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John Yeon architecture : building in the Pacific Northwest / edited by Randy Gragg ; with essays by Barry Bergdoll, J.M. Cava, and Marc Treib.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Andrea Monfried Editions LLC, [2017]
©2017
Description
239 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 x 29 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
NA680 .J646 2017q Oversize
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Subject(s)
Modern movement (Architecture)
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Northwest, Pacific
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Exhibitions
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Minimal architecture
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Northwest, Pacific
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Exhibitions
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Yeon, John
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Host institution
Portland Art Museum (Or.)
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Editor of compilation
Gragg, Randy
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Writer of added commentary
Gragg, Randy
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Bergdoll, Barry
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Cava, John
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Treib, Marc
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Writer of foreword
Ferriso, Brian J.
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Exhibition catalogs
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Summary note
John Yeon (1910-1994) is a pioneering figure in architecture, who paved the way for the Northwest Regional style of modernism. Known for a series of exceptionally beautiful houses - including the Watzek House, a National Historic Landmark - Yeon's architecture was celebrated for its subtle relationship to site and place, and its sensitive deployment of local materials. His far-reaching innovations in construction and early sustainable design, and his stylistic freedom, anticipated several later movements, ranging from ecological modernism to postmodern eclecticism. Yet Yeon's scope of activities stretched far beyond architecture: he was also a planner, conservationist, art collector, historic preservationist, urban activist, and perhaps most of all, a connoisseur. John Yeon Architecture, the first in-depth monograph on Yeon, presents more than 25 built and unbuilt projects for houses, gardens, small public buildings, and exhibitions. Four perceptive essays explore Yeon's life and career: his characteristic design style, his position in the development of Northwest modernism, and his influential role in the stylistic debates of the 1940s and 1950s.
Notes
Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition "Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon" at the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon), May 13 - September 3, 2017 .
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Brian Ferriso
John Yeon: A quest for beauty / Randy Gragg
"A fortuitous shadow which I never anticipated": John Yeon between terrain and fame / Barry Bergdoll
Composition, craft, construction / J.M. Cava
Regional Modernism on the Northern Pacific Coast / Marc Treib
John Yeon: Letter to Elizabeth Mock, February 13-14, 1944
John Yeon: Buildings and Landscapes, Lionel H. Pries Distinguished Guest lecture, University of Washington, May 1, 1986
Early houses
Lodges for Mount Hood
King Street Garden
Aubrey Watzek house
Plywood houses
Victor H. and Betty Jorgensen house
Lynn and Vera Vietor house
Portland Garden Club
Portland Visitors Information Center
De Sola house
Evans W. and Helene Hidden Van Buren house
Dr. Kenneth and Virginia Swan house
Dr. George and Margaret Cottrell house
Lawrence and Anne Kistner Shaw house
Palace-style houses.
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ISBN
9780991026371 (hardcover)
0991026373 (hardcover)
LCCN
2016962248
OCLC
961825643
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