Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Joseph Traugott and William T. Lumpkins. By Museum of New Mexico Press.
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1 comments about Pueblo Architecture and Modern Adobes: The Residential Designs of William Lumpkins.
- Many credit William Lumpkins with starting the adobe and pueblo revival movments. His designs are inspired. Lumpkins went back to the cliff dwellings and ancient pueblos looking for organic shapes and forms. His rooms seldom have square corners. Hornos, bancos and nichos (beehive fireplaces, bench seats and wall recesses)abound. There are living and dining rooms modeled after kivas, subterranean ceremonial chambers. Library and bedroom might be found in a three-story tower. Ceilings are made of vigas overset with latillas in herringbone pattern. Doors are carved. The roof-line is never even having an organic look like a range of mountains.
A word of caution. These work best in adobe and similar materials. The designs were laid down in the 1960s and before. Bathrooms and closets are tiny. Utility rooms are nonexistant. Each design needs some reworking to be useful today. They are not inexpensive homes to build. They are spectacular.
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Written by Pilar Chueca. By Links International.
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No comments about Staircases Selection and Details.
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Rob Kovitz. By Princeton Architectural Press.
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No comments about Pig City Model Farm: A Handbook on Architecture and Agriculture.
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by NCCER. By Prentice Hall.
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No comments about Plumbing: Level 4 Trainee Guide, 2003 Revsion, Perfect Bound.
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Editors of Creative Homeowner. By Creative Homeowner.
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1 comments about Smart Guide: Decks: Step-by-Step Projects (Smart Guide).
- The newest title in the outstanding "Smart Guide" series from Creative Homeowner, Decks: Step-by-Step Projects is a straightforward, "user friendly", how-to guide to building, sprucing up, and properly maintaining decks of all sizes and functions for the home. Profusely illustrated from cover to cover with full-color photographs, meticulously detailed instructions, combined with an easy-to-follow instructional text and solid recommendations walk the reader through a wide variety of projects and tasks that range from applying fascia, to installing footings, to building designs for deck stairs, Decks: Step-by-Step Projects is very highly recommended to any do-it-yourself enthusiast as a truly first-rate instructional guide and reference.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. By Actar,.
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1 comments about Kazuyo Sejima In Gifu.
- This is my last buy, and i need to say taht is a excellent buy. This book contains one of the most beautiful house project in the contemprary scenario. Is in Japanese and English, and contains detailed plans and very goood pictures. This package contains instead other mini book with other projects of sejima about social houing like a catalog.
The best of all, the price, a masterpiece under the 20.
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Este libro ha sido lo ultimo que he comprado en arquitectura y tengo que decir que es una compra excelente. Contiene uno de los proyectos de vivienda contemporanea mas interesantes. Esta en japones y en ingles, lleva en el interior planos detallados y muchas fotografias. Este libro ademas viene con otro mini librito donde aparecen otros proyectos de sejima realacionados con vivienda social. Una muy buena compra.
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Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Terryl N. Kinder. By Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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No comments about Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation.
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Studio GAIA. By Visual Reference Publications.
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No comments about Hotel, Restaurant, Bar, Club Design.
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Dietmar Steiner and Armin Thurnher and Eckhard Schneider. By Hatje Cantz Publishers.
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No comments about Baumschlager & Eberle: Hafengebaude Rohner, Fussach (Werkdokumente / Kunsthaus Bregenz, Archiv Kunst Architektur).
Posted in Art and Photography (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
Written by Melba Levick. By Chronicle Books.
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3 comments about The Missions of California.
- This was very interesting to read, as well as a terrific photographic reference for the California missions. The landscape-page layout lent depth to photos of the beautiful colonnades and porches these missions are famous for. I am proud that my native state of California has done such an outstanding job of restoring these missions, and enjoyed the skill Young and Levick used in crafting this volume.
- I've looked and I've looked, but I still haven't found a better pictorial representation of California's missions. If you appreciate architecture, you'll love this wonderful, definitive reference source. Bravos to Melba Levick for her terrific photos - they capture the very essence of each mission in a way I've never seen. Minor quibble - earlier editions were elegantly art directed and printed on glossy stock. The design work on this edition is heavy-handed and the photo reproduction on matte stock isn't nearly as brilliant or as sharp. Ah, but those gloriously composed photos! Nothing can deter their splendor.
- I've looked and I've looked, but I still haven't found a better pictorial representation of California's missions. If you appreciate architecture, you'll love this wonderful, definitive reference source. Bravos to Melba Levick for her terrific photos - they capture the very essence of each mission in a way I've never seen. Minor quibble - earlier editions were elegantly art directed and printed on glossy stock. The design work on this edition is heavy-handed and the photo reproduction on matte stock isn't nearly as brilliant or as sharp. Ah, but those gloriously composed photos! Nothing can deter their splendor.
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