Modern American Homes 1927 VonHolst Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School Architect. This is an original book. It is not a reproduction or CD. 110 hard bound plates. Binding is tight and sturdy. Covers are in very good condition showing minimal evidence of wear along the edges, although the corners are slightly bumped. There was never a dust jacket, but the front cover is still crisp without fading. A previous owner wrote his name in pen on the inside front blank page, otherwise the inside pages are crisp and clean; no missing or torn or damaged pages. Originally published in 1913 with 108 plates, this is the 1927 edition of Modern American Homes that has 110 plates. In the Acknowledgements Author von Holst mentions 1912 copyrights, but in the Preface he mentions adding architectural Plate 52 and architectural Plate 53 to subsequent editions. Generously illustrated with interior and exterior photographs of each building, including floorplans and occasionally elevations and other architectural drawings, accompanied by descriptive text. The book is noted for including projects by Frank Lloyd Wright and architects of the Prairie School at the peak of their popularity just before World War One. Chicago Architect Hermann von Holst was a noted designer of country estates but is most frequently noted for taking on commissions abandoned by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright when the later fled to Europe in 1909. A Graduate of the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, von Holst served on numerous architectural advisory boards, was a Professor at the Art Institute of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology, and an author of numerous books on architecture, including Modern American Homes. The majority of residences featured in the book are in the Chicago area, and the majority of those are Prairie styles residences from Architects Lawrence Buck of Chicago, Walter Burley Griffin of Chicago, Purcell & Elmslie of Minneapolis, John Van Bergen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tallmadge & Watson of Chicago, Spencer & Powers of Chicago, Joy Wheeler Dow of New Jersey, George Clark of Pasadena, EE Roberts of Chicago, Charles White of Chicago, George Maher of Chicago, Robert Spencer of Chicago, and Marion Mahoney Griffin. There are a few Colonial Revival, Tudor, and Neo-Classical style residence designed by Hewitt & Emerson of Peoria, Oscar Gottesleben of Detroit, Richard Schmidt of Chicago, A Raymond Ellis of Chicago, James Purdon of Boston. The item “Modern American Homes 1927 VonHolst Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School Architect” is in sale since Saturday, March 20, 2021. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “ikcilow” and is located in Franklin, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Year Printed: 1927
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: Architecture
- Binding: Hardcover
- Region: North America
- Origin: USA
- Author: Herman Von Holst Architect
- Subject: Architecture
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Language: English
- Publisher: American Technical Society
- Place of Publication: Chicago