Detail in contemporary timber architecture / Virginia McLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLeod, Virginia.

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wooden-frame buildings.

Building, Wooden.

Building, Wooden--Designs and plans.

Architecture--Designs and plans.

Architecture.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Wooden-frame buildings--Designs and plans.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Beispielsammlung.

Physical Description:

224 pages : color illustrations, color plans ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

London : Laurence King Pub., 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This work provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, it presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential timber designs for both residential and commercial architecture.

Contents:

Cultural and educational building : Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Center, USA / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson ; Battle Visitor Center, UK / Dannatt, Johnson Architects ; Chancellery and Business School, Edith Cowan University, Australia / Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp ; Médiathèque René Goscinny, France / FORMA 6 ; Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, UK / Gareth Hoskins Architects ; Cultural Sports and Congress Centre, France / Hérault Arnod Architectes ; Crawley Down Primary School, UK / Hunters ; Svalbard Science Centre, Norway / Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects ; Kärsämäki Church, Finland / Lassila Hirvilammi Architects ; Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), USA / Machado and Silvetti Associates ; BEATFUSE!, USA / OBRA Architects ; Mitchell Park Camera Obscura, USA / SHoP Architects

Houses : Salt House, UK / Alison Brooks Architects ; Lago Vista Lake House, USA / Bercy Chen Studio ; Beach House, Turks and Caicos Islands / Seth Stein Architects ; Cedar House, UK / Hudson Architects ; Future House, Australia / Innovarchi ; Cape Schanck House, Australia / Jackson Clements Burrows ; Brookes Street House, Australia / James Russell Architect ; Holly Barn, UK / Knox Bhavan Architects ; Lake Tahoe residence, USA / Lake Flato Architects ; Cow stables, Switzerland / Localarchitecture ; Judenburg West housing, Austria / MACK Architects ; Shopping Roof apartments, Slovenia / Ofis Arhitekti and Jelka Šolmajer ; Light-catcher, The Netherlands / Rooijakkers + Tomesen Architecten ; Maison Goulet, Canada / Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architectes ; Lakeside House, Turkey / Boran Ekinci Architects ; Pencalenick House, UK / Seth Stein Architects ; Bangalay House, Australia / Stutchbury and Pape ; Sunset Cabin, Canada / Taylor Smith Architects

Leisure buildings : WWT Welney Visitor Centre and Footbridge, UK / Allies and Morrison ; Brufe Restaurant, Portugal / António Portugal & Manuel Reis, Architects ; Anglesey Abbey Visitor Centre, UK / Cowper Griffith Architects ; Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning, USA / Frank Harmon Architects ; The Savill Building, UK / Glenn Howells Architects ; Norwich Cathedral Refectory, UK / Hopkins Architects ; Onsen Hotel, Japan / Kengo Kuma ; Avenham Park Pavilion, UK / McChesney Architects ; Aurland Lookout, Norway / Saunders Wilhelmsen

Public buildings and offices : British Council, Nigeria / Allies and Morrison ; Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center, USA / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson ; CH2, Melbourne City Council House, Australia / City of Melbourne, DesignInc ; Hotel Remota en Patagonia, Chile / Germán del Sol Architects ; Centennial Park Amenities, Australia / Lahz Nimmo Architects ; Hugo Boss Industries Building, Switzerland / Matteo Thun & Partners ; Castleford Bridge, UK / McDowell + Benedetti ; Santa Caterina Market, Spain / Miralles Tagliabue

EMBT ; St. Henry's Ecumenical Art Chapel, Finland / Sanaksenaho Architects ; Federal Environmental Agency, Germany / Sauerbruch Hutton ; United States Census Bureau, USA / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Notes:

Includes index.

"There is also a CD-ROM which contains all the drawings as printed in the book, in both EPS and DWG (generic CAD) formats."--Page 4 of cover.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

9781856696418

1856696413

9781780676555

1780676557

OCLC:

457155107