The Place of Houses
Author | : Charles Willard Moore |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780520223578 |
Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1974.
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Author | : Charles Willard Moore |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780520223578 |
Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1974.
Author | : Kate Kennedy |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2020-03-24 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0691193665 |
"A group of notable writers ... celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Kevin L. Donihe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781933929705 |
There once was an odd reclusive little man who was in love with his house. He loved this house not in the way that normal people love their homes. His was a more intimate love, like the love between two humans. He loved his house so much that he asked it to marry him, and he believed that his house happily relied with a yes. Unfortunately, their love was to be torn apart the day before their wedding, on the day of the great house holocaust. It was as if they killed themselves, and took many of the occupants with them. Distraught and despairing over the death of his fiancée, this man must go on a quest to find out what happened to his beloved home--Publisher's description.
Author | : Pat Mora |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2022-05-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0816549028 |
Combining poetic language and the traditions of magic realism to paint a vivid portrait of her family, Pat Mora’s House of Houses is an unconventional memoir that reads as if every member, death notwithstanding, is in one room talking, laughing, and crying. In a salute to the Day of the Dead, the story begins with a visit to the cemetery in which all of her deceased relatives come alive to share stories of the family, literally bringing the food to their own funerals. From there the book covers a year in the life of her clan, revealing the personalities and events that Mora herself so desperately yearns to know and understand.
Author | : Karrie Jacobs |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2007-05-29 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1440684529 |
A home of one’s own has always been a cornerstone of the American dream, fulfilling like nothing else the desire for comfort, financial security, independence, and with a little luck, even a touch of distinctive character, or even beauty. But what we have come to regard as almost a national birthright has recently begun to elude more and more prospective homebuyers. Where housing is concerned, affordable and well-crafted rarely exist together. Or do they? For years, founding editor-in-chief of Dwell magazine and noted architecture and design critic Karrie Jacobs had been confronting this question both professionally and personally. Finally, she decided to see for herself whether it was possible to build the home of her own dreams for a reasonable sum. The Perfect $100,000 House is the story of that quest, a search that takes her from a two-week crash course in housebuilding in Vermont to a road trip of some 14,000 miles. In the course of her journey Jacobs encounters a group of intrepid and visionary architects and builders working to revolutionize the way Americans thinks about homes, about construction techniques, and about the very idea of community. By her trip’s end Jacobs, has not only had a practical and sobering education in the economics, aesthetics, and politics of homebuilding, but has been spurred to challenge her own deeply held beliefs about what constitutes an ideal home. The Perfect $100,000 House is a compelling and inspiring demonstration that we can live in homes that are sensible, modest, and beautiful.
Author | : Cathi House |
Publisher | : Images Publishing |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781864702392 |
For more than twenty-five years House + House Architects have crafted intimate, personal architecture. Cathi and Steven House's extensive travels throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America, with focused studies in the Mediterranean and Mexico, have molded
Author | : Edith Wharton |
Publisher | : Charles Scribner |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Interior decoration |
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Author | : Yoshio Komatsu |
Publisher | : Shelter Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0936070358 |
Fascinating and unique, Wonderful Houses Around the World gives children a welcome entrée into other places and other lives throughout the world. Glorious two-page photographic spreads capture families outside their homes, be they simple or imposing. Detailed cutaway illustrations reveal the inside of each house, showing the various family members engaged in typical daily activities. Captions explain where each house is located, the environmental conditions that affect the house design, how the family lives in the home, and their possessions -- all providing interesting glimpses of life in other cultures. The ten houses profiled include a red mud dwelling with thatched towers in Togo, a yurt in Mongolia, a steep-roofed, shake-covered house in Transylvania, and a large donut-shaped communal building for 300 in China. This book increases children's wonder about and cultural awareness of the many different people and ways of life around the world.
Author | : Gary L. Brewer |
Publisher | : The Monacelli Press, LLC |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2021-01-19 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 158093546X |
For more than fifty years, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has designed extraordinary houses and residences around the world, each suffused with a rich understanding of traditional architecture and an intuitive sense of how to shape a home to the needs of modern life. Many of the firm's important early commissions were houses, and while RAMSA has since evolved into an internationally renowned firm with an extraordinarily broad portfolio, an unflagging dedication to timeless residential design has remained a cornerstone of the practice. In Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, RAMSA's residential Partners--Roger H. Seifter, Randy M. Correll, Grant F. Marani, and Gary L. Brewer--offer an intimate look at RAMSA houses from the last ten years and explore how these residences embody the spirit of place and find harmony between the traditional and the contemporary. A 424-page visual feast of rich, full-color photographs and elegant drawings, the book presents a selection of 17 homes that showcase RAMSA's mastery of diverse styles and highlight the firm's collaboration with leading interior designers, landscape architects, craftspeople, and builders from around the world. Featured are a rambling oceanside retreat in East Hampton; a mountain penthouse in the Rocky Mountains; a lakeside cottage in the Midwest; an urbane Park Avenue apartment; an elegant Mediterranean Revival villa in Fort Lauderdale; and a house in Singapore in that city's distinctive "Black-and-White" style. Together, the homes epitomize the quality, craftsmanship, and undeniable presence that define every RAMSA residence. With every page, readers will gain a deeper understanding of how RAMSA's architects honor context and time-honored design principles while always looking to the future, infusing established tradition with fresh life and anticipating how each home will grow, change, and evolve over the years.
Author | : A. G. Smith |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1992-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0486271676 |
Detailed, accurate illustrations of 43 homes in wide range of styles: Mark Twain House, House of the Seven Gables, Nathan Hale Homestead, Robert Frost Place, The Breakers, many more. Informative captions.