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XS : small structures, green architecture / Phyllis Richardson.
Fine Arts Library NA2542.35 .R53 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Phyllis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- Architecture, Modern--20th century.
- Architecture, Modern.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Sustainable architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Small structures, green architecture
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Universe, 2007.
- Summary:
- A follow-up to the highly successful XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings, this book features contemporary solutions to two of today's most challenging problems: how to conserve space and help preserve the environment. The design goals of the forty houses included here are to build as small as possible, to harmonize with the site, and above all to combine aesthetic beauty with ecological sensitivity. The houses are striking in appearance, inexpensive to build, totally functional, and serve as inspiration for architects and potential owners. It is a compelling manifesto that illustrates how ecological responsibility can reinvigorate contemporary architecture.
- Contents:
- The view from outside
- Camera Obscura
- Garden Hut
- Mirador
- Sitooterie
- Split/View
- Vines Pavilion
- Garden Pavilion
- Gazebo Kuusi
- Think Tank
- Material concerns
- Na Hale 'Eo Waiawi, Hawaii, USA
- Miele Space Station/WasAutoMatiek
- Turf House
- Ferry Go Round, Air Bridge, Space Maker
- Big Orbits
- Primary School Building
- Singing Ringing Tree
- Superadobe Structures
- Glass Dome
- An Urban Flowering
- Hairywood
- Greening of Detroit Pavilion
- Loftcube
- Urban Nomad Shelters
- Puppet Theatre
- Dream House
- Rucksack House
- Park Pavilion
- Touching the earth lightly
- La Petite Maison du Weekend
- Protest Shelter
- Future Shack
- ZigZag Cabin
- Tree Spheres
- 'Hybrid Muscle'
- Micro-Compact Home
- Poetic Utility
- HoneyHouse
- Footbridge
- HALO Communications Booth
- Temporary Fruit Warehouse
- Wedding Chapel
- Meeting Place
- Pigeon Loft
- Ferry Shelter
- Nelson Mandela Museum Pavilions
- Sources.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2007 as XS Green by Thames & Hudson Ltd."--Verso, t.p.
- ISBN:
- 0789315254 :
- 9780789315250
- OCLC:
- 85835759
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