![]() ![]() Among his books are Modernism Rediscovered (2000), Eero Saarinen (2005), The Creative Architect: Inside the Great Personality Study (2016) and Ezra Stoller: A Photographic History of Modern American Architecture (2019). His projects and writings have been published in journals such as Architectural Record, A+U(Japan), and The Architectural Review (UK). Pierluigi Serraino is a practicing architect and design agitator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Modernism Rediscovered Hardcover, 7.7 x 10.0 in., 3.99 lb, 576 pages US 40 Edition: English, French, German Availability: In Stock Add to Cart The abandoned files of architectural photographer Julius Shulman reveal a side of Modernism unseen for years. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding for the buildings and their place in the landscape. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered as an independent art form. The brilliance of buildings like those by Charles Eames, as well as those of his close friend, Richard Neutra, was first brought to light by Shulman’s photography. Some of his architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright’s or Pierre Koenig’s remarkable structures, have been published countless times. ![]() A book on modern architecture without Shulman is inconceivable. It’s like sneaking into a private history, into homes that have rarely been seen and hardly appreciated as of yet."Īmerican photographer Julius Shulman’s images of Californian architecture have burned themselves into the retina of the 20th century. ![]() The author of many books on architecture, including TASCHEN's Modernism Rediscovered, his articles and projects have appeared in Architectural Design, ArCA, Global Architecture, Hunch, Construire, Architettura, ACADIA, and Journal of Architectural Education. Offering an immense cultural cache for an even lower price, this fresh edition of TASCHEN’s Modernism Rediscovered features over 400 architectural treasures from the Shulman archives. Bringing together nearly 200 forgotten masterpieces, Modernism Rediscovered pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement. Pierluigi Serraino is a practicing architect resident in the San Francisco Bay Area. The abandoned files of Julius Shulman show us another side of Modernism that has stayed quiet for so many years. With this book, TASCHEN brings them to light, paying homage to California Modernism in all its forms. Many buildings photographed by Julius Shulman suffered this fate, their images falling into oblivion. If a building is not widely seen, its photograph rarely or never published, it simply does not enter into architectural discourse. The exchange of visual information is crucial to the development, evolution, and promotion of architectural movements. "The buildings burned in our memories, which to us represent the spirit of ’50s and ’60s architectural design, were those whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books but what about those that got lost in the process, hardly or never appearing in publication? ![]()
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