Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture

This book enlarges ourunderstanding of Goodhue, neither fullyresearched nor justly appreciated until now, byexamining his residential designs within theframework of his better-known ecclesiastical and secular projects. At the same time it takes acloser look at the man behind the drawing board. Covered here are twenty built and six unbuilthouses that provide new insight into theevolution of Goodhue’s architecture during the33-year period of his remarkable career.Although these projects made up only a smallportion of his total work, they are rich inarchitectural expression. Though time hasbrought unavoidable changes to the buildings,Goodhue’s legacy lives on. Philip Johnson hascalled Goodhue America’s leadingarchitect of his day, and this bookdemonstrates clearly Goodhue’s role in themodern movement and the place he merits in thehistory of architecture.