Albert Frey Houses 1 + 2
Editorial Reviews Kurt Andersen, New Yorker "Palm Springs posh sprang up in a single moment and shared a single architectural dream: desert modernism--low, glassy, horizontal, sleek. It remains perfect." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Interiors A producer at TBWA Chiat/Day in Los Angeles (and an Emmy winner for Apple's "Think Different" campaign), author Jennifer Golub chooses to honor the guru of the desert modernism Albert Frey mainly through images, rather than words. From his photo album, 8mm films, and the photography of Julius Shulman and Charles Wittenmeier, Golub has constructed a pictorial record of the architect's creative process. To build his 1941 and 1953 houses in Palm Springs, California, Frey, now 95, studied the position of the sun for a year and each site's slope and terrain at least as closely. Several cross-country trips in the 1930s also influenced his sense of aesthetics, color, and functionality. The book flows seamlessly, almost intuitively, and allows the reader to put the pieces together, much as Frey did. (For the more literal-minded, captions are provided at the end of the book.) Golub has also included tow interviews with Frey from 1994 and 1995 which give another perspective of the seemingly reluctant icon. Asked about his principles of design, Frey says simply: "Respect for nature. Establish certain principles. Take advantage of the modern techniques, manufacturers, and what the engineers invent." Albert Frey Houses 1 + 2
Albert Frey Houses 1 + 2,Jennifer Golub,Princeton Arch,1568981902,Architecture,Individual Architect,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Residential Buildings Architecture
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