Korsmo: PLANETVEIEN 12. The Korsmo House - A Scandinavian Icon

Author: Tostrup, Elisabeth
Country: Norway
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 184
Illustrations: 88 Color Illustrations. 117 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9781908967480
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 7041

Price: $69.50

The Korsmo House, 1955, is an icon of modern Scandinavian architecture, an experimental house that has been frequently published in magazines and architecture anthologies. A few years ago a jury elected the house as one of the ten most significant buildings in Norwegian twentieth century architecture. Planetveien 12 discusses the location of this architectural icon, its many incarnations, the biographies of the architect and the 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's other projects and his teaching career, alongside detailed plans from inception and a full photographic essay about the finished house. The author, Elisabeth Tostrup, is an architect and professor at the Oslo School of Architecture.