The Modernist Home

by Tim Benton

Book Overview

"The Modernist house" was a test of modern architects' ability to meet human needs while fuelling the intellect. "The Modernist Home" reveals the striking results of the challenge to fit utopian modernist principles to day-to-day living."The Modernist house" dissolved the closed spaces of the traditional home, modernizing the bathrooms and kitchens, opening the interior to natural light and providing balconies and terraces for sun-worship and sleeping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851774769
• ISBN13: 9781851774760
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary