|
Showing 1 - 9 of
9 matches in All Departments
A major overview of Skylab’s built works, from show-stopping
residences to high-profile cultural projects, presented via a
covetable book design that takes its inspiration from an album or
LP. Skylab: The Nature of Buildings is the first monograph of the
Portland, Oregon-based architecture and design studio. Founded by
Jeff Kovel in 1999, Skylab has emerged as a leading creative force
in the Pacific Northwest and North America. At the vanguard of
innovative and sustainable design, the practice is known for a
range of spectacular residences designed for leading creatives, as
well as distinctive music venues, resorts, and other high-profile
projects, including the N M Bodecker Foundation, Nike’s Serena
Williams Building, and the Columbia Building. Presenting more than
two decades of work, the story of Skylab is told by several
influential contributors through reflective essays, interviews,
conversations and anecdotes, as well as extensive project
photography and illustrations that detail the firm’s design
process. A uniquely crafted object, the book’s design is based on
the concept of a double vinyl album, with four 'sides' (A, B, C,
D), ten projects 'tracks', inside front- and back-cover gatefolds,
and nine project 'interlude' foldout posters in the book. 'Our work
balances on three themes: narrative, strategy, and regeneration',
Kovel writes in the book’s Preface. 'Narrative is the "what" —
a design process based on telling compelling stories. Strategy is
the "how" — innovating best practices through construction and
market intelligence. Regeneration is the "why" — our north star
and the legacy of our work, defined by designing with nature as a
partner, seeking to rebalance the relationship with land, time and
people. This was the bedrock meaning behind our practice when we
started in 1999, and it continues to this day.'
How we live in cities-smaller, denser, smarter-is at the heart of
Tiny Houses in the City. Urban areas across the globe are
experiencing a renaissance, with once forgotten downtowns and
neighborhoods becoming increasingly popular for redevelopment. This
book looks at the tiny house movement through the lens of
metropolitan life. Tiny Houses in the City features an
international collection of more than thirty homes that exemplify
compact living at its best. The houses, apartments, and multifamily
buildings and developments included make great architecture out of
challenging locations and narrow sites. Focusing on dwelling spaces
all under 1,000 square feet, Tiny Houses in the City illustrates
strategies for building tiny in urban areas that include urban
infill, adaptive reuse, transforming and flexible living spaces,
and micro-unit buildings. The projects range from a 344-square-foot
studio apartment in Hong Kong with movable walls, transformable
furniture, and hidden storage that can be configured into
twenty-four unique scenarios in a single space, to a townhouse-like
London residence built in an old alley between two stately homes.
Many of the residences chronicled in Tiny Houses in the City are
indeed unique in design, but their economical size and ingenious
interior spaces are the epitome of practicality and illustrate an
acute understanding of compact living and its potential for the
urban realm.
|
Mise-en-Scène (Hardcover)
Chris Reed, Mike Belleme, Sara Zewde, Nina-Marie Lister, De Nichols, …
|
R832
Discovery Miles 8 320
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
Mise-en-Scène is an immersive exploration of the social lives of
urban landscapes - the actors and actions that compose the daily
theatre of urban life. Conceived as a unique collaboration between
an urbanist, Chris Reed, and a photographer, Mike Belleme, the book
combines photo essays, original maps and drawings, newly
commissioned essays, excerpts from historical writings, and
interviews with residents. The result is a rigorous and artful
examination of the social, cultural, environmental, and economic
challenges of life in American cities today. Â Richly
illustrated and designed to appeal to a broad audience of
architects, designers, photographers, and general public interested
in the contemporary city, the book is centred around seven visual
case studies depicting life in seven American cities: Los Angeles,
Galveston, St. Louis, Green Bay, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Boston.
Each case study combines black-and-white photography - taken from
street level, often in intimate detail - with annotations and
drawings that highlight urban forms. An inherent interconnectedness
across geographies, scales, and situations emerges throughout the
book. Reed and Belleme demonstrate how a celebratory moment can be
felt equally in Green Bay’s compact downtown or amidst the chaos
and sprawl of Los Angeles, and how while the tensions present in
the redevelopment of previously inundated waterfronts in Boston or
Galveston can be understood in parallel with an urgent set of
conversations on race and identity in St. Louis. Â Six essays
by a diverse and interdisciplinary group of contributors prompt
further reflection on the visual case studies. Chris Reed writes on
the social lives of cities, designer Sara Zewde on the image of the
city, artist De Nichols about social equity and identity, ecologist
Nina-Marie Lister on the climate imperative, curator Mimi Zeiger on
cities and culture, and architect Julia Czerniak on design
practice. Â Through this thoughtful exploration of everyday
moments and the urbanism that supports them, Reed and Belleme
present new opportunities for creating direct interaction between
citizens and propose an ecological and social focus for
city-building around a concept of common ground.
With "McMansions" increasingly giving way to "tiny" houses, the
desire to downsize and be more ecologically and economically
prudent is a concept many are beginning to embrace. Focusing on
dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, TINY HOUSES (Rizzoli,
April 2009) by Mimi Zeiger aims to challenge readers to take a look
at their own homes and consider how much space they actively use.
Ranging from tree houses to floating houses, TINY HOUSES features
an international collection of over thirty modular and prefab
homes, each one embodying "microgreen living," defined as the
creation of tiny homes where people challenge themselves to live
"greener" lives. By using a thoughtful application of green living
principles, renewable resources for construction, and clever
ingenuity, these homes exemplify sustainable living at its best.
Provides immediate help for anyone preparing a biomedical paper by givin specific advice on organizing the components of the paper, effective writing techniques, writing an effective results sections, documentation issues, sentence structure and much more. The new edition includes new examples from the current literature including many involving molecular biology, expanded exercises at the end of the book, revised explanations on linking key terms, transition clauses, uses of subheads, and emphases. If you plan to do any medical writing, read this book first and get an immediate advantage.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|