Architect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the
desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier
before moving to the United States in 1930, convinced it was the
land of architectural opportunity. On a visit to Palm Springs, he
fell under the desert spell. It was here, amid the arid and empty
landscape, that he could truly envisage a perfect modern future.
Like fellow Californian luminary, John Lautner, Frey would spend
the rest of his career nurturing the consonance of architecture and
nature: studying the fall of sunlight and rain, and merging
aluminum, steel, and glass with the boulders and sands of the West
Coast wilds. His vision centered in particular on Palm Springs,
capitalizing on the city's postwar population boom to create a
bastion of the sleek, leisurely modernism that defines midcentury
California. In this dependable architect introduction, we follow
Frey's long and prestigious career from his European beginnings
through to the apogee of his Californian practice, taking in his
notes on De Stijl, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus, and exploring the
stylistic, material, and geographic makings of his unique "desert
modernism." About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art
Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever
published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series
features: an introduction to the life and work of the architect the
major works in chronological order information about the clients,
architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and
resolutions a list of all the selected works and a map indicating
the locations of the best and most famous buildings approximately
120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)
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