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Spanning 25 projects in as many years, Walls and Boxes charts the
remarkable commitment to Modernist design principles that
characterise the practice of Guard Tillman Pollock Architects. Mark
Guard, Steven Pollock and Keith Tillman present a body of
residential work that combines contemporary technology with the
ethos of the heroic period of Modern architecture. The practice
builds contemporary homes that are full of space and light without
compromising their function or form. This book chronicles the
results, a transformable architecture of exceptional practicality
and great beauty, with many bespoke details developed by the firm
over the years. . Through a rich combination of photography,
before-and-after plans, and axonometrics, Walls and Boxes
illustrates 25 projects built between 1990 and 2015. Each
demonstrates the application of the practice's rigorous design
attitude to different building types, ranging from modest
apartments to new-build houses. At a time when specialisation is
being met with a general scepticism, Walls and Boxes presents a
studio whose devotion to a particular aesthetic and sense of space
shows an insight and building expertise that borders on the
philosophical. The office's wealth of experience fuses British,
North American and European training to bring about elegant
residential projects on an international scale that are as
functional as they are stylish. As much a nuanced exploration of
Guard Tillman Pollock's practice as it is a powerful manifesto on
the timeless principles of form, space and light, Walls and Boxes
can be utilised as a guidebook into producing transformative
residential spaces that resist the constraints and limitations so
often imposed by twenty-first-century urban life. Walls and Boxes
is about design for modern times, a book for anyone interested in
both the creative process of architecture and in looking for new
ways of improving the spaces we inhabit.
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