Houses Made Of Wood And Light
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Author |
: Michele Dunkerley |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2012-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292742680 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292742681 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houses Made of Wood and Light by : Michele Dunkerley
American architect Hank Schubart was regarded as a genius for finding the perfect site for a house and for integrating its design into the natural setting, so that his houses appear to be as native to the forest around them as the trees and rocks. Salt Spring Island, one of the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada, offered him a place to create the kind of architecture that responded to its surroundings, and Schubart-designed homes populate the island. Built of wood and glass, suffused with light, and oriented to views, they display characteristic features: random-width cedar siding, exposed beams, rusticated stonework. Over time, Schubart’s homes on Salt Spring Island came to be considered uniquely Gulf Islands homes. This inviting book offers the first introduction to the life and architecture of West Coast modernist Henry A. Schubart, Jr. (1916–1998). While still in his teens, Schubart persuaded Frank Lloyd Wright to accept him as a Taliesin Fellow, and his year’s apprenticeship in the master’s workshop taught him principles of designing in harmony with nature that he explored throughout the rest of his life. Michele Dunkerley traces Schubart’s career from his early practice in San Francisco at the noted firm Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, to his successful firm with Howard Friedman, to his most lasting professional achievements on Salt Spring Island, where he became the de facto community architect, designing more than 230 residential, commercial, educational, and religious projects. Drawing lessons from his mentors over his decades on the island, he forged an everyday architecture with his mastery of detail and inventiveness. In doing so, he helped define how the island could grow without losing its soul. Color photographs and site plans display Schubart’s remarkable homes and other commissions.
Author |
: Michele Dunkerley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 2018-07-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0692059032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780692059036 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Houses Made of Wood and Light by : Michele Dunkerley
This book will make a valuable contribution to the field of architecture, and in particular domestic architecture, by bringing to light the many projects Schubart designed with a particular sensitivity to the qualities of making place, formed with strong personal values and sensibilities. The sheer quantity and variety of his designs are formidable, and tell not only of the rich possibilities that exist within a conventional palette of materials and construction methods, but also of his desterity and finesse....The questions Schubart asks of his work might be thought of a 'universal' questions that architects (and clients and builders) ask of themselves, and of the projects they confront.
Author |
: Sherry Petersik |
Publisher |
: Artisan |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2015-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781579656768 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1579656765 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Young House Love by : Sherry Petersik
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Author |
: Art Boericke |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1973 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822012404968 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handmade Houses by : Art Boericke
Examples of owner-built houses are depicted in this photographic journey through the countryside.
Author |
: Frederick Thomas Hodgson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89080450596 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Light and Heavy Timber Framing Made Easy by : Frederick Thomas Hodgson
Author |
: Michael Maines |
Publisher |
: Taunton Press |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2022-05-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1641551658 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781641551656 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pretty Good House by : Michael Maines
Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a high-performance home that focus on its inhabitants and the environment--but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a "perfect" solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible. A Pretty Good House is: * A house that's as small as possible * Simple and durable, but also well designed * Insulated and air-sealed * Above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible, and resilient.
Author |
: Sally J. Smith |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 195 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781591866725 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1591866723 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fairy Houses by : Sally J. Smith
Add an exquisite flourish of design to your beloved green space or garden by adding tiny fairy homes inter-woven with nature. Fairy Houses gives you the instruction and inspiration you need to start! Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones at cavernous home improvement stores, but a real fairy house made from natural elements? Well, now you can build your own miniature magical abode - the perfect addition to your garden. Step-by-step instructions for constructing exquisite fairy houses are revealed in Fairy Houses, explained by master fairy house architect Sally Smith. Smith has been creating one-of-a-kind DIY fairy houses out of natural artifacts for years, now she passes her miniature construction knowledge to you. Imagine, a fairy garden with homes that have butterfly wings as stained-glass windows, twigs for window frames, birch bark for walls, dried mushrooms for shingles; it's all possible with a little instruction and inspiration from Fairy Houses. Begin by flipping through an inspiration gallery, find which elements appeal to you, and how they fit together. From there, you’ll learn about building materials (found and natural), on-site fairy house construction, and how to light a fairy house.
Author |
: The Images Publishing Group |
Publisher |
: Images Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2020-08-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1864708441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781864708448 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis At Home by : The Images Publishing Group
- Offers dozens of modern architecturally designed homes integrated beautifully in the natural landscape, such as bushland, forests, hills or mountains- Provides richly illustrated pages filled with homes that display high-end contemporary design and an architectural passion for an organic integration with natural context and climate- Includes innovative architectural designs from across the globe, illustrating how design complements nature and climateThis book is a treatise on how to reconnect people with nature through contemporary architecture and design. At Home is about finding solace within the landscape in the bluffs, mountains, hills, woodlands, forests, bushland reserves or hinterlands without eschewing the mode of luxury living associated with sophisticated design elegance and innovative architectural features. Showcasing dozens of new, innovative architectural styles and interiors, these captivating and beautifully designed homes have taken indoor/outdoor living to a whole new level, blending architecture seamlessly into the surrounding vistas without resorting to architectural cliché. Each design documents the importance of place, engages context with climate, and offers residents with spaces that cater to different modes of family living, all the while being integrated organically within spectacularly dramatic yet serene settings.
Author |
: Jeff Dungan |
Publisher |
: Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2018-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780847863068 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0847863069 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Nature of Home by : Jeff Dungan
Light-filled houses built with an emphasis on natural materials by award-winning Southern architect Jeffrey Dungan. Following in the tradition of populist architects Gil Schafer and Bobby McAlpine, Dungan designs new traditional houses for today—houses with clean lines, made with stone and wood, that carry an air of lasting beauty and that are made to be handed on to future generations. In his first book, Dungan shares his advice and insight for creating these “forever” houses and explores eight houses in full, from a beach house on the Gulf Coast to a farmhouse in the Southern countryside to a family home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. All speak of authenticity, timelessness, and lived history that reveals itself through the rich patinas and natural textures that come with age. Layered in between are thematic essays and imagery celebrating the importance of elements such as light, stone, and rooflines in creating a home.
Author |
: Michael Green |
Publisher |
: Blurb |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2017-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1366377419 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781366377418 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Case for Tall Wood Buildings by : Michael Green
This book describes a new structural system in wood that represents the first significant challenge to concrete and steel structures since their inception in tall building design more than a century ago. The introduction of these ideas is driven by the need to find safe, carbon-neutral and sustainable alternatives to the incumbent structural materials of the urban world. The potential market for these ideas is quite simply enormous. The proposed solutions have the potential to revolutionize the building industry, address the major challenges of climate change, urbanization, and sustainable development and to significantly contribute to world housing needs.