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The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played
out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span
Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.
Life in the court of the House of Stuart has been shrouded in
mystery: the first half of the century overshadowed by the fall and
execution of Charles I, the second half in the complete collapse of
the House itself. Lost to time is the extraordinary contribution
the Stuarts made to the fabric of sovereignty. Every palace they
built, painting they commissioned, or artwork they acquired was a
direct reflection of the lives that they led and the way that they
thought. Palaces of Revolution explores this rich history in
graphic detail, giving a unique insight into the lives of this
famous dynasty. It takes us from Royston and Newmarket, where James
I appropriated most of the town centre as a sort of rough-and-ready
royal housing estate, to the steamy Turkish baths at Whitehall
where Charles II seduced his mistresses. We see the intimate
private lives of the monarchs, presented through the buildings in
which they lived and the objects they commissioned, creating an
entirely new narrative of the Stuart century. Palaces of Revolution
traces this extraordinary period across the places and palaces on
which the action played out, giving us a thrilling new history of
this remarkable dynasty.
COMMONPLACES is the second volume of drawings, models, and
photography to explore the work of this nationally recognized
Boston based firm. As architects with decades of experience, we
bring a commitment to creating shared communal places and we
understand that a city - or a campus - is an ever- changing
phenomenon. Our passion as architects has to do with how those
places evolve and our goal is to contribute to a forward-looking
vision of what they can become – of how they can be an
appropriate addition to what is already there. The opportunities
are always based on research, outreach, experimentation, and
collaboration between often seemingly divergent interests. But we
believe in that collaborative process and we recognize that there
will be many fingerprints on what is developed. We also make an
honest acknowledgement to ourselves that things could be done
differently – that a different proposition could always be made.
Brian Healy is an architect who works within the modern American
tradition. That is to say, he endeavors to engage the tradition of
practice as exemplified by architects such as Louis Sullivan, Frank
Lloyd Wright and Louis I. Kahn. It takes considerable courage to
engage the American tradition of practice today, in a time
dominated by an obsessive emphasis on universal
“globalization,” and the parallel loss of local place, culture
and identity. Yet, as Paul Ricoeur stated over forty years ago,
while universal civilization is available around the world, and is
desired by everyone, anywhere, there is no culture that is not
local, that does not belong to a particular place. In his work,
Healy endeavors to seek the essence of his discipline,
architecture, as defined by its place and time—an American
architecture, born of the commonplace and the vernacular, yet at
the same time engaging the great works of our modern predecessors.
– Robert McCarter
Architecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects
Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum not only for
presenting Asian phenomena and their characteristics to the world
but also for understanding diversity and multiculturalism within
Asia from a global perspective. In the 21st century, Asia has been
developed fast in the wave of globalisation, and the living and
urban environment are changing rapidly along with the economic
development. In this process, many Asian cities are carrying out
large-scale urban infrastructure construction in the process of
rapid urbanisation, and building a large number of iconic buildings
that represent the characteristics of the country or city. This
issue focuses on Living in the 21st Century, through three
perspectives: the transformation of spatial functions, the
contradiction between urban development and individual dwelling,
and architecture in the age of self-media.
This guide describes every Historic Houses Association property
open to the public. For each, it provides details of history and
ownership, and places particlular emphasis on features of
architectural interest and noteworthy art collections.
As more and more people move into urban environments, there becomes
a greater need for space-conscious housing in our cities.
Collective Housing is a compilation of the best architectural
designs for shared and social housing in a city or urban
environment, where aesthetics are integral, and utilization of
space imperative. The projects featured come from cities around the
world, both those known for innovation in urban architecture, such
as Tokyo, London and Barcelona, and those aspiring to world-class
status. The book provides an illuminating look at the future of our
urban landscapes. Architectural plans and drawings are featured
alongside renderings and photographs of the completed housing
projects. The text accompanying the images provides further insight
into the design, execution and consideration of the space. The
architects featured were often constrained by existing structures,
small or awkward plots of land and strict city codes heightening
their creative sensibilities.
Some of the world's greatest architects, including Walter Gropius,
Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, have used their
talents to create groundbreaking innovations in American
residential architecture over the past 120 years. Though
wide-ranging in style, these houses share a remarkable sensitivity
to site and context; appreciation of local materials;
experimentation with form, materials, and technology; and
understanding of clients' needs. Spanning the length and breadth of
the United States, The Iconic American House features fifty of the
most important, timeless, and recognizable houses designed since
1900. With pithy text and fresh, vibrant illustrations, this book
presents a lavish array of architectural masterpieces designed by
architects such as Philip Johnson, Richard Neutra, Peter Eisenman
and Thomas Gluck. Specially commissioned and stunning photographs,
floor plans, drawings and architect biographies ensure that it is
perfect for students, professionals, design aficionados and anyone
who dreams of building a house of their own.
Queering the Interior problematizes the familiar space of 'home'.
It deploys a queer lens to view domestic interiors and conventions
and uncovers some of the complexities of homemaking for queer
people.Each of the book's six sections focuses on a different room
or space inside the home. The journey starts with entryways, and
continues through kitchens, living spaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, and
finally, closets and studies. In each case up to three specialists
bring their disciplinary expertise and queer perspectives to bear.
The result is a fascinating collection of essays by scholars from
literary studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, history and
art history. The contributors use historical and sociological case
studies; spatial, art and literary analyses; interviews; and
experimental visual approaches to deliver fresh, detailed and
grounded perspectives on the home and its queer dimensions. A
highly creative approach to the analysis of domestic spaces,
Queering the Interior makes an important contribution to the fields
of gender studies, social and cultural history, cultural studies,
design, architecture, anthropology, sociology, and cultural
geography.
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With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches,
and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911-1994) was behind some
of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in
mid-20th-century America. This introductory book brings together
the most important of Lautner's projects to explore his his
ingenious use of modern building materials and his bold stylistic
repertoire of sweeping rooflines, glass-paneled walls, and steel
beams. From commercial buildings to such iconic homes as the
Chemosphere, we look at Lautner's sensitivity to a building's
surroundings and his unique capacity to integrate structures into
the Californian landscape. With several of Lautner's houses now
labeled Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, we'll also
consider the architect's cultural legacy, as much as his pioneering
of a visual paradigm of 1950s optimism, economic growth, and
space-age adventure. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic
Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection
ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series
features: an introduction to the life and work of the architect the
major works in chronological order information about the clients,
architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and
resolutions a list of all the selected works and a map indicating
the locations of the best and most famous buildings approximately
120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)
Climate, environment, history, and technology are transforming
architecture worldwide. The second volume in the Homes for Our Time
series documents this housing revolution. What role do homes play
in our endangered world? How can they innovate? In Sri Lanka,
Palinda Kannangara created the Frame Holiday Structure on a budget
of $ 40,000. Built from steel scaffolding, exposed brick, and wood
floors, the house can be easily disassembled and moved, adapting to
the reality of the nearby floodplain. Luciano Lerner Basso's
Fortunata House in Brazil accommodates the surrounding nature: it
was built around a tree of an endangered species and sits upon
stilts so as not to disturb the forest floor. Miller Hull's Loom
House near Seattle has been called "the world's most
environmentally ambitious home renovation" because of its reliance
on recycled materials and its efficient energy use. Modern
architectural history has been viewed primarily from a Western
perspective and formed by men. More than 60 buildings from Vietnam,
South Africa, India, China, and beyond-designed by men, women, and
collectives-mark the end of this era. There is no longer a
predominant style, and there probably never will be again. With
photos by renowned architectural photographers, and precise
descriptions as well as drawings from architectural offices, Philip
Jodidio charts the diverse, sustainable architecture of the future.
The private homes featured range from modest to extravagant. A
beautiful house is always also a dream-and this book invites you to
do just that.
Off-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections,
sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details
in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without
using a utility company, generating your own energy. A well
designed system also has numerous environmental advantages, that
help you to reduce your carbon footprint, providing cleaner, more
sustainable energy. In the long-term it is financially viable, and
also teaches us how to consume energy responsibly. These off-grid
homes, which run on solar, wind, or hydro power, are just a few
examples of how people are leaving the city behind for a life in
the country in contact with nature.
How many of us have a desire to make a home of a neglected building
that is begging to be restored to its former splendour? This is
just such a story - the renovation of a derelict windmill and in
the process the discovery of a fascinating history. It charts the
realization of a young boy's dream and, despite the numerous
obstacles and problems, the successful culmination of many hopes
and plans. The reader is invited to share with the author his
hopes, worries, triumphs and setbacks as he strives to make the
dream a reality. The saying "to throw one's cap over the windmill"
means to act recklessly and provides an apt title for the book,
reflecting Kenneth's impetuous pursuit of the propety which he
secured and restored, seemingly against the odds.
Theories of the domestic stemming from the 19th century have
focused on the home as a refuge and place of repose for the family,
a nurturing environment for children and a safe place for visitors.
Under this conception, domestic space is positioned as nurturing
and private, a refuge and place of retreat which gave rise to
theories of 'home as haven'. While, arguably, some social
conditions might suggest this is the case, Domesticity Under Siege
exposes a different world, one in which the boundaries of nurturing
domesticity collide with both outside and inside agents. Whether
these agents are external military forces, psychological trauma or
familial violence, they re-position meta-narratives of domesticity,
not through identity politics or specialized subgroup experience,
but relative to the actions of the world around an inhabited
domain. That is, when home is constituted as a private realm, a
place where individuals or groups can reside in 'safety and
comfort', it is argued as a place in which the individual exercises
control or power. However, there are many occasions when forces act
upon the home and threaten aspects of safety and comfort, often
through such things as ruination, violence, mortality, and
infestation. Organised around four thematic sections, 'Microbes,
Animals and Insects', 'Human Agents', Wars and Disasters as Agents'
and 'Hauntings, Eeriness and the Uncanny', chapters provide a range
of approaches to the home which challenge notions of 'haven' and
reflect major causes that have played an important role in
undermining the modern home. Examples and case studies explore the
domestic screen, hoarding, hauntings, violence and imprisonment in
the home, wartime interior art, the Hanover Merzbau and Wolfgang
Staudte's 1946 film Die Moerder sind unter uns ('The Murderers are
Among Us').
In the South of France, sited on a hill of olive trees, pinus
pinea, and a vineyard, a family retreat was designed with a key
mission of maintaining the vitality of the site. A small
agricultural plot, the site offered the possibility of
amplification. With the introduction of a garden and many outdoor
living spaces, the family had the intention of cultivating the
landscape as part of their stewardship. In part a response to a
programmatic brief, but moreover, a discursive response to
architectural predicaments of geometry, typology, and anomaly, the
house is also a response to Preston Scott Cohen's pedagogies on
architecture.
To respond to the unique opportunities of each client and site,
Bates Masi + Architects has developed an approach rather than a
devotion to a particular style. Careful study of the needs of the
site and owners uncovers a guiding concept particular to each
project. That concept is distilled to its essence so that it can
inform the design at all scales, from massing to materials to
details. The consistency of the concept is evident in the finished
product. The result is an architecture that is cohesive,
innovative, contextual, and full of details that delight.
Architecture of Place is the follow up to Bespoke Home, the first
comprehensive survey of Bates Masi’s fifty-plus years of work
published in 2016. It focuses on the firm’s recent residential
portfolio. Using each house as a case study, the book documents
Bates Masi’s design process with concept images, diagrams,
architectural models, and narratives for each project. This book
demonstrates how influences of the physical and historical context,
as well as the client, are distilled into a guiding concept for
each project. With over 200 pages of photos and drawings of
extraordinary second homes, Architecture of Place will appeal to
architects and design devotees alike.
At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles. It's an
extraordinary number for such a small country and today, around
3,000 still stand. Some are world famous, others have inspired
great works of literature, while others have lit up the silver
screen. There are grand, ticketed visitor attractions but there are
others which are unassuming structures so tucked away that only the
locals seem to know about them. From the triangular-shaped
Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries and Galloway to the imposing New
Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, and from the magnificent fortress
that dominates the Edinburgh skyline to the haunting battlements
that stand on the banks of Loch Ness, each tower tells a story,
every turret holds a secret and, together, they span centuries of
fascinating Scottish history. A History and Guide to Scottish
Castles explores the history, architecture, and legends of some of
these fascinating fortresses and looks at why they are so appealing
to visitors today. Sharing amazing facts and her own unique
experiences, author Jenna Maxwell takes readers on an unforgettable
tour of some of Scotland's most amazing castles which, if you
haven't visited them already, you'll soon want to. Jenna has
documented her journey on her Instagram page @queenofthecastles
ntended as a comprehensive resource, Increments of Neighborhood is
a compendium of recent built work for urban neighbourhoods,
encompassing the spectrum of building types financed/built by
today's American real estate industry - from single family and
townhouses, through 'missing middle' stacked housing, stick-built
housing, large multi-family, and high-rise buildings. This
publication is the only resource in the marketplace that tabulates
market-rate products that fill America's cities, as well as being a
comparative resource that shows how these types can be deployed in
a way befitting smart-growth using sustainable principles. The only
resource of its type, Increments of Neighborhood will demystify the
understanding of costs and type, contribute to the public realm for
the non-architectural professional, and provide a breadth and range
of significant new information for experienced architects who
typically specialise in a particular segment of building products
such as hospitals or single-family houses, information with which
they are frequently unacquainted.
There's an elemental satisfaction in living in a cosy sanctuary in
the midst of a snowy landscape. It evokes feelings of warmth,
security, refuge, and comfort. Winter Homes beautifully illustrates
examples from winter wonderlands around the globe and provides
ingenious solutions on how the home's design is formulated, and the
architectural and interior design techniques used to create both a
connection to nature and contend with biting winter conditions.
Curl up in front of the fire with this gorgeous edition, crammed
full of evocative images, and take a journey through some of the
world's best contemporary and stylish winter residences, be they
atop mountains, deep in the valleys, forests or plains, or along
coastal regions. Bask in the splendid vicarious warmth from your
sofa and enjoy the beauty of a home that is perfectly designed for
a moody winter landscape.
This book comes from ancient times to the Wars of the Roses and
1485. Britain's magnificent architectural history and heritage
explored in an expert visual guide. It comes with more than 200
glorious photographs, fine-art paintings, reconstructions and maps.
It is a comprehensive introduction and guide to over 90 of
Britain's great medieval castles, palaces and manor houses, and the
kings, queens and nobles who lived there. You can discover the
beauty of World Heritage sites at William the Conqueror's Tower of
London, Edward I's castles at Caernarvon and Conway, and the Palace
of Westminster. Location maps and an A-Z property listing make it
easy to find every building described in this excellent book. This
lavish visual history traces and records Britain's finest secular
buildings in the years up to 1485. It describes developments in
method and style from ancient earthworks and Roman forts to
splendid Norman and medieval castles and fortified manor houses
with their great tower keeps and concentric groundplans. In this
celebration of Britain's historic houses and national treasures,
fact boxes focus on architectural features or the lives of famous
inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated with over 200 photographs,
drawings and maps, this will prove a valuable reference book for
anyone who wishes to learn more about the castles, palaces and
stately homes of Britain in the medieval period.
This book is an easy-to-use handbook, providing architects and
builders with up-to-date guidance on managing loft conversions and
ensuring they achieve compliance with the Building Regulations. It
brings together solutions offered in the Approved Documents and
third tier guidance, such as industry literature, in one concise
and fully illustrated guide. Starting with chapters on the existing
structure, the guide is then divided into chapters on the main
considerations for a loft conversion, covering topics such as fire
safety, windows and doors, and insulation. This is an essential
read for anyone looking for a guide which simplifies the building
regulations process and offers solutions, where applicable, to
achieve minimum, good practice and advanced construction standards.
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