Planetveien 12 : The Korsmo House-A Scandinavian Icon Hardback
by Elisabeth Tostrup
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The Korsmo House, 1955, is an icon of moder n Scandinavianarchitecture--an experimental house that has been frequentlypublished in magazines and architecture anthologies.
A few yearsago a jury elected the house as one of the ten most significantbuildings in Norwegian twentieth century architecture.
Professor KnutHjeltnes says in the Arkitektur-N 5/2012 review that "Planet Road, 12,is one of the most important private houses in Norway, owing both tothe qualities of the house and the significance of the inhabitants inNorwegian post-war culture." The original owner, Grete Prytz Kittelsen(earlier Korsmo) lived in the house until she passed away in 2010. The house is now listed for preservation. Arne Korsmo (1900-1968) was a prominent Norwegian architect,best-known for a large number of functionalist buildings and interiorsmade in the 1930s.
Also a renowned exhibition architect and productdesigner, Korsmo was highly-esteemed as a post-war teacher ofarchitecture and interior design.
Grete Prytz Korsmo (later Kittelsen,1917-2010) was a goldsmith and pioneering enamel artist, a 'grandlady' of Scandinavian design and a trusted member of the WorldCraft Council.
Scandinavian Design is subject to increasing interestworldwide and with it so is the Korsmo House.
The Korsmo couplewere the incarnation of post-war Scandinavian design, winning prizesinternationally for product design and exhibition architecture. Planetveien 12 discusses the location of this architectural icon, thehouse's many incarnations, the biographies of the architect andthe Korsmo couple's visit to America where they met Hugo Weber,Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and,significantly, Ray and Charles Eames.
The book also details Korsmo'sother projects and his teaching careeer, alongside detailed plansfrom inception and a full photographic essay about the finishedhouse.
The author, Elisabeth Tostrup, is an architect and professorat the Oslo School of Architecture; previous publications includeNorwegian Wood: the Thoughtful Architecture of Wenche Selmer,2006, and Architecture and Rhetoric: Text and Design in ArchitecturalCompetitions, 1999.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Artifice Press
- Publication Date:09/07/2014
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- ISBN:9781908967480
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Artifice Press
- Publication Date:09/07/2014
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- ISBN:9781908967480
