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Author | : John May |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Sustainable architecture |
ISBN | : 9780500342589 |
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Vernacular architecture, by its very nature, is built from local materials that are readily to hand and is thus defined by the geology and ecology of the region and by local climatic conditions. Constructed by the community using traditional tools, these structures are highly practical, energy-efficient, and blend with the landscape. They carry many of the attributes that we are now seeking in 'green architecture' as we struggle to adapt our built environment to the demands and concerns of the climate-change era. 'Handmade Houses and Other Buildings' looks at everyday structures all over the world, from whatever wood, grass, earth or stone that was to hand, in ways that offered practical solutions to the challenges of climate or terrain. Based on immemorial principles, but highly relevant to our newly found environmental concerns, these buildings show the simple and satisfying ways in which humans have worked out how to live - and live well, in harmony with their surroundings.
Author | : Art Boericke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Building, Wooden |
ISBN | : |
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Examples of owner-built houses are depicted in this photographic journey through the countryside.
Author | : Steven P. Whitsitt |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780764332036 |
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Visit a dozen exciting homes where the owners have ignored standard building practices in favor of creative alternatives. These homes, found from Massachusetts to California, are expressive of individuality as well as artistry, and you'll be inspired to branch out and craft your own unique living space. Homes featured include Eliphante near Sedona, Arizona, a four-acre art installation complete with free-form rammed-earth buildings and handmade stained glass. You'll also tour the sculpted grounds and meditation huts of a recycling artist and guru, and the mystical home and gardens of Gnome Countryside, in southern Pennsylvania. See the latest take on the arts and crafts style in California, along with simplistic and beautiful straw bale homes in Virginia and Massachusetts. This book pays tribute to a long line of thrifty and artistically gifted homeowners who have created beauty from simple materials to live in homes that are art.
Author | : Thomas C. Hubka |
Publisher | : Vernacular Architecture Studie |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781572339477 |
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"Hubka argues that even "vernacular architecture" scholars tend to embrace a model for understanding home forms that relies on iconic architects and theories about how ideas proceed downward from aesthetic ideals to home construction, even though this model fails to adequately characterize the vast majority actual homes that people live in, particularly in recent times after the widespread growth of suburban America. This controversial book proposes new ways to categorize houses"--
Author | : Jonathan Bean |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2013-01-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374380236 |
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A family of four builds a house, back, away from the road, down a dirt lane, in the middle of an old, weedy field.
Author | : Michael Gotkin |
Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780810995840 |
Download Artists' Handmade Houses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'Artists' handmade houses' examines the homes and studios crafted by a diverse group of artists from New York to California, including such greats as George Nakashima, Henry Varnum Poor, Sam Maloof, Wharton Esherick, Henry Mercer, Frederic Church, Paolo Santi and Russel Wright, among others.
Author | : Lloyd Kahn |
Publisher | : Shelter Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0936070110 |
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Shelter is many things - a visually dynamic, oversized compendium of organic architecture past and present; a how-to book that includes over 1,250 illustrations; and a Whole Earth Catalog-type sourcebook for living in harmony with the earth by using every conceivable material. First published in 1973, Shelter remains a source of inspiration and invention. Including the nuts-and-bolts aspects of building, the book covers such topics as dwellings from Iron Age huts to Bedouin tents to Togo's tin-and-thatch houses; nomadic shelters from tipis to "housecars"; and domes, dome cities, sod iglus, and even treehouses. The authors recount personal stories about alternative dwellings that illustrate sensible solutions to problems associated with using materials found in the environment - with fascinating, often surprising results.
Author | : Robert Haney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780964292154 |
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The Woodstock Generation established a new kind of lifestyle and began to build their houses, studios, and simple structures as refuges from conformist architecture. This book shows examples of some of these homes in full-color detail, and is meant to be an inspiration to amateur as well as professional self-home builders.
Author | : Herbert Gottfried |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2009-07-07 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780393732627 |
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A comprehensive examination of American vernacular buildings.
Author | : Lloyd Kahn |
Publisher | : Shelter Publications |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2020-03-03 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9780936070810 |
Download The Half-Acre Homestead Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Lloyd Kahn and Lesley's story of building their own home, establishing a garden, and practicing crafts on a small piece of land on the Northern California Coast, with over 500 photos.