A House and its Atmosphere (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781683150053)

A House and its Atmosphere is a meditative essay about the experience of designing and building a house of one's own. Told in seventy black and white photographs and a series of narrative excursions, architect Ben Jacks reflects on a lifetime of influences as he reveals the personal nature of inhabiting a place at the edge of a tidal cove on an island in Maine. A House and its Atmosphere quietly advocates for the simple logic and modest ease of direct experience and an observational perspective in architecture. A House and its Atmosphere is a grounded story about designing and building a small work of architecture. With students of architecture and amateur builders in mind, Ben Jacks makes a case for design informed by theories of place-identification, detail, and craft. The book is a primary source and a chronicle of experience of radical empiricism. As such it offers a kind of conceptual tool kit for those interested in thinking about the processes of architecture, designing, and placemaking.

Author: Ben Jacks
ISBN-10: 1683150058
ISBN-13: 9781683150053
Publisher: Culicidae Architectural Press
Language: English
Published: 01/25/2018
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d