{"product_id":"koenig","title":"Koenig","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eImmortalized in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/julius-shulman\/\"\u003eJulius Shulman\u003c\/a\u003e’s photograph of Case Study House #22, Pierre Koenig is one of the leading figures of the Modern movement. With his two contributions to the Case Study Houses program and many other pioneering projects, he championed the streamlined elegance of industrial materials and epitomized postwar experimentalism and optimism.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 9783836544375\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.63 kg, 96 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSteelworks\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePierre Koenig’s modern materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThere are few images of 20th-century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22. At its eagle’s nest promontory above Los Angeles, the building is a vision of streamlined glass and steel, its slick lines echoing the twinkling city boulevards below. With this and his other equally innovative build for the famous project of the Arts \u0026amp; Architecture magazine, American architect Pierre Koenig (1925–2004) became one of the leading figures of the Modern movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile still a student of architecture, Koenig designed and built his first exposed steel house in 1950, proving that the use of prefabricated materials could allow for spatial freedom in affordable houses. Throughout his career, he would champion socially responsible design, as well as buildings that responded deftly and directly to the Southern California climate. Through windows, water, terraces, skylights, and glazing, his buildings optimized the rapport between inside and outside, while aiming for a simplistic purity of appearance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough all of Koenig’s major projects, including the Johnson House (1962) and Oberman House (1962), this book introduces an architect who was pioneering in method and material and iconic of his time, as fueled by experimentalism as the postwar optimism of the age.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNeil Jackson is an architect and architectural historian who has written extensively on modern architecture in California, where he taught between 1985 and 1990. His 2002 book Craig Ellwood won the Sir Banister Fletcher Award in 2003. His study of Pierre Koenig is the result of a long friendship and a mark of respect for a great architect. Jackson currently teaches at the University of Liverpool.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=Peter%20G%C3%B6ssel\"\u003ePeter Gössel\u003c\/a\u003e runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/julius-shulman\/\"\u003eJulius Shulman\u003c\/a\u003e, R. M. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/books\/architecture-design\/43147\/\"\u003eSchindler\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=lautner\"\u003eJohn Lautner\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/richard-neutra\/\"\u003eRichard Neutra\u003c\/a\u003e, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003eKoenig\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58315430101317,"sku":"9783836544375","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/KOENIG_BA_GB_3D_49298-Photoroom.png?v=1781864277","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/koenig","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}