Tomorrow's Houses

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Tomorrow's Houses
New England Modernism

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"This book's lush, panoramic photography is the next-best thing to a road trip to visit all of the region's modernist homes." ~Details

"Take a look at Tomorrow's Houses: New England Modernism. Architect and critic Alexander Gorlin shows us twenty-seven houses from Maine to Connecticut designed by such mid-twentieth century luminaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, Mies Van der Rohe and Walter Gropius Geoffrey Gross's photographs show the houses at their very best, both inside and out." ~New England Home

Modernism beautifully revealed
April 7, 2011

This Old House might seem like an odd place to discuss Modern architecture, but the two have more in common than you might think. That's because the American Modernism movement began over a century ago and covers a time period from the very-late 19th Century through to about 1970.
Even odder is that many of the finest examples of "modern" homes can be found in that bastion of traditional Colonial architecture: New England.
And now, thanks to a brand-new book, Tomorrow's Houses: New England Modernism, this important piece of American architectural history is available to all, and preserved for the ages.

Published by Rizzoli, Tomorrow's Houses: New England Modernism, consists of 256 pages and more than 200 stunningly beautiful color photographs taken by celebrated architectural photographer, Geoffrey Gross.
The accompanying text, written by architect and critic, Alexander Gorlin, is both enlightening and informative, placing each home in its proper historical context.
The book highlights 27 different modern homes built throughout New England from 1912 to 1970. More than half of the homes were constructed between about 1948 and 1958. The book features the work of such notable architects as, Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Meier, Paul Rudolph, Marcel Breuer, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
What I love most about this book, however, is its horizontal format. When flopped open to a two-page spread--which measures an amazing 22 inches wide!--the rich photographs come alive, and it feels as if you could step right into the homes.
Tomorrow's Houses: New England Modernism sells for $65.

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Product Description
A dazzling showcase of hidden jewels by the masters of twentieth-century modernist architecture in New England. Tomorrow's Houses is a richly photographed presentation of the best modernist houses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, built during the early twentieth century through the 1960s. From the suburbs of Connecticut to the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont, modernism in America found some of its earliest, most idealistic, and, later, most refined realizations in houses designed by such masters as Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Meier, Paul Rudolph, Marcel Breuer, and Walter Gropius, all of whose work is featured in these pages. Photographer Geoffrey Gross has captured in stunning full-color images these precisely composed structures and their exquisitely appointed interiors, all against the breathtaking variety of the landscapes of New England. Lauded architect and critic Alexander Gorlin places these beautiful houses in their proper historical context as examples of the best of early- and mid-twentieth-century American modernist architecture.

Rizzoli, April 5, 2011

Photographer's Statement-

I was privileged to spend a day photographing at a house in Massachusetts while the family was present. A beautiful crisp autumn picture post card day; the mom-spent time in the kitchen and spent time with the daughter as well as both children. Dad did yard chores, went on errands and so forth. In the afternoon the son engaged in some hunting, bagging a few rabbits that were skinned and saved, whatever that entails. Toward the end of the day I was invited to stay for dinner- an invitation I eagerly accepted, the cooking aromas of the day ever-present.

Towards evening the mom prepared dinner while I played checkers in front of the fireplace with the children. I lost every game.

We sat down to a meal of venison stew that couldn't be beat; watched the sun set thru the extensive glass windows/walls and as that progressed I became aware that the house interior now came "alive"- what had been a thin invisible skin was now a safe, nurturing protective but transparent barrier against the night.

The house, by design, was a true "machine-for-living". A nurturing structure, it provided shelter and warmth when needed, let the sunlight shine in when present, and provided a constant cocoon-like safe, protective environment.

Dedication-
To the muse of Eleanor Raymond, my constant companion on the
often circuitous journey from her
Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania
to this study of New England Modern...

and, as always, for Alice- still my little girl
-Geoffrey Gross
24 March, Marblehead, MA

Tomorrow's Houses
is made possible in part by:

Futhermore, the publication arm of the
JM Kaplan Fund

New York Foundation for the Arts

New York Foundation for the Arts (a not for profit 501 C3 organization) sponsors Geoffrey Gross, and his project Photography of American Architecture. As such, the project is qualified to receive funds and contributions which may be tax deductible. In addition the project is eligible to apply for and receive funding from most grant giving organizations.

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