Who Built That? Modern Houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects

Who Built That? Modern Houses takes readers on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille uses a light touch to depict the various stages of construction, paying special attention to key design innovations and signature details. Cornille's charming drawings and accessible text unlock the secrets of modern classic houses, ranging from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1939) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998). Readers of all ages will delight in this colorful introduction to modern architecture's most extraordinary homes.

Author: Didier Cornille
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 84
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 6.60h x 10.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781616892630

About the Author
Didier Cornille is a designer, illustrator, and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Mans, France.