false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg 41001 29 Walter Groppius, granddaddy of steel and glass, conceived his architectural vision in the rubble of WW I and the decadence of Weimar in the decade after. <P>His doctrine found fertile soil in America, where it was time to adopt a clearly defined and suitable representative architecture. <P>Tom Wolfe, author of THE PAINTED WORD and THE RIGHT STUFF, treats us to a chronicle of the trends that ultimately brought us the ubiquitous and baffling "glass box" of modern commerce. <P>"Delightfully witty, biting history of modern architecture...scintillating high comedy of big money, manners and massive manipulation of public taste." (Publishers Weekly) 1144420 1981 From Bauhaus to Our House total:512|5:96|4:187|3:181|2:32|1:16| 512 1851 704 71 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 4 1 false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 14:02:08 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 13:24:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 531559 0671454498 9780671454494 22 5 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1201295261m/531559.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/531559.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 3 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:51:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:53:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:13:10 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:25:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 2 1 false Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 16 14:39:39 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:41:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 02 21:36:08 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 21:43:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 5 0 true Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:46:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 10:36:43 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 4 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 13:01:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:46:32 -0700 2009 He states his thesis in the first sentence of the first page, "O beau...more...]]> 1310839 0374158924 9780374158927 21 5 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200112469m/1310839.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1310839.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 4 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 22:37:37 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 23:06:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 0 0 false Sun Dec 13 19:08:13 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 19:08:17 -0800 2009
Now, I'm not a big fan of glass & steel & concrete office buildings, but Wolfe is absolutely virulent on the subject. And therein lies the rub. He detests Ba...more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 4 0 false Wed Jun 25 20:12:22 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 13:34:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41001 055338063X 9780553380637 451 58 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918m/41001.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41001.From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House 5 0 false Fri Aug 31 09:58:32 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 26 12:35:28 -0700 2008
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