Contributions

  • Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 - Contributor
  • Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 - Contributor
  • Eames, Charles - Contributor
  • Eames, Ray - Contributor
  • Elmhurst Art Museum - Contributor
and 4 more
  • Centro Carioca de Design (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Contributor
  • Getty Foundation - Contributor
  • Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo - Contributor
  • Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi - Contributor

Publication

2018 - romano guerra, São Paulo, Brasil, Brazil

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

34,750 words, Guess

Page Count

139 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCNA859.B37 A63 2018

Alternate Titles

  • Glass houses
  • Casas de vidro.
  • Casas de vidro. English.

Description

The book is a comparative study between Lina Bo Bardi's "Casa de Vidrio (Glass House) in Morumbi, São Paulo and 3 other modernist examples of glass and steel residential projects: the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) in Southern California, the Glass House, or Johnson House (designed by Philip C. Johnson), in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe, as a tool for understanding Bardi's own story and the future of the Glass House. It also brings unpublished photos and drawings of the four projects.

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