World of Variation
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Author: Stevens, Mary Otis
In this work, architects Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas McNulty outlined a radical envisioning of socio-spatial relationships, informed by their background in philosophy and commitment to decentralising hierarchies. Writing in the context of the Cold War and the political activism of 1960s America, they identified possible design solutions to then-current social issues. This volume is a facsimile, accompanying the MIT Museum’s exhibition on the work of Mary Otis Stevens.In striking abstract drawings, Stevens visualised aspects of the urban environment, proposing a design philosophy she termed 'free flow'. These diagrams give expression to both the 'flow' of movement and points of 'hesitations'.Born in New York in 1928, Mary Otis Stevens is considered one of the most important female American postwar architects. She is best known for Lincoln House (1965), designed with her then-husband Thomas McNulty, the first exposed-concrete and glass house in the US.Thomas McNulty(1919–84) taught on MIT’s faculty from 1949 to 1956, before leaving to open a firm with his then wife, Mary Otis Stevens. In 1978, the couple divorced and McNulty moved to Saudi Arabia, where he taught at the University of Riyadh.
ISBN 9783948318178. Weiss Publications. pb. 208 pages. 40 b/w ills. 21 x 15 cm.
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In this work, architects Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas McNulty outlined a radical envisioning of socio-spatial relationships, informed by their background in philosophy and commitment to decentralising hierarchies. Writing in the context of the Cold War and the political activism of 1960s America, they identified possible design solutions to then-current social issues. This volume is a facsimile, accompanying the MIT Museum’s exhibition on the work of Mary Otis Stevens.In striking abstract drawings, Stevens visualised aspects of the urban environment, proposing a design philosophy she termed 'free flow'. These diagrams give expression to both the 'flow' of movement and points of 'hesitations'.Born in New York in 1928, Mary Otis Stevens is considered one of the most important female American postwar architects. She is best known for Lincoln House (1965), designed with her then-husband Thomas McNulty, the first exposed-concrete and glass house in the US.Thomas McNulty(1919–84) taught on MIT’s faculty from 1949 to 1956, before leaving to open a firm with his then wife, Mary Otis Stevens. In 1978, the couple divorced and McNulty moved to Saudi Arabia, where he taught at the University of Riyadh.
ISBN 9783948318178. Weiss Publications. pb. 208 pages. 40 b/w ills. 21 x 15 cm.
available