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Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes - The Archaeology of Public Buildings (Hardcover, New): Jerry D. Moore Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes - The Archaeology of Public Buildings (Hardcover, New)
Jerry D. Moore
R2,805 Discovery Miles 28 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this innovative volume, Jerry D. Moore discusses public architecture in the context of the cultural, political and religious life of the pre-Hispanic Andes. He uses new analytical methods to approach architecture and its relationship to Andean society, exploring three themes in particular: the architecture of monuments, the architecture of ritual, and the architecture of social control. His clear and richly illustrated discussion represents an original perspective on architecture and its role in the ancient world.

Architectural Culture in British-Mandate Jerusalem (Hardcover): Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler Architectural Culture in British-Mandate Jerusalem (Hardcover)
Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler
R2,667 Discovery Miles 26 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Four major communities, four buildings constructing their identities in the contested urban space of Jerusalem. This book examines a fascinating and critical epoch in the architectural history of Jerusalem. It proposes a fresh and analytical discussion of British Mandate-era architecture by studying four buildings that have had a lasting impact on Jerusalem's built environment. Applying relational history methodology, the book reveals how these building projects evolved as an outcome of cross-cultural influences and relations among the British, American, Jewish-Zionist and Muslim-Palestinian communities. Further, the building and design processes behind these structures give new perspectives on the adaptation of modern architecture in the Middle East and the negotiation of historicism and vernacular architecture during the first half of the 20th century.

Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors - Applying Concepts and Practices (Paperback): Lisa M. Tucker Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors - Applying Concepts and Practices (Paperback)
Lisa M. Tucker
R1,336 Discovery Miles 13 360 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors: Applying Concepts and Practices is a core text for students and designers seeking to apply sustainability to all stages of the design process for commercial interiors. The book provides an overview of the types of commercial interior design projects emphasizing a three-pronged approach to sustainability: equity, economy and ecology. Through inspirational case studies for a range of contract projects - such as office design, retail design, healthcare design, hospitality design, restaurant design and institutional design - readers will learn how to use a sustainable concept as the foundation for a well-designed, green project.

Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments - How Young Children Construct Place Attachment (Paperback): Sun-Young Rieh Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments - How Young Children Construct Place Attachment (Paperback)
Sun-Young Rieh
R1,234 Discovery Miles 12 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments guides its readers to the characteristics that tend to generate a sense of place through children's vivid descriptions of their school and provides a body of critical information that can be employed to design a better school environment that can imprint cherished childhood memories. The childhood school environment calls for special attention regarding the sense of place it creates. The sense of place in childhood both affects children's current quality of life and frames their lasting world view. It is well known that children's cognitive development is closely related to their place attachment to their surroundings, and that children's adaptation to a given environment depends on how such place attachment can be created. Therefore, it is natural that people's identity in the world is the accumulation of their experience of place while in childhood. Cross-checking between the imprint of adults' memories of places in school and children's current "lived experience" of their favorite school place confirmed that certain spatial configurations, which the author herein refers to as "place generators" can generate positive attributes of physical settings that construct a sense of place and last as lifelong memories. It is an ideal read for academics, students, and professionals.

Museum Space - Where Architecture Meets Museology (Paperback): Kali Tzortzi Museum Space - Where Architecture Meets Museology (Paperback)
Kali Tzortzi
R1,271 Discovery Miles 12 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing space as common ground between architecture and museology, and so between the museum building and its display, we can illuminate the individuality of each museum and the distinctive experience it offers - for example, how some museums create a sense of personal exploration, while others are more intensely didactic, and how the visit in some cases is transformed into a spatial experience and in other cases into a more social event. The book starts with an overview of the history of museum buildings and display strategies, and a discussion of theoretical and critical approaches. It then focuses on specific museums as in-depth case studies, and uses methods of spatial analysis to look at the key design choices available to architects and curators, and their effects on visitors' behaviour. Theoretically grounded, methodologically original, and richly illustrated, this book will equip students, researchers and professionals in the fields of architecture, museum studies, curating, exhibition design, and cultural studies, with a guide for studying museums and a theoretical framework for their interpretation.

Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design - Park and Recreation Structures from the 1930s (Paperback): Albert H. Good Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design - Park and Recreation Structures from the 1930s (Paperback)
Albert H. Good
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Containing over 1200 photographs and detailed line drawings from which one can design and build directly, Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design is a valuable reference for preservationists, historians, designers, and homeowners. Albert Good provided plans for the construction of cabins, lodges, hotels, fireplaces, boat houses, furniture, fixtures, and more. Initially developed as a teaching tool for designers in the 1930s, this book is for anyone who has a desire to duplicate the classic, rustic structures commonly found in state and national parks. The designs extend to the use of stone in New England and the proliferation of the pueblo and mission styles in the southwest, as well as structures made of logs and mortar. In this informative treasure of a design book, you will find that the author reached his principal goal to present structures that "appear to belong and be a part of their settings."

Cooperative Buildings. Integrating Information, Organizations, and Architecture - Second International Workshop,... Cooperative Buildings. Integrating Information, Organizations, and Architecture - Second International Workshop, CoBuild'99, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 1-2, 1999, Proceedings (Paperback, 1999 ed.)
Norbert Streitz, Jane Siegel, Volker Hartkopf, Shinichi Konomi
R1,465 Discovery Miles 14 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the "Second International Workshop on Cooperative Buildings (CoBuild'99) - Integrating Information, Organizations, and Architecture" held at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh on October 1-2, 1999. The success of the First International Workshop on Cooperative Buildings (CoBuild'98), held at GMD in Darmstadt in February 1998, showed that there is a demand for an appropriate forum to present research about the intersection of information technology, organizational innovation, and architecture. Thus, it was decided to organize a follow-up event. The decision of where to organize CoBuild'99 was straight forward. Since we had many high quality contributions from the United States (U. S. ) presented at CoBuild'98, we wanted to hold the second workshop in the U. S. reaching out to a large audience and at the same time turning it into an international series of events held in different places in the world. Due to the excellent work carried out at Carnegie Mellon University, it was an obvious choice to ask Volker Hartkopf from the Department of Architecture and Jane Siegel from the Human Computer Interaction Institute to be conference cochairs for CoBuild'99. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD), in particular the Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI) in Darmstadt providing continuity between the events.

Emotion, Mission, Architecture - Building Hospitals in Persia and British India, 1865-1914 (Hardcover): Sara Ebrahimi Emotion, Mission, Architecture - Building Hospitals in Persia and British India, 1865-1914 (Hardcover)
Sara Ebrahimi
R2,483 Discovery Miles 24 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Missionary medicine flourished during the period of high European imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was considered the best and surest method to overcome the distrust of and gain access to the indigenous population in the so-called Muslim World. Through studying the medical activities and infrastructures of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Persia and north-western British India, and building upon existing works on missionaries in the Middle East and British India, this book examines the practice of obtaining trust. A synthesis of Christian mission history, architectural history, emotions history and history of medicine and empire, Emotion, Mission, Architecture raises broader historical questions about the process of mobilising and regulating emotions in the Christian missionary contexts - contributing in turn to discussions on hybridity, missionary and local encounters, women's agency and the interactions between mission and empire.

Infrastructural Love - Caring for Our Architectural Support Systems (Paperback): Helene Frichot, Adria Carbonell, Hannes... Infrastructural Love - Caring for Our Architectural Support Systems (Paperback)
Helene Frichot, Adria Carbonell, Hannes Frykholm, Sepideh Karami
R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This anthology radically resituates architecture as a support system in the service of infrastructure. A collection of 12 critical essays and creative projects explore the interaction between architectural spaces and infrastructural systems with the aim of responding to contemporary environmental, social, and political crises. In addition, the book presents a selection of 10 speculative design experiments undertaken in Critical Studies in Architecture at KTH Stockholm and within Design, Philosophy and Architecture at the University of Melbourne. With its integrative approach to pedagogy, practice, and theory the book contributes to an understanding of the vulnerability of planetary life and the importance of fostering relations of care in architecture.

Architecture of Schools: The New Learning Environments - The New Learning Environments (Paperback, Reissue): Mark Dudek Architecture of Schools: The New Learning Environments - The New Learning Environments (Paperback, Reissue)
Mark Dudek
R2,599 Discovery Miles 25 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the standard design guide on schools architecture, providing vital information on school architecture.
Mark Dudek views school building design as a particularly specialised field encompassing ever changing educational theories, the subtle spatial and psychological requirements of growing children and practical issues that are unique to these types of building.
He explores the functional requirements of individual spaces, such as classrooms, and shows how their incorporation within a single institution area are a defining characteristic of the effective educational environment.

Acoustics, impact damage, the functional differentiation of spaces such as classrooms, music rooms, craft activities and gymnasium, within a single institution are all dealt with. More esoteric factors such as the effects on behaviour of colour, light, surface texture and imagery are considered in addition to the more practical aspects of designing for comfort and health.
Chapter 4 comprises 20 case studies which address those issues important in the creation of modern school settings. They are state of the art examples from all parts of the world. These examples include: Pokstown Down Primary, Bournemouth; Haute Vallee School, Jersey; Heinz-Galinski School, Berlin; Anne Frank School, Papendract, Netherlands; Seabird Island School, British Columbia and The Little Village Academy, Chicago.
*Provides a detailed design guide on schools and sets the standard for future design
*International and well-illustrated case studies show the theory put into practice

Designing Buildings for the Future of Schooling - Contemporary Visions for Education (Paperback): Harry Daniels, Andrew... Designing Buildings for the Future of Schooling - Contemporary Visions for Education (Paperback)
Harry Daniels, Andrew Stables, Sarah Cox, Hau Ming Tse
R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bringing together leading experts from the fields of architecture, design, engineering, education and the social sciences, this valuable collection presents a multidimensional understanding of the complexities and ways in which school designs influence and are influenced by educational practice. Moving beyond the long-debated question as to whether the design of a school influences pedagogic practice, chapters acknowledge the multiple and diverse ways in which teaching, learning, development and inclusion are impacted by the nature and quality of the physical environment. Considering changes in national and international policy, and exploring the changing pressures and demands on design, education and schooling more broadly, contributors rethink and re-envision those aspects of design and educational practice in which they specialise. Together, these chapters present a bold vision for the future conceptualisation, development and use of school buildings and facilities. An important contribution to debates on school design and education, inclusion and pedagogy, this is an essential and fascinating read for students, researchers, lecturers and policymakers involved in the fields of education and architecture.

Bernd & Hilla Becher - Basic Forms (Hardcover): Thierry De Duve Bernd & Hilla Becher - Basic Forms (Hardcover)
Thierry De Duve
R726 R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Save R94 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. 'Basic Forms' represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous-mine shafts, blast furnaces, cooling towers, water towers, silos, and gas tanks-the Bechers' passion for their work imbues these photographs with beauty and solemnity. The Bechers restricted the conditions of each photograph-taking them early in the morning, on overcast days, so as to eliminate shadow and distribute light evenly. Each image is centered and frontally framed, its parallel lines set on an even plane. There are no human figures, nor are there birds in the sky. The result is a treasury of precisely functional architectural forms, a sublime example of conceptual artistic practices, and a series of "perfect sculptures of a bygone industrial age."

Seashaken Houses - A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet (Paperback): Tom Nancollas Seashaken Houses - A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet (Paperback)
Tom Nancollas 1
R313 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R30 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaper An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more noble, conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all. Still today, we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland: twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate, slippery rock formations in the middle of the sea, rising, mirage-like, straight out of the waves, with lights shining at the their summits. Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, the ingenuity of those who conceived them, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.

With Intention to Build - The Unrealized Concepts, Ideas and Dreams of Moshe Safdie (Hardcover): Michael J. Crosbie With Intention to Build - The Unrealized Concepts, Ideas and Dreams of Moshe Safdie (Hardcover)
Michael J. Crosbie
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Moshe Safdie explains that probably more than half of his lifetime design work is unbuilt, and he considers his unbuilt work to be some of his most significant work. In this richly illustrated book, replete with detailed diagrams, sketches, models and studies, Moshe Safdie explains that for those who design in order to build, not succeeding in building is never a failure (there are many reasons why a project might not be built) because these designs are part of the evolution of an architect's work. This volume is a fascinating journey through Safdie's thoughts and career, and also a historical reference of the social and political forces at play at the time. Not only a treatise on Safdie's unrealised concepts, this book is also a wonderful affirmation that there is valuable heritage in the unbuilt. Includes a number of significant projects from around the globe, including the following: Habitat Original Proposal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1964; Habitat New York II, New York, New York, United States 1967; San Francisco State, College Student Union, San Francisco, California, United States 1967; Pompidou Centre, Paris, France 1971; Western Wall Precinct, Jerusalem, Israel 1972; Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel 1985; Columbus Center, New York, New York, United States 1985; Ballet Opera House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1987; Museum of Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany 1990; Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Waxahachie, Texas, United States 1993; Incheon Airport, Incheon, Korea 2011; Jumeirah Gateway Mosque, Dubai, UAE 2007; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2012.

Nachhaltig optimierte Gebaude - Energetischer Baukasten, Leistungsbundel und Life-Cycle-Leistungsangebote (German, Hardcover,... Nachhaltig optimierte Gebaude - Energetischer Baukasten, Leistungsbundel und Life-Cycle-Leistungsangebote (German, Hardcover, 1. Auflage)
Gerhard Girmscheid, David Lunze
R2,129 Discovery Miles 21 290 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Energieeffizienz und Einsatz regenerativer Energien sind Kernfragen bei Neubau, Instandsetzung und Erneuerung von Gebauden. Das Buch bietet einen Baukasten aus energetischen und nutzungsbezogenen Modulen, die bei der lebenszyklusorientierten Optimierung beachtet werden sollten. Aufbauend auf den Synergiepotenzialen werden Leistungsbundel angegeben. Die daraus abgeleiteten Leistungsangebote beinhalten alle wichtigen Aspekte zur praktischen Umsetzung in der Bauwirtschaft. Mit Berechnungsmodell, Beispielen zur Kostenanalyse und uber 100 Abbildungen."

Spatial Cemetery - A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong (Paperback): HK Urbex Spatial Cemetery - A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong (Paperback)
HK Urbex
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Giving Preservation a History - Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Max Page,... Giving Preservation a History - Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Max Page, Randall F. Mason
R4,104 Discovery Miles 41 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this volume, some of the leading figures in the field have been brought together to write on the roots of the historic preservation movement in the United States, ranging from New York to Santa Fe, Charleston to Chicago. Giving Preservation a History explores the long history of historic preservation: how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for efforts to preserve national, urban, and local heritage. The second edition adds several new essays addressing key developing areas in the field by major new voices. The new essays represent the broadening range of scholarship on historic preservation generated since the publication of the first edition, taking better account of the role of cultural diversity and difference within the field while exploring the connections between preservation and allied concerns such as environmental sustainability, LGBTQ and nonwhite identity, and economic development.

Giving Preservation a History - Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States (Paperback, 2nd edition): Max Page,... Giving Preservation a History - Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Max Page, Randall F. Mason
R1,684 Discovery Miles 16 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this volume, some of the leading figures in the field have been brought together to write on the roots of the historic preservation movement in the United States, ranging from New York to Santa Fe, Charleston to Chicago. Giving Preservation a History explores the long history of historic preservation: how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for efforts to preserve national, urban, and local heritage. The second edition adds several new essays addressing key developing areas in the field by major new voices. The new essays represent the broadening range of scholarship on historic preservation generated since the publication of the first edition, taking better account of the role of cultural diversity and difference within the field while exploring the connections between preservation and allied concerns such as environmental sustainability, LGBTQ and nonwhite identity, and economic development.

International Panorama 1 (Paperback): Paolo Maggioli International Panorama 1 (Paperback)
Paolo Maggioli
R814 Discovery Miles 8 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Burgen und Feste Platze (German, Hardcover, 3rd REV. and Enl. ed.): Comite International D'Histoire De L'Art Burgen und Feste Platze (German, Hardcover, 3rd REV. and Enl. ed.)
Comite International D'Histoire De L'Art; Edited by Rudolf Huber, Renate Rieth
R5,701 Discovery Miles 57 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

European military Architecture before the Introduction of Firearms. Specialized and systematic dictionary.

Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals (Paperback): Nicoletta Setola, Sabrina Borgianni Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals (Paperback)
Nicoletta Setola, Sabrina Borgianni
R1,817 Discovery Miles 18 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals illustrates that in addition to their aesthetic function, public spaces in hospitals play a fundamental role concerning people's satisfaction and experience of health care. The book highlights how spatial properties, such as accessibility, visibility, proximity, and intelligibility affect people's behavior and interactions in hospital public spaces. Based on the authors' research, the book includes detailed analysis of three hospitals and criteria that can support the design in circulation areas, arrival and entrance, first point of welcome, reception, and the interface between city and hospital. Illustrated with 150 black and white images.

Columbia in Manhattanville (Paperback): Caitlin Blanchfield Columbia in Manhattanville (Paperback)
Caitlin Blanchfield
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In 2003, Columbia University began planning an expansion into neighboring Manhattanville, the site of the soon-to-open campus designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The story of the project is a complex one-a university bursting at the seams, the changing imperatives of research facilities, large-scale investment in underground infrastructures, a controversial use of eminent domain, the commissioning of celebrated architects, and a remarkable campaign of community engagement all combining to reshape the public face of a venerable institution. Bringing together conversations with the architects and planners designing the Manhattanville campus, the educators who will inhabit its buildings, and essays from urban and architectural historians, this book both documents the making of Manhattanville and engages the contested history of public planning and the private university. Featuring contributions from Amale Andraos, Carol Becker, Elizabeth Diller, Steven Gregory, Maxine Griffith, Tom Jessell, Robert Kasdin, Laura Kurgan, Reinhold Martin, Lois Mazzitelli, Philip Palmgren, Charles Renfro, Marilyn Taylor, and Anthony Vaccione.

Theatre in Passing 2 - Searching for New Amsterdam (Paperback, New): Elena Siemens Theatre in Passing 2 - Searching for New Amsterdam (Paperback, New)
Elena Siemens
R1,496 Discovery Miles 14 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses spaces of performance from formal opera houses to parks and graffiti around the world and is a companion to "Theatre in Passing: A Moscow Photo-Diary." Drawing once again on Michel de Certeau's notion of a "second poetic geography," this new volume examines prominent theatrical destinations --New York, London, and Paris--along with others that are often overlooked, including Canada, Mexico, and Turkey. In addition to indoor theaters, the book covers a variety of outdoor theatrical spaces, as well as street theater. Like its predecessor, "Theatre in Passing 2 "is richly illustrated with photographs by the author and provides fascinating insights on the intersection of performing arts, visual culture, and photography.

The Architecture of Art Museums - A Decade of Design: 2000 - 2010 (Hardcover): Ronnie Self The Architecture of Art Museums - A Decade of Design: 2000 - 2010 (Hardcover)
Ronnie Self
R5,821 Discovery Miles 58 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As a building type, art museums are unparalleled for the opportunities they provide for architectural investigation and experimentation. They are frequently key components of urban revitalization and often push the limits of building technology. Art museums are places of pleasure, education and contemplation. They are remarkable by their prominence and sheer quantity, and their lessons are useful for all architects and for all building types.

This book provides explicit and comprehensive coverage of the most important museums built in the first ten years of the 21st Century in the United States and Europe. By dissecting and analyzing each case, Ronnie Self allows the reader to get under the skin of each design and fully understand the process behind these remarkable buildings. Richly designed with full technical illustrations and sections the book includes the work of Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook & Colin Fournier, Renzo Piano, Yoshi Taniguchi, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, SANAA, Daniel Libeskind, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Steven Holl, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Bernard Tschumi, Sauerbruch Hutton, and Shigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines.

Together these diverse projects provide a catalogue of design solutions for the contemporary museum and a snapshot of current architectural thought and culture. One of few books on this subject written by an architect, Self s analysis thoroughly and critically appraises each project from multiple aspects and crucially takes the reader from concept to building. This is an essential book for any professional engaged in designing a museum."

Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream (Hardcover, 1st ed): Paul Adamson Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream (Hardcover, 1st ed)
Paul Adamson
R1,565 R1,343 Discovery Miles 13 430 Save R222 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer who defied conventional wisdom by hiring progressive architects to design Modernist homes for the growing middle class of the 1950s. He was known for his innovations, including "built-ins" for streamlined kitchen work, for introducing a multipurpose room adjacent to the kitchen, and for the classic atrium that melded the indoors with the outdoors. For nearly twenty years, Eichler Homes built thousands of dwellings in California, acquiring national and international acclaim. Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream examines Eichler's legacy as seen in his original homes and in the revival of the Modernist movement, which continues to grow today. The homes that Eichler built were modern in concept and expression, and yet comfortable for living. Eichler's work left a legacy of design integrity and set standards for housing developers that remain unparalleled in the history of American building. This book captures and illustrates that legacy with impressive detail, engaging history, firsthand recollections about Eichler and his vision, and 250 photographs of Eichler homes in their prime.

Paul Adamson, AIA, holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and has practiced in New York and San Francisco. He is currently a designer at the San Francisco firm of Hornberger + Worstell, Inc. He lives in Kensington, California.

Marty Arbunich is director-publisher of the Eichler Network, a Bay Area-based company devoted exclusively to supporting and preserving the architecture and lifestyle surrounding California's 11,000 Eichler homes. He lives in San Francisco.

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