Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties
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
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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.
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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.
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作者简介:
ArrolGellner,aresidentialarchitect,livesinEmeryville,California.
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