{"product_id":"jock-peters-architecture-and-design-the-varieties-of-modernism-hardcover","title":"Jock Peters, Architecture and Design: The Varieties of Modernism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An important document that should be included in any library of design and architecture.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003eDaniella Ohad \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eA masterful blend of émigré biography and architecture and design history, proving that the twentieth century fostered more than one modernism.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- Donald Albrecht \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Long, author of seminal monographs on Adolf Loos, Kem Weber, and Paul T. Frankel, turns his attention to the little-known architect and designer Jock Peters, a largely forgotten figure of early Los Angeles modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis visually rich study is also an intimate portrait of an architect who, like too many, struggled to establish a career during the early decades of the 20th century, years ravished by World War I and the Great Depression. Among Peters's early works in Germany are designs for the Levantehaus and Karstadt department stores, an innovative design dated 1916 for a magnificent glass pavilion, and his work for Peter Behrens after the war, but the architect's most accomplished and compelling work came after 1922 when he settled in Southern California. Most notable are the strikingly lavish and elegant commercial interiors Peters designed for the iconic Bullock's Wilshire store in Los Angeles and the tragically forgotten Hollander department store in New York City; both projects brought him international recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe breathtaking scope of his short-lived career includes modern film sets for Famous Players-Lasky, later Paramount Pictures, while working under the legendary art director Hans Dreier; a dynamic sales office for the trendsetting Maddux Air Lines, which later became TWA; and modern residences, including the still extant homes he built for cinematographer Alfred Gilks, who would later win an Academy Award for \u003ci\u003eAn American in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, and art gallerist and developer William Lingenbrink for whom Peters also designed stores and a vibrantly colorful sidewalk for the Silver Strand beach development north of Los Angeles. Lingenbrink, a major supporter of the burgeoning modernism, also commissioned Jock Peters, alongside Schindler, to design houses for Park Moderne, the legendary avant-garde modernist retreat for artists in Calabasas. Peters also designed the retreat's Streamline Moderne pump house, clubhouse, and zigzag fountain, which still stands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis important study on early modernism includes never before published material from the architect's personal archive, still in family hands. These remarkable and inspiring images-more than 250 historic photographs, etchings, watercolors, and drawings-alongside Long's insightful narrative, demonstrate how Peters, despite his early death, managed to leave his mark on the modernist landscape in Southern California at a time when the new style was just emerging.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Long\u003c\/b\u003e is Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas, Austin, where he first began lecturing in 1999. Shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in history, Long taught at the Central European University in Prague (1994-1995). His research centres on modern architectural history, with a particular emphasis on Central Europe between 1880 and the present. Long has lectured worldwide and written or contributed to over fifty publications, including his numerous studies of the architecture of Adolf Loos and his seminal books on Paul Frankl and Kem Weber (both published by Yale University Press). He has collaborated on several exhibitions, advising on\u003ci\u003e Living in a Modern Way: California Design 1930-1965\u003c\/i\u003e, a traveling exhibition that originated at the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2011, and \u003ci\u003eI Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America \u003c\/i\u003eat the Museum of the City of New York (2013). He co-curated \u003ci\u003eJosef Frank arkitektur\u003c\/i\u003e at the Swedish Museum of Architecture in Stockholm (1994); Josef Frank, \u003ci\u003eArchitect and Designer: An Alternative Vision of the Modern Home\u003c\/i\u003e at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts in New York City (1996); \u003ci\u003ePaul T. Frankl: Ein Wiener Designer in New York und Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e in Vienna and Budapest (2014); \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America\u003c\/i\u003e at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin (2019); and is currently working on an exhibition with co-curators Wendy Kaplan and Monica Penick scheduled for 2024 at LACMA: \u003ci\u003eBetter Living Through Science: The Home of the Future, 1920-1970\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47813657985277,"sku":"9781735600116","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/UKIsIQ3uO-9781735600116.webp?v=1783576514","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/jock-peters-architecture-and-design-the-varieties-of-modernism-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}