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Raphael Soriano (1907-88) was one of the early Case Study architects working in postwar Los Angeles and a talented advocate of the new building materials and construction techniques developed at the time. Soriano was a significant member of this informal gang of architects that also included Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen,...

"Wallpaper City Guides" not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city. "Wallpaper City...

Greene and Greene, a comprehensive overview of the successful collaboration between Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, examines the exceptional architecture projects produced by the talented brothers. Best known for their beautifully crafted houses and for using wood as their primary medium, the brothers brought high-art beauty and...

"Wallpaper City Guides" not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city. "Wallpaper City...

This book presents the work of the French designers Ronan and Erwan bouroullec, the rising stars of international design and the most promising international designers to have emerged from France since phillippe Starck in the 1980s. Despite their youth - Ronan is 31 and Erwan 27 - the Bouroullecs have already realized a wide range of products, from...

Charles and Henry Greene created the definitive houses of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Raised to be architects, the Greene brothers were educated together at MIT, where their natural artistic skills blossomed in concert with an excellent practical education. While they practised architecture jointly in Southern California from 1906 to...