{"product_id":"9781908967480","title":"Planetveien 12: The Korsmo House-A Scandinavian Icon","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Korsmo House, 1955, is an icon of moder n Scandinavian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earchitecture—an experimental house that has been frequently\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublished in magazines and architecture anthologies. A few years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eago a jury elected the house as one of the ten most significant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuildings in Norwegian twentieth century architecture. Professor Knut\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHjeltnes says in the Arkitektur-N 5\/2012 review that \"Planet Road, 12,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis one of the most important private houses in Norway, owing both to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe qualities of the house and the significance of the inhabitants in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorwegian post-war culture.\" The original owner, Grete Prytz Kittelsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(earlier Korsmo) lived in the house until she passed away in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house is now listed for preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArne Korsmo (1900-1968) was a prominent Norwegian architect,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebest-known for a large number of functionalist buildings and interiors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emade in the 1930s. Also a renowned exhibition architect and product\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesigner, Korsmo was highly-esteemed as a post-war teacher of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earchitecture and interior design. Grete Prytz Korsmo (later Kittelsen,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1917-2010) was a goldsmith and pioneering enamel artist, a 'grand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elady' of Scandinavian design and a trusted member of the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraft Council. Scandinavian Design is subject to increasing interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworldwide and with it so is the Korsmo House. The Korsmo couple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere the incarnation of post-war Scandinavian design, winning prizes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternationally for product design and exhibition architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanetveien 12 discusses the location of this architectural icon, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehouse's many incarnations, the biographies of the architect and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Korsmo couple's visit to America where they met Hugo Weber,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esignificantly, Ray and Charles Eames. The book also details Korsmo's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother projects and his teaching careeer, alongside detailed plans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom inception and a full photographic essay about the finished\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehouse. The author, Elisabeth Tostrup, is an architect and professor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the Oslo School of Architecture; previous publications include\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorwegian Wood: the Thoughtful Architecture of Wenche Selmer,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2006, and Architecture and Rhetoric: Text and Design in Architectural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompetitions, 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artifice Books on Architecture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043908206832,"sku":"9781908967480","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908967480_p0.jpg?v=1763623664","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908967480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}