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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN num: 9780471489603
ISBN number: 0471489603
Label: Academy Press
Manufacturer: Academy Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 136
Printing Date: May 23, 2003
Publishing house: Academy Press
Sale Popularity Level: 3235751
Studio: Academy Press
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FRS Yorke was an influential architect in the early part of this century and his work is still referred to and seen as forward-thinking today. No other book has been written on Yorke, despite some titles being written about the mega-firm YRM, of which he was the founding member. Yorke was the most influential figure of British Modernist architecture and was known internationally. Yorke wrote and published The Modern House, one of the most influential books of the Modern Movement. Modernist architecture and its executors have influenced every architectural style since the beginning of this century.
* Melvin is the only writer to have complete acess to all the Yorke archives
* This is the very first book to be written on Yorke, despite some titles being written about the mega-firm YRM, of which he was the founding member
* This book provides the very first opportunity to learn the full details of this incredible life and will be a fascinating volume for anyone remotely interested in the development of Modern Architecture
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F.R.S. Yorke was an influential architect in the 20th century and his book "The Modern House" set the pattern for architects for the rest of the century. This book provides the full details of this life of an important figure in the development of modern architecture."
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F.R.S. Yorke was an influential architect in the 20th century and his book "The Modern House" set the pattern for architects for the rest of the century. His work is still referred to and seen as forward-thinking. Yorke progressed through his life affecting everyone he met. Beginning as a practising architect he soon went into publishing, writing many articles for the "Architectural Review" and later writing "The Modern House". Yorke was the key founding member of the mega-firm YRM, which was to become internationally respected. His clients were varied but most often very rich and so he was able to execute beautiful houses under his own name - without his partners. He spent much time investigating new construction and planning systems, and consequently became further known as an innovater and influencer in new technology. This book provides the full details of this life of an important figure in the development of modern architecture.
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Publishing; profession; patrons; prefabrication; planning systems.
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