This work provides a survey of the work of Benjamin Baldwin, an American interior designer. Trained as an architect, Baldwin launched an independent practice that spanned the period from 1940 to 1991. This book explores the early influences on Baldwin's development and illustrates his design principles by focusing on the houses and apartments he designed for himself and his clients, and on the aspect of his work that he felt represented the ultimate form of creativity - garden design.
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First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 199 pages. Features a foreword by Michael Rubin. A look at this important interior designer with numerous color and black and white photographs, chronology, list of design work, and a bibliography. A near fine copy in blue cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 189815
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 199 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/unclipped price; green end papers; a comprehensive survey of the work of a man whom architect Louis Kahn called 'the dean of American interior designers.' Extensively illustrated, the text explores the early influences on Baldwin's development and illustrates his design principles by focusing first on the house and apartments he designed for himself and then on his work for clients, both residential and non-residential.". Seller Inventory # 109378
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A comprehensive survey of the work of the man whom architect Louis Kahn called "the dean of American interior designers." Trained as an architect at Princeton, Baldwin also studied with Hans Hofmann and with Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After a brief partnership with architect Harry Weese in Chicago, he worked in the New York office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, before launching an independent practice. His career spanned a period of over fifty years, from 1940 to 1991. In 1985 he was designated a charter member of Interior Design magazine's Hall of Fame.Extensively illustrated, the text explores the early influences on Baldwin's development and illustrates his design principles by focusing first on the houses and apartments he designed for himself and then on his work for clients, both residential and non-residential. A final chapter is devoted to the aspect of his work that he felt represented the ultimate form of creativity - garden design. Seller Inventory # SKU2020025817