From Bauhaus to Our House

Tom Wolfe

$17.00

Publication Date: November 24th, 2009

Publisher:

Picador

ISBN:

9780312429140

Pages:

128

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Description

After critiquing—and infuriating—the art world with The Painted Word, award-winning author Tom Wolfe shared his less than favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House.

In this examination of the strange saga of twentieth century architecture, Wolfe takes such European architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass and steel box designed buildings that have influenced—and infected—America’s cities.

About the Author

Tom Wolfe (1930–2018) was one of the founders of the New Journalism movement and the author of contemporary classics like The Right Stuff and Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, as well as the novels The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and I Am Charlotte Simmons. As a reporter, he wrote articles for The Washington Post, the New York Herald Tribune, Esquire, and New York Magazine, and is credited with coining the term, “The Me Decade.” Among his many honors, Tom was awarded the National Book Award, the John Dos Passos Award, the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence, the National Humanities Medal, and National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lived in New York City.

Praise for From Bauhaus to Our House

“A search-and-destroy mission against architectural pretensions . . . a funny book.” —New York

“Full of insight . . . marvelously right.” —People

“Wolfe's delightfully witty, biting history of modern architecture is a scintillating high comedy of big money, manners, and massive manipulation of public taste.” —Publishers Weekly

“No wonder . . . this book is the hottest topic in Manhattan's architectural salons.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Tom Wolfe has squeezed a funny tale out of glass and stone. . . hilarious.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Sharp serpent's-tooth wit, useful cultural insight, and snazzy zip! pop! writing.” —Playboy