21st century house
Bell, Jonathan200802UU
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Featuring more than fifty major projects, this work looks at diverse visions of the modern house and sets them in the context of the technologial and aesthetic concerns of the architects. Filled with illustrations and featuring detailed architectural drawings for each project, it covers various aspects of the contemporary house architecture. Featuring more than fifty major projects designed, commenced or completed in the last four years, "21st Century House" looks at diverse visions of the modern house and sets them in the context of the technologial and aesthetic concerns of today's architects.Packed with illustrations and featuring detailed architectural drawings for every project, "21st Century House" covers all aspects of contemporary house architecture, from grand modernist pavilions to small urban schemes, including both the celebrated and the obscure. The book emphasises both pragmatic contemporary urban and rural architecture while also addressing the wider debates of social and environmental obligations in an examination of how the projects accommodate these increasingly important aspects of house building today.
Main title:
21st century house / Jonathan Bell.
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Imprint:
London : Laurence King Publishing, 2008.
Collation:
256 p. : col., 450 ill., 300 in ; 22x20 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Contents:
Introduction-- The house in the landscape-- Dover Heights House (Australia)-- Haus Nairz (Austria)-- Rochman Residence (USA)-- House on the Alentejo Coast (Portugal)-- Bellows House (Spain)-- Schudel House (Switzerland)-- Kessler House (Spain)-- Du Plessis House (Brazil)-- Casa M and Casa Equis (Peru)-- Einfamilienhaus Weiss (Austria)-- Hortal House (Spain)-- Haus H (Austria)-- House VM-D (Belgium)-- Campbell Cliffs (USA)-- Berthe House (France)-- New urban sites-- Private House in Suburb (Estonia)-- Casa on the Campo del Principe (Spain)-- House for Two Artists (UK)-- Klein House (Japan)-- House on Bacon Street (UK)-- Muji + Infill House (Japan)-- Stealth House (UK)-- Haus Karg (Germany)-- Natural Wedge/Natural Ellipse (Japan)-- Pragmatic solutions-- Kungshatt Summer House (Sweden)-- Yale Building Project (USA)-- House at Castetner (France)-- Marsh View House (UK)-- House in Aggstall (Germany)-- The Box House (Australia)-- House in Wandlitz (Germany)-- Maison Dejardin-Hendrice (Belgium)-- Blue House (UK)-- Summer House (Finland)-- Mukarov House (Czech Republic)-- Courtyard Houses (Portugal)-- Maison Malice (Belgium)-- Design>Build>Texas (USA)-- House and Studio (Germany)-- Villa Hoofddorp (Netherlands)-- Brick Leaf House (UK)-- Campeggio nel Bosco (Italy)-- Black House (UK)-- The future-- Palm Springs Modular House (Slovenia)-- M7 Prototype (Chile)-- Twenty Propositions for Suburban Living (USA)-- Parasite Paradise (Netherlands)-- UPIhouse (USA)-- House D (Slovenia)-- Eldorado canyon residence (USA)-- Living Room House (Germany)-- Fisherman's House (Italy)-- Home-Scape Project (USA)-- Artifice/MR House (France)-- Reze Housing - Reze (France)-- Project credits-- Picture credits-- Index-- Acknowledgements.
Biography/History:
Jonathan Bell writes about architecture and design for Wallpaper*, Blueprint and Grafik. He is co-editor of things magazine and his recent books include The Transformable House, Carchitecture and Penthouse Living.
ISBN:
9781856695374 (pbk)1856695379 (pbk)
Dewey class:
728.0905728.370905
Language:
English
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BRN:
3727264
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