IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE BY ELIZABETH MOCK (1946)

WONDERFUL VINTAGE MID CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE BOOK. GORGEOUS B&W PHOTOGRAPHS OF 1940'S ERA HOMES BY FAMOUS ARCHITECTS. FEATURES STREAMLINED KITCHENS, BLONDE WOOD DINING ROOMS, GLASS WINDOW WALLS, KECK PREFAB 'SOLAR HOUSE', BRNO HOUSE AND FURNITURE BY MIES VAN DER ROHE, INDOOR OUTDOOR LIVING, CLERESTORY WINDOWS, WRIGHT BUILT INS, ALVAR AALTO BENT PLYWOOD CHAIRS AND OTHER FURNITURE. CALIFORNIA MODERN, HILLSIDE HOMES, PALM SPRINGS AND PHOENIX DESERT MODERN, MACHINE AGE FURNITURE, CHARLES EAMES, EERO SAARINEN FURNITURE. GEORGE NELSON 'STORAGEWALL', BASKET WEAVE CHAIRS BY BRUNO MATHSSON, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BY THOMAS CHURCH AND MORE. HOMES BY JOHN FUNK, PHILIP JOHNSON, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, CARL KOCH, HUGH STUBBINS JR, WALTER GROPIUS , MARCEL BREUER, OSCAR NIEMEYER, PIETRO BELLUSCHI, GEORGE FRED KECK , MIES VAN DER ROHE, JOHN YEON, EDWARD D STONE, LE CORBUSIER & JEANNERET, JOHN LAUTNER, WILLIAM WURSTER, THEODORE BERNARDI, GARDNER A DAILEY, RUDOLF MOCK, ALBERT FREY, RICHARD J NEUTRA, AND OTHERS.

CONTENTS: NEEDED A FRESH APPROACH, CHOOSING AN ARCHITECT, QUESTION OF SIZE, SPACE FOR LIVING, KITCHEN, DINING, LIVING, PLAY ROOM, BEDROOMS, STUDY, BATHROOMS, STORAGE, A ONE STORY HOUSE, PLENTY OF LIGHT, SUN CONTROL, VENTILATION, SMALL HOUSES CAN SEEM LARGE, AN OPENED HOUSE, USE OF MATERIAL, HOUSE AND SURROUNDINGS, CHOICE OF LAND, LIVABLE GARDEN, HOUSE AND STREET, QUESTIONS OF QUALITY, POSTSCRIPT, MUST HOUSES BE EXPENSIVE