Houses Made of Wood and Light
Title | Houses Made of Wood and Light PDF eBook |
Author | Michele Dunkerley |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2012-03-14 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0292742681 |
American architect Hank Schubart was regarded as a genius for finding the perfect site for a house and for integrating its design into the natural setting, so that his houses appear to be as native to the forest around them as the trees and rocks. Salt Spring Island, one of the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada, offered him a place to create the kind of architecture that responded to its surroundings, and Schubart-designed homes populate the island. Built of wood and glass, suffused with light, and oriented to views, they display characteristic features: random-width cedar siding, exposed beams, rusticated stonework. Over time, Schubart’s homes on Salt Spring Island came to be considered uniquely Gulf Islands homes. This inviting book offers the first introduction to the life and architecture of West Coast modernist Henry A. Schubart, Jr. (1916–1998). While still in his teens, Schubart persuaded Frank Lloyd Wright to accept him as a Taliesin Fellow, and his year’s apprenticeship in the master’s workshop taught him principles of designing in harmony with nature that he explored throughout the rest of his life. Michele Dunkerley traces Schubart’s career from his early practice in San Francisco at the noted firm Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, to his successful firm with Howard Friedman, to his most lasting professional achievements on Salt Spring Island, where he became the de facto community architect, designing more than 230 residential, commercial, educational, and religious projects. Drawing lessons from his mentors over his decades on the island, he forged an everyday architecture with his mastery of detail and inventiveness. In doing so, he helped define how the island could grow without losing its soul. Color photographs and site plans display Schubart’s remarkable homes and other commissions.
Houses Made of Wood and Light
Title | Houses Made of Wood and Light PDF eBook |
Author | Michele Dunkerley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2018-07-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692059036 |
This book will make a valuable contribution to the field of architecture, and in particular domestic architecture, by bringing to light the many projects Schubart designed with a particular sensitivity to the qualities of making place, formed with strong personal values and sensibilities. The sheer quantity and variety of his designs are formidable, and tell not only of the rich possibilities that exist within a conventional palette of materials and construction methods, but also of his desterity and finesse....The questions Schubart asks of his work might be thought of a 'universal' questions that architects (and clients and builders) ask of themselves, and of the projects they confront.
Young House Love
Title | Young House Love PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry Petersik |
Publisher | Artisan |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2015-07-14 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 1579656765 |
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Handmade Houses
Title | Handmade Houses PDF eBook |
Author | Art Boericke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Building, Wooden |
ISBN |
Examples of owner-built houses are depicted in this photographic journey through the countryside.
Pretty Good House
Title | Pretty Good House PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Maines |
Publisher | Taunton Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2022-05-24 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781641551656 |
Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a high-performance home that focus on its inhabitants and the environment--but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a "perfect" solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible. A Pretty Good House is: * A house that's as small as possible * Simple and durable, but also well designed * Insulated and air-sealed * Above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible, and resilient.
The Place of Houses
Title | The Place of Houses PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Willard Moore |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780520223578 |
Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1974.
If I Built a House
Title | If I Built a House PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Van Dusen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2019-08-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1984814842 |
The much-anticipated follow-up to the E. B. White Award-winning picture book If I Built a Car In If I Built a Car, imaginative Jack dreamed up a whimsical fantasy ride that could do just about anything. Now he's back and ready to build the house of his dreams, complete with a racetrack, flying room, and gigantic slide. Jack's limitless creativity and infectious enthusiasm will inspire budding young inventors to imagine their own fantastical designs. Chris Van Dusen's vibrant illustrations marry retro appeal with futuristic style as he, once again, gives readers a delightfully rhyming text that absolutely begs to be read aloud.