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The invisible element of place : the architecture of David Salmela / Thomas Fisher ; Photography by Peter Bastianelli-Kerze.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Thomas, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architect-designed houses.
- Salmela, David--Criticism and interpretation.
- Salmela, David.
- Salmela, David--Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""Even though it's bold, it doesn't shout at you,"" David Salmela says of the silvery house he designed for a woodsy setting in Deephaven, Minnesota. ""It's not a barking dog. It's a resting, very gentle animal."" The American Institute of Architects, conferring its 2008 Housing Award, was more direct: the house was, in the words of the jury, ""brilliantly designed."" The Streeter house is just one of fifty-one notable projects by Minnesota architect Salmela featured in ""The Invisible Element of Place."". Thomas Fisher explores both the beauty and the practicality of Salmela's award-winning d
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction: The Invisible Made Visible; BOXES; GABLES; WINDBREAKS; SHEDS; CLUSTERS; Awards; Building Credits
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-7688-7
- OCLC:
- 733040277
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