Architecture - Buildings - Residential

Wood has undergone quite an image change - as future and trend researcher Matthias Horx puts in a nutshell: "Wood is Style". It has come out of the corner of the traditional and rustic and moved to the top of high-tech building materials. In...

This interdisciplinary volume investigates the legacy of detached single-family homes built between the '50s and '80s in Germany--from their place in everyday life and popular culture to how they are affected by changing welfare regimes, demographics and the implementation of ecological frameworks in the...

Want to escape?If you've ever dreamed of having a little me-time away from the hustle bustle demands of everyday life, the Escape Place is the book for you. Author Lyn Vandebrake shares her personal story of acquiring an escape place of her own, an...

Can an architect pass through walls? Can the city permeate a house? In The Dissolution of Buildings, architect Angelo Bucci presents projects in his native S o Paulo and abroad. Advocating an architecture that is "the opposite of global action," his work responds to...

This book, which fills a gap on the materiality of lived relations, examines households within the context of their immediate physical surroundings of home and shows how human interactions are reflected in built forms. Houses are dynamic participants in family life in many ways....

Branded a no-good runt and repeatedly told he was a mistake and would never amount to anything, Lionel Mayell set out to prove everyone wrong. By age 39, he had made and lost a fortune, failed at two marriages, and was convinced that the...

Retronesia: The Years of Building Dangerously is the first must-have guide to Indonesia's most creative architectural period. Be inspired by the beauty and verve of 1950s and 60s Indonesia when professional architects were a rarity, but the talent pool was overflowing with adventurers. At...

A reprint of an 1890's catalog of a Stockholm manufacturer of wooden houses, with floor plans and perspective drawings of 86 pavilions, bathinghouses, balconies, verandas, kiosks, and dwelling houses.Author: J. O. WengstromsISBN-10: 1589639804ISBN-13: 9781589639805Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)Language: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2002Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.25h x...

The Ultimate Guide to Shipping Container Homes Out of all the possible building materials available for homes, the last thing you might expect to hear about is shipping containers - yes, the same steel, rectangular containers seen on trucks and ships going across the...

Sustainable Housing: A Systems-based Approach introduces students to the issues and processes that must be considered when developing sustainable housing, particularly housing that can approach net-zero energy performance. The book considers the history of American thinking as it relates to the environment and development....

Taking the Soviet Union Apart Room by Room investigates what happens to domestic spaces, architecture, and the lives of urbanites during a socioeconomic upheaval. Kateryna Malaia analyzes how Soviet and post-Soviet city dwellers, navigating a crisis of inadequate housing and extreme social disruption between...

Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. 　 Self-built houses born from need, in haste and with limited economical resources are often considered to be temporary structures...

A beautifully illustrated guide to building a cabin in the wilderness, packed with practical advice and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world. Throughout history, people around the world have built cabins as homes, retreats, and even follies. In recent...

Welcome to the beating heart of the home! From Scandinavian design to vintage style, this book shows what's cooking.In today's world, the kitchen has become much more than a space for cooking--it's where families gather, friends bond, and memories are made. Kitchen Interiors showcases...

Roman Housing describes domestic architecture throughout the Roman empire, from Britain to Egypt, from the origins of empire to the sixth century AD. During this period an empire-wide aristocratic culture was formed, and Simon Ellis marks the stages in Roman expansion and examines the...

Author: Lee PerryISBN-10: 0595010830ISBN-13: 9780595010837Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2000Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.12h x 5.94w x 0.78d

This series investigates the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of interiors. The volumes in the Interior Architecture series can be used as handbooks for the practitioner and as a critical introduction to the history of material culture and architecture. Hotels occupy a particular place...

"Houses can become poetic expressions of longing for a lost past, voices of a lived present, and dreams of an ideal future." Carel Bertram discovered this truth when she went to Turkey in the 1990s and began asking people about their memories of "the...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Capitalize on a Comprehensive New Process for Planning and Designing Sustainable Green Communities Written by internationally renowned architect...

Housing has changed in Sub-Saharan Africa since the Europeans arrived. Africans no longer live in traditional homes. This historical transition from "hut to house," from traditional to Western style, reflects slavery, colonialism and other social influences. This book focuses on Cameroon, known as "Africa...

Rocks, wind, sea, and sky frame a house on the Sardinian coast, and the house frames a family's life and art, suspended in memory. How does a house shape experience? How does architecture establish a practice of living? Architect Sebastiano Brandolini invites readers on...

A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It? lays out the basic science of residential buildings. When it comes to how houses perform, professionals and homeowners alike believe many things that just aren't true. This book explodes the myths, misinformation, and plain old nonsense that...

Surfing is a way of life, one that defines not only where we live, but how we live. Surf Shacks Volume 2 picks up where the first volume left off, exploring homes of surfers, which range from improvised cabins by the beach to penthouse...

- The world's most extraordinary garden offices from both top architects and those who built their ownRemote working is here to stay. More people than ever before are finding it's not just possible to work from home but much more productive, affordable and -...

A compelling account of the luxury and splendor of Newport's nineteenth-century summer "cottages." In his latest contribution to America's architectural record, Michael C. Kathrens gives house enthusiasts a superbly visual and informative book on Newport's early resort architecture.The nineteenth century was an incredibly vibrant...

The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses, their architects, and occupants, and paints...

Since 1995, the office's co-founder Julian Lewis and his team have produced numerous buildings, urban-planning master plans and landscape-architectural projects. They are especially interested in spaces where people work and live. Among their many major housing developments, schools and administrative buildings, the Frampton Park...

New Second Edition updated in line with June 2022 Building Regulation updates.Understanding Loft Conversions is a simple guide to carrying out a loft conversion. The book explains the main considerations required to carry out a loft conversion, and explores numerous construction methods for achieving...

Featuring beautiful photographs, John Ike: 9 Houses/9 Stories explores the creativity and the craft of nine stunningly singular projects by the renowned architect. A signature shingled house in a New York suburb, a renovated mid-century modern house in San Diego, a glass-and-brick house near...

A glorious, intimate homage to the magical country of Greece, from bestselling photographer and writer Miguel Flores-Vianna. A land immortalized by poets for its otherworldly beauty, Greece is the birthplace of iconic monuments that are known the world over. Yet, at the same time,...

This issue of DASH teases out the relationship between home and work in the age of the service economy. Looking globally and historically at the transformation, DASH explores proposals put forth to provide home/work environments for a varied group of people.Author: Dick Van Gameren,...