Anyone who has ever been inflicted with of a renovation of the tiniest kitchen or a measly bathroom knows that this leads to madness. Wolfe wanted to have a movie made of the evolution of intellectualization of the human habitat from dirt floors and burlap curtains to the glass box of the 20th century, he could introduce into a work of fiction an immortal who lives on one square acre of ground for about 12,000 years and has to undergo a thousand renovations of his habitat. (Ah HA!! I see that Audible needs to apply some editing their questions when reviewing nonfiction! This is an essay, pretty much, not a fictionalized account of architectural stylizers.) But OK. McKee did a nice job reading the text.Ĭould you see From Bauhaus to Our House being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be? That being an articulation of just how the minimalist idea in the architectural canon evolved.ĭid Dennis McKee do a good job differentiating all the characters? How? What could Tom Wolfe have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? If you need to freshen your memory of things learned in Art History 101, this is the ticket in the architectural field. This was a nice review of certain early to mid-century architectural style(s) and theory. Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
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