefromitsfrequentlyhifalutin'planeintotherealmofeverydayexperience.Bothhiswritingandhisworkpositthebeliefthatthoughtfuldesigncandomuchtosustainthehumanspirit.GellnerisanHonorsgraduateoftheCollegeofEnvironmentalDesignattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Inadditiontohisarchitecturalpractice,whichincludesresidential,commercial,andinstitutionalwork,heisafacultymemberofChabotandLasPositasColleges,andseminarleaderattheBuildingEducationCenterinBerkeley.Hespeaksfrequentlyonarchitecturalsubjects,andhasservedonpanelswithsomeofCalifornia'smostdistinguishedarchitects.GellnerlivesandworksinarenovatedfirehousefactorynearSanFrancisco,whichheshareswithhiswifeKathyAidongNianda1955Studebaker.HealsomaintainsanofficeoutsideShanghai,wherehespendshissummersindulginghispenchantforheatandhumidity.
作者简介:
ArrolGellner,aresidentialarchitect,livesinEmeryville,California.

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