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John Yeon architecture, building in the Pacific Northwest, edited by Randy Gragg with essays by Barry Bergdoll, J.M. Cava, and Marc Treib

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John Yeon architecture

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edited by Randy Gragg with essays by Barry Bergdoll, J.M. Cava, and Marc Treib

building in the Pacific Northwest

John Yeon (1910-1994) is a pioneering figure in architecture, who paved the way for the Northwest Regional style of modernism. Known for a series of exceptionally beautiful houses - including the Watzek House, a National Historic Landmark - Yeon's architecture was celebrated for its subtle relationship to site and place, and its sensitive deployment of local materials. His far-reaching innovations in construction and early sustainable design, and his stylistic freedom, anticipated several later movements, ranging from ecological modernism to postmodern eclecticism. Yet Yeon's scope of activities stretched far beyond architecture: he was also a planner, conservationist, art collector, historic preservationist, urban activist, and perhaps most of all, a connoisseur. John Yeon Architecture, the first in-depth monograph on Yeon, presents more than 25 built and unbuilt projects for houses, gardens, small public buildings, and exhibitions. Four perceptive essays explore Yeon's life and career: his characteristic design style, his position in the development of Northwest modernism, and his influential role in the stylistic debates of the 1940s and 1950s

Foreword / Brian Ferriso -- John Yeon: A quest for beauty / Randy Gragg -- "Fortuitous shadow which I never anticipated": John Yeon between terrain and fame / Barry Bergdoll -- Composition, craft, construction / J.M. Cava -- Regional Modernism on the Northern Pacific Coast / Marc Treib -- John Yeon: Letter to Elizabeth Mock, February 13-14, 1944 -- John Yeon: Buildings and Landscapes, Lionel H. Pries Distinguished Guest lecture, University of Washington, May 1, 1986 -- Early houses -- Lodges for Mount Hood -- King Street Garden -- Aubrey Watzek house -- Plywood houses -- Victor H. and Betty Jorgensen house -- Lynn and Vera Vietor house -- Portland Garden Club -- Portland Visitors Information Center -- De Sola house -- Evans W. and Helene Hidden Van Buren house -- Dr. Kenneth and Virginia Swan house -- Dr. George and Margaret Cottrell house -- Lawrence and Anne Kistner Shaw house -- Palace-style houses

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