Not By Design Alone A Scrapbook To Help Me Remember A Life As An Architect

Paperback, Printed In Blackwhite On White Paperin 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 Of Work From Louis Kahn - Who He Later Studied Under.