2000s Illustrated Quarto, Dean Sakamoto's Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff - 1 Book

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Sakamoto, Dean et al. (edited by). Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff.

Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, first … Read more Sakamoto, Dean et al. (edited by). Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff.

Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, first edition. English text. 4to; 240 pp. Green cloth, slight crease in lower front board corner*, text interspersed with 36 color and 243 black-and-white illustrations, matte photo and graphic illustrated dust jacket, slight handling wear and *crease impression, designed by Jack Design. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

Measures: 10 x 10.75 x 1.25 inches.
Approximate weight: 3 pounds.

Provenance: Ex. Diana and Marc Goldstein (1935-2015), SOM Design and Consulting Partner (1970-1991), responsible for some of SOM's most important architectural and urban planning accomplishments of the 20th century. Unmarked.

This book is the first to focus on Ossipoff's career, presenting significant new material on the architect and situating him within the tropical modernist movement and the cultural context of the Pacific region. The authors discuss how Ossipoff synthesized Eastern and Western influences, including Japanese building techniques and modern architectural principles. In particular, they demonstrate that he drew inspiration from the interplay of indoor and outdoor space as advocated by such architects as Frank Lloyd Wright, applying these to the concerns and vernacular traditions of the tropics. The result was a vibrant and glamorous architectural style, which is captured vividly in this volume in archival images and new photography. See less