Texas Made Texas Modern: the House and the Land

New York: The Monacelli Press, 2018. First Edition. Large octavo with blue and green pictorial boards and white debossed title text ; dark green endpapers; 221 pages: color illustrations; 27 cm As new. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781580935081

Helen Thompson and Casey Dunn, the writer/photographer team that produced the exceptionally successful 'Marfa Modern', join forces again to investigate Texas modernism. The juxtaposition of the sleek European forms with a gritty Texas spirit generated a unique brand of modernism that is very basic to the culture of the state today. Its roots are in the early Texas pioneer houses, whose long, low profiles express an efficiency that is basic to the modern idiom. This Texas-centric style is focused on the relationship of the house to the site, the materials it is made of (most often local stone and wood) and the way the building functions in the harsh Texas climate. Twenty houses are included from across the state, with examples in major urban centers like Dallas and Austin and in suburban and rural areas.

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