Architects on dwelling / edited by Christopher Platt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Platt, Christopher (Christopher Joseph), 1957- editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Scotland.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architects--Scotland.

Architects.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2022]

Summary:

"When designing any kind of dwelling, architects draw on both their imagination and expertise as well as their own experiences as inhabitants of such structures. In this book, eight architects explore how the places we inhabit are designed and how those places in turn inform the manner in which we live. Focusing on aspects of their own built work, Stephen Hoey, Henry McKeown and Ian Alexander, James Mitchell, Stacey Philips, Christopher Platt, Adrian Stewart and Miranda Webster explain how and why they design the way they do. Dick van Gameren, Simon Henley and Graeme Hutton - distinguished experts and themselves architect-educators - place the featured work within an international context and provide insightful commentary abou contemporary design approaches for residential architecture. 'Architects on Dwelling' reminds us how profoundly the place we live in matters to our well-being, and highlights the social responsibility architects have in creating such places of dwelling and shelter."--Back cover.

"An inspirational reader that highlights how profoundly the place we live in matters to our well-being and what social responsibility architects have in creating the built environment. While most books on architecture focus on the architectural outcome itself, Architects on Dwelling takes a close look at how that outcome is created. To design any kind of dwelling, architects draw on both their reservoir of ideas as well as their own experiences as fellow inhabitants of such structures. This book explores how architects design the places we inhabit and how those places in turn inform the manner in which we live, in ways beyond lifestyle and personal taste. Through contributions by Stephen Hoey, Henry McKeown & Ian Alexander, James Mitchell, Stacey Philips, Christopher Platt, Adrian Stewart, and Miranda Webster--most of whom are Scotland-based practitioners as well as teachers in The Glasgow School of Art--it reveals the unique values and qualities that inform their design processes. In their essays, they focus mostly on one exemplary building, explaining how and why they design the way they do. Dick van Gameren, Simon Henley, and Graeme Hutton, distinguished experts and themselves architect-educators, place this work within an international context and provide insightful comment about what these design approaches inform us about contemporary design in Scotland. Complemented with a wide range of images, these essays both illuminate the architects' motivations and inspirations and celebrate their featured works. Taken as a whole, Architects on Dwelling reminds us how profoundly the place we live in matters to our well-being, and of the social responsibility architects have in creating the built environment in general and dwellings in particular."--Publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9783038602385

3038602388

OCLC:

1302172224

Publisher Number:

9783038602385