Making Houston Modern: The Life and Architecture of Howard Barnstone

Author:   Barrie Scardino Bradley ,  Stephen Fox ,  Michelangelo Sabatino
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
ISBN:  

9781477320556


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   04 August 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Making Houston Modern: The Life and Architecture of Howard Barnstone


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Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Houston's foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came to prominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed the rigorous and austere architectural practices of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to the hot, steamy coastal plain of Texas. Barnstone was a man of contradictions-charming and witty but also self-centered, caustic, and abusive-who shaped new settings that were imbued, at once, with spatial calm and emotional intensity. Making Houston Modern explores the provocative architect's life and work, not only through the lens of his architectural practice but also by delving into his personal life, class identity, and connections to the artists, critics, collectors, and museum directors who forged Houston's distinctive culture in the postwar era. Edited by three renowned voices in the architecture world, this volume situates Barnstone within the contexts of American architecture, modernism, and Jewish culture to unravel the legacy of a charismatic personality whose imaginative work as an architect, author, teacher, and civic commentator helped redefine architecture in Texas.

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Author:   Barrie Scardino Bradley ,  Stephen Fox ,  Michelangelo Sabatino
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   1.559kg
ISBN:  

9781477320556


ISBN 10:   1477320555
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   04 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword. Call Me Howard, Please! (Carlos Jiménez) Preface Introduction. Why Howard Barnstone Why? (Stephen Fox and Michelangelo Sabatino) 1. Howard Barnstone’s Architecture Chapter 1. Barnstone’s Practice (Stephen Fox) Chapter 2. Translating Mies: Barnstone and Houston Modernism (Michelangelo Sabatino) Chapter 3. To Be Modern in Texas: Lone Star Avant-Garde (Kathryn E. Holliday) 2. Howard Barnstone’s Clients Chapter 4. A Constructive Connection: Barnstone and the Menils (Barrie Scardino Bradley) Chapter 5. An Architectural Family Portrait (Robert Barnstone and Deborah Ascher Barnstone) Chapter 6. Barnstone’s Jewish Houston (Joshua J. Furman) 3. Howard Barnstone’s Life Chapter 7. A Short Biography (Barrie Scardino Bradley and Stephen Fox) Chapter 8. Barnstone and the University of Houston (Bruce C. Webb) Chapter 9. The Worst Thing That Can Happen: Gertrude and Howard (Olive Hershey) Conclusion. Magical Modernism (Barrie Scardino Bradley, Stephen Fox, and Michelangelo Sabatino) Afterword. Looking toward the Future (Theodore H. M. Prudon) Appendices 1. Interview with Eugene Aubry 2. Interview with Anne Schlumberger Brown 3. Architectural Awards Catalogue Raisonné Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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[Making Houston Modern] contains an extremely valuable catalogue raisonne of [Howard Barnstone's] works as well as a frank portrayal of his bipolar condition. * Austin American Statesman *


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Barrie Scardino Bradley is an independent scholar who has written on Texas architecture for the past forty years. She is the author of several books, including Improbable Metropolis: Houston’s Architectural and Urban History. Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and a Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas. Michelangelo Sabatino is an architectural historian and preservationist. He is the former interim dean and inaugural John Vinci Distinguished Research Fellow, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology.

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