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The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener - Shreveport, Louisiana, 1920-1960 (Hardcover)
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The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener - Shreveport, Louisiana, 1920-1960 (Hardcover)
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In 1933, architect William B. Wiener collaborated with his
half-brother Samuel G. Wiener to design a weekend home for his
family on the shore of Cross Lake, just outside Shreveport,
Louisiana. A year later the house appeared in the pages of
Architectural Forum, the leading architectural journal of its day,
as a foremost example of the new modernist style yet to take hold
in the United States. The featured home would mark the first in a
series of buildings -- residential, commercial, and institutional
-- designed by Samuel (1896--1977) and William (1907--1981) that
incorporated the forms and materials found in the new architecture
of Europe, later known as the International Style. These buildings,
located in Shreveport and its vicinity, composed one of the largest
and earliest clusters of modernist buildings by American-born
architects and placed the unexpected area of northern Louisiana in
the forefront of architectural innovation in the mid-twentieth
century. Authors Karen Kingsley and Guy W. Carwile examine the work
of the Wiener brothers from the 1920s through the 1960s, detailing
the evolutionary process of their designs and exploring why modern
architecture appeared so early in this southern city. Throughout,
architectural descriptions of the buildings, archival images,
recent photographs and discussion of the surrounding social and
economic culture of northern Louisiana inform a deeper appreciation
for the Wieners' role in establishing modernism in the United
States. Drawing on extensive research, Kingsley and Carwile assess
the influence of the Wieners' travel in Europe, particularly their
visit to the Bauhaus, and the ways in which the brothers adapted
European modernism to fit the cultural and physical demands of
construction in Louisiana. Their personal involvement in the local
Jewish community, the authors show, also proved to be a critical
factor in their success. Kingsley and Carwile braid a broader
history of modern architecture together with details about the
Wieners' commissions and cultural milieu, allowing readers to
consider the brothers' remarkable careers in the context of their
contemporaries and modernist architectural trends in the nation as
a whole. As a result, The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and
William B. Wiener illuminates this internationally significant yet
little-known legacy of Louisiana.
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