Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture

Romy Wyllie

Praise for Bertram Goodhue:

“A principal strength of Wylie’s study is her deep research and her ability to create a compelling portrait from thousands of historical fragments….[A]s the bulk of Wylie’s book suggests, Betram Goodhue should be remembered - celebrated for his excellence as a decorative, romantic, eclectic artist and architect."

 - Southern California Quarterly

"This splendid book is both a sympathetic biography of one of America's greatest architects and a very thorough account of all Goodhue's non -ecclesiastical buildings."

 - Journal of Stained Glass

“An enormous contribution to the study and recognition of Goodhue's genius.”
—Rev. Harold Krauss, Dean of Saint John's Cathedral, Providence, RI

"Wyllie's work is a complete survey of Goodhue's life and works with diagrams, drawings and all the compendiums of delight his sense of order and balance and color required. Taking up this book is like walking through the paintings of Pierre Bonnard."

 - Channel Webscene

Overview

An architect of exceptional vision, whose work is still relevant today, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (1869-1924) died at a crucial moment, when he was severing his ties to traditionalism and establishing himself as the leader of a new architectural style. This book enlarges our understanding of Goodhue, neither fully researched nor justly appreciated until now, by examining his residential designs within the framework of his better-known ecclesiastical and secular projects. At the same time it takes a closer look at the man behind the drawing board. Covered here are twenty built and six unbuilt houses that provide new insight into the evolution of Goodhue's architecture during the 33-year period of his remarkable career. Although these projects made up only a small portion of his total work, they are rich in architectural expression. Though time has brought unavoidable changes to the buildings, Goodhue's legacy lives on. Philip Johnson has called Goodhue "America's leading architect of his day," and this book demonstrates clearly Goodhue's role in the modern movement and the place he merits in the history of architecture.

About the Author

Romy Wyllie is a certified interior designer and a professional member of the International Interior Design Association. She taught architectural history and interior design at the Harrington Institute of Interior Design in Chicago.

ISBN 10: 0-393-73219-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-393-73219-1
April 2007 / 149 black & white and 91 color illustrations / 224 pages / Cloth