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A virtual tour of thirty-five landmark houses, 1947-1966, built in a quiet New England community.
Since the fifties, "the Harvard Five" has been the catchphrase for the five architects featured in this book, who all built houses for themselves and for clients in New Canaan, Connecticut. Other architects, well known (Frank Lloyd Wright, for example) and not so well known, also contributed significant modern houses that elicited strong reactions from nearly everyone who saw them and are still astonishing today. An introductory essay by Jean Ely, "New Canaan Modern" (reprinted by permission of the New Canaan Historical Society), recounts the history of the area and how New Canaan came to be the locus of the modern movement's experimentation in materials, construction methods, space, and form. The book is done as a "house tour" in chronological order, with photographs and floor plans. 50 color, 50 black-and-white illustrations.
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New in Canaan.......2007-09-20
William Earls reveals an interesting fact in his introduction: that a small group of brilliant young architects uniquely designed houses for themselves and others in this conservative small town in the post-war years. The book details thirty-seven modern houses though it has to be said that nine were demolished. Each house starts on a spread with photos, floor plan and a brief description.
This should have been an interesting editorial concept but I thought it had all the signs of a quickie production not helped by a rather bland design. The distribution of pages to each house varies quite a lot (most likely depending on what images were available). Philip Johnson's Glass House estate gets sixteen pages, Frank Lloyd Wright's Rayford House gets six pages but Marcel Breuer's demolished Mills house gets a spread with one photo. The book's title refers to the Harvard Five and they have the most houses but twelve architects are actually featured.
Many of these houses are standing and occupied but there is no contemporary reference to them. The author rightly says that private homes are not open to the public but surely it would have been worthwhile to contact the owners and ask them what they thought of the house and were there any technical problems in living in a 'modern' house that is now some decades old. Some owners would probably have agreed to allow a photo of their house so the reader can see its contemporary look.
Because the screen size is only 133dpi so many of the photos are grey and also much of the cropping does not bring out the best in these buildings. I wish more thought had gone into the design. Some photos have nearly unreadable text on them, captions are sometimes white out of a photo while others are placed (correctly) underneath the image.
Certainly this is an interesting idea for a book but I don't think it really comes off.
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Black and white interior and exterior photos abound........2006-10-15
New Canaan was a household name according to a 1953 issue of House and Garden magazine: it referred to five architects who designed houses for themselves and their clients in New Canaan, Connecticut. An introductory essay provides the history, recounting how the town became the figurehead of a new modern movement in housing experimentation: chapters which follow analyze the structures and works of Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes. Black and white interior and exterior photos abound.
Diane C. Donovan
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The first book devoted to Philip Johnson's Glass House and his other innovative residential architecture.
For almost three-quarters of a century, as a critic and curator beginning in 1930s, and as a practicing architect since the 1940s, Philip Johnson has been at the center of modern architecture's development. His celebrated Glass House, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut--a crystallization of Johnson's commitment to the high modernism of his mentor Mies van der Rohe--is perhaps the single most famous house of the twentieth century. Until now, however, that house has not been looked at in the context of Johnson's many other house projects. This book, the first to comprehensively survey Johnson's residential work, not only brings to light a largely neglected side of Johnson's achievement, but freshly illuminates his entire career.
By examining all of Johnson's houses, authors Stover Jenkins and David Mohney, both architects, help us understand the Glass House as an expression of Johnson's developing thought. Focusing first on Johnson's student work at Harvard and his early commissions, they show how the Glass House reflects Johnson's concentrated study not only of pioneering modern architects including Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, but of masters of previous centuries such as Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. They detail the three-year design process of the Glass House, and then show how Johnson moved beyond the influence of Mies to create a remarkably diverse body of work--one that is nevertheless unified by characteristic themes, like Johnson's inventive development of the Miesian court-house scheme, and his articulation of space by the use of connected pavilions.
Johnson's clients have always included powerful patrons of art and architecture. Presented in this book are his jewel-like townhouse for Blanchette Rockefeller and the Houston home of John and Dominique de Menil, with its enclosed court; projects for collector Joseph Hirshhorn; and the spectacular vacation house at Cap BŽnat for the Biossonnas family. Recent projects include a sprawling desert compound in Israel and a village-like vacation residence in the Caribbean. But from the beginning, when Johnson submitted a house he built for himself in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as his graduate thesis, he has been his own most effective client. The book concludes with a look at the ten built and seven unbuilt projects he has designed over the years for the New Canaan estate. As an afterword, the book includes a penetrating essay by architectural historian Neil Levine, who argues that we must now recognize Johnson's publication of the Glass House, in a 1950 article, as a turning point in the recognition of modernism as a historical movement.
Supporting a critical account of approximately thirty built and forty unbuilt projects, the book includes numerous plans and drawings, many never before published, and historical photographs. New color photographs by Steven Brooke capture the ways Johnson has used light, space, and landscape to create some of modernism's most appealing houses. Essential reading for architects and students, this book is also a vital resource for the study of one of modern architecture's most influential figures.
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300 illustrations, 150 in full color. 288 pages. 10 x 11" trim size. Published in 2001.
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PHILIP JOHNSON'S POLITICS AND CYNICAL SURVIVAL.......2005-04-09
On the other hand, Philip Johnson was an active fascist sympathizer and active propagandist for the Nazi government, who had tried to implement fascism in USA for at least 8 years between 1932 and 1940. Details of this past are described in "WE CANNOT NOT KNOW HISTORY:" PHILIP JOHNSON'S POLITICS AND CYNICAL SURVIVAL by KAZYS VARNELIS in Journal of Architectural Education, November 1994 published also on the Internet, and also discussed at http://arch.designcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?t=3709.
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Early Houses of Norwich, Vermont
Philip Aylwin White , and
Dana Doane Johnson
Manufacturer: Norwich Historical Society
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INSIDE INFORMATION: Imaging the Human Body
William A. Ewing
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stunning images of the micro-human anatomical landscape........1999-04-10
as an artist and teacher with interests in what the world has to offer, i found this book to contain amazing images that can be used for art and science refrence. this is one of those image books that will forever influence my work and teaching.
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- My convulsive laughter keeps the cleaners in business
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Presenting the Best of Tumbleweeds: An, Uh, Unusual Saga of the Old West
Tom K. Ryan
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Don't be fooled........2005-11-17
You can get an autographed copy direct from author inexpensively.
This is a cute classic style comic. Good clean humor.
Buy this book!.......1999-08-24
T.K. Ryan is a comic genius. His cartoon Tumbleweeds blends witty, hilarious prose with a disciplined hand. This collection contains many gems and is highly recommended.
If you go to [website] you can get daily cartoons, plus have a chance to buy this book from the Author himself (signed!).
My convulsive laughter keeps the cleaners in business.......1999-06-18
Fans of poorly drawn, vaguely racist old west humor should look no further than this example of ultra-depressing mediocrity. Move over Momma's Family, for the bowel-evacuating intensity enjoyed by this brand of surgically precise anti-humor is simply amazing. T.K. Ryan's studyhall F-Troop imagery rivals that of what a fifth year rehab patient etches into his nightstand with a pair of tweezers.
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Both authoritative and specific to unique real estate practices of Texas, TEXAS REAL ESTATE covers everything you need to master knowledge of Texas real estate. From brokerage, appraisal, financing, contract, closing and investments, the core-topics of real estate are thoroughly covered. You'll learn about land descriptions, rights and interests, fair housing, taxes, leases, condominiums, zoning, licensing and the use of computers in real estate.
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Why I liked the book.......2000-09-29
This was a confusing subject but with the teacher we had we learned quit a bit about agency. This book was very interesting and I would recommend that people read it before they buy or sell a house. I have learn alot and I am glad that I did read the book it will help me when I buy my house.
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Modern Real Estate Practice in Texas .......2006-03-07
Good update over previous edition. Author added some new material, but took away some from the previous edition. This book will get me through the state exam.
much better than Jacobus's Texas Real Estate !!!!.......2005-04-06
i came across this book AFTER i have finished reading Jacobus' Texas Real Estate. i hoped i have seen this book much earlier and tossed Jacobus into trash bin... much much better...
A very informative, easy read.......2001-01-17
I liked this book because it is well organized and informative. At the beginning of every chapter the author includes a list of key terms; and key words are bolded and defined through out the chapters. In the back of the book, there's a glossary. This book covers the main topics of the Texas Real Estate Sales Exam in a very thorough, organized way.
Book Description
Texas Real Estate Law presents complete, well-organized coverage of Texas real estate law, with its many special features and complexities. Jacobus discusses what the law has been in the past, before moving to what it is at the present--all with a perfect balance of principles and practice. The Ninth Edition reflects many major changes and additions to the law in the past three years.
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The Definitive Work.......2000-01-04
I have used this book for years, and have recommended it to my employer. Jacobus does an excellent job of introducing the layman to the essentials of Texas land law, which has a colorful and complex history.
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exactly what I needed.......2007-01-10
yes, this book was exactly what I expected. delivery time was accomplished. A good buy.
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- Texas Real Estate Contracts
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Texas Real Estate Contracts
Michelle L. Evans , and
Johnnie Rosenauer
Manufacturer: South-Western Educational Pub
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Modern Real Estate Practice in Texas, 12th Edition
ASIN: 0324191472 |
Book Description
Ideal for both new and experienced real estate licensees and for paralegals, and pre-law or law students, this text includes all of the elements specified by the Texas Real Estate Commission for inclusion in the required Law of Contracts course. Combining the insights and expertise of an attorney and a real estate broker, the text integrates the theory of contract law and its impact on the real estate transaction with practical Texas real estate employment and sales contracts.
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Texas Real Estate Contracts.......1999-12-08
Texas Real Estate Contracts does not contain enough examples of completely filled out contracts. Deed restrictions aren't even mentioned. Further, over 100 pages (1/3 of the book) are simply a reprint of the contract and addenda easily aquired from the Texas Real Estate Commission.
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"Landlord's Legal Guide in Texas is a practical, well-organized manual designed to provide landlords with valuable legal information. This new edition updates and expands already existing material and adds new material focusing on evictions, tenant responsibilities, Armed Forces Members and much, much more."
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good landlord handbook for Texas.......2006-03-20
Was easy to read, thorough and useful. Had good suggestions for screening tenants and what to include in a lease and excellent sample forms.
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Landlords' Rights & Duties in Texas: With Forms (Legal Survival Guides)
William R. Brown , and
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This self-paced workbook helps students prepare for the Texas Real Estate Exam. Both comprehensive and practical, it focuses on the current format, structure, and content of the Sales and Brokers exams as published by the National Assessment Institute and provides test-taking strategies, content reviews, and several practice exams.
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