Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond

by William Whitaker, Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau, Kenneth Frampton, et al.

There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Nomi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. Crafting a Modern World is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568985835
• ISBN13: 9781568985831
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.3" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Retired Architect/University Educator

This is a long overdue work of a couple of architect/designers which is a catalog of a simultaneous exhibition on their contribution to the profession. Tremendous research and exquisite reproductions of photographs of their work which runs from the U.S.A. to Japan and beyond. Both of the husband/wife team have worked for Wright, Corbu, et al., and have contributed their own "quality" to their work, here and abroad.