On Adam's House in Paradise, second edition: The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History / Edition 2

by Joseph Rykwert

Overview

On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations."—Charles Moore, Progressive Architecture

This new edition of On Adam's House in Paradise (first published by the Museum of Modern Art) incorporates all the original illustrations and several new ones, as well as additional text by the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262680363
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	12/29/1981
Series:	The MIT Press
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations.—Charles Moore, Progressive Architecture—

From the Publisher

On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations.

Charles Moore

On Adam's House in Paradise "takes off backward through history hunting for Adam's house, the original image. En route, with wry wit and charm, Rykwert singes every generation of architectural theoreticians back to Vitruvius, but he manages to illuminate their efforts and their immolations.

—Charles Moore, Progressive Architecture

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