{"product_id":"not-by-design-alone-louis-sauer-9798375069210","title":"Not By Design Alone: A Scrapbook to Help Me Remember A Life As An Architect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaperback, printed in black\u0026amp;white on white paper\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years he ran his architectural practice (1961 to 1979) Louis Sauer became one of the most awarded and admired of the post-war generation of American residential architects ...His work is exceptional for its variety and wealth of solutions ... \"Not By Design Alone\" is a candid and revealing memoir of a complex, creative life ... The cast of acquaintances in his early years verges on the mythical: studying art and design under Serge Chermayeff and meeting Mies van der Rohe and Eero Saarinen; taking Margot Fonteyn and (Sir) Robert Helpmann to see drag shows; photographing Carlo Scarpa and turning down an offer of work from Louis Kahn - who he later studied under ... In this exemplary autobiography, Sauer dares to question, and strives to answer, what it has meant for him to live a life as an architect. He fails, as we all must, but not without entertaining and enlightening us.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSam Lloyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough there are not many American architects like Louis Sauer ... his working values seem to come directly from his American heritage: a commitment to pragmatic action, to building rather than talking about building, commitment to giving the people who use his buildings maximum choice in their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLou Sauer's lessons, struggles, and successes are all told in this compelling book, which is heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings and the curiosities of a long and interesting life. Both memoir and history of how building and city design is thought and taught, Not By Design Alone is a journey through a life that was ahead of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Sauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798375069210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Louis Sauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47002054328575,"sku":"9798375069210","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b53cc232-a5db-4627-9e03-fae8664d66cd.jpg?v=1751602944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-by-design-alone-louis-sauer-9798375069210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}