Author: WEBB, MICHAEL
Title: Art, invention, house
Description: New York : Rizzoli 2005. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 319 pages; Description: 319 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Architect-designed houses --Architecture. Modern --21st century. Summary: Art. invention. house is an authoritative and handsomely illustrated presentation of forty new houses-many published here for the first time-exploring the creativity of top architects around the world. ranging from firms that specialize in residential work to those for whom a house is a rare indulgence. The houses shown here are understated or audacious. but never conventional. Each of these cutting-edge projects. whether built in town or country. represents a world apart from its surroundings. Some have only trees for neighbors; others are shoehorned into tight urban sites. perch on precipitous slopes. or cling like limpets to the coastline. But every house is one of a kind. the product of dialogue between demanding clients and creative designers around the globe. The book includes the world-renowned firms of Archi-Tectonics/Winka Dubbeldam. Will Bruder. Wallace Cunningham. Gwathmey Siegel. Steven Holl. Rick Joy. Thomas Phifer. and Richard Meier in the US; Ten Arquitectos. Alberto Kalach. and Michel Rojkind in Mexico; Marcos Acayaba and Marcio Kogan in Brazil; Seth Stein in the UK; Alberto Campo Baeza in Spain; Herzog and de Meuron in Switzerland; Georg Driendl and Hugo Dworzak in Austria; Jyrki Tasa in Finland; Alvaro Siza in Portugal; Tadao Ando. Shigeru Ban. Hitoshi Abe. and Kengo Kuma in Japan; and Glenn Murcutt and Harry Seidler in Australia. by Michael Webb.ISBN: 0847827356. Weight in Kg appr.:

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