Título: Natural Houses
Autor: Arthur Andersson
Sinopse: For Arthur Andersson and Chris Wise, the fundamental elements that give buildings meaning are found in nature.Imbuing day-to-day activities with poetry and awe, their designs address both pragmatic needs and the psychological yearning for refuge and contemplation, centering and escape, joy and comfort. Their work is best experienced through the senses. Tactility, expressed through an eloquence of craft, the use of textured materials, and the logical design of structural systems, gives their buildings a rightness within the landscape. In their hands, daylight becomes a building material. Small wall apertures, three-sided dormers, clerestories, and other details grab, bend, and thread sunlight from one end of their houses to the other. Full of light and atmosphere, the houses are the physical embodiment of the great Charles Moore's influential tenet that architecture is about enhancing a sense of place. Natural Houses presents seven of the Austin, Texas-based firm's exquisitely crafted projects. Precise and cool, with forms often derived from the American vernacular of barns and cottages, these are painstakingly crafted houses made from regionally appropriate and aesthetically timeless materials. Natural Houses presents a range of sites and residencesfrom a small cabin in the woods to a multibuilding camp. Sited on a cliff, the House Above Lake Austin uses terraces to descend its steeply hilly site. The building's simple materials celebrate thesite and climate not by drawing attention to themselves, but by blending in. The stone foundation is similarly tied to the natural stone of the mountain. Smooth plaster walls above the stone foundation appear to have been chiseled from the rock itself. In a deceptively simple boathouse the walls fold down to become impromptu diving platforms. Exceptional photography captures the light and atmosphere of each project setting and illustrates how the firm rigorously expresses the design concept through detailing and construction. An introduction by Rick Sundberg of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects and essays by Jen Renzi and Frederick Steiner chart the firm's evolution and influences.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Natural Houses”, de Arthur Andersson, publicado pela editora Princeton Architectural Press, em 2010 e com 180 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Princeton Architectural Press
Páginas: 180
Ano: 2010
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1568988796
ISBN13: 9781568988795
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Princeton Architectural Press costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina rigor visual com uma abordagem acessível e envolvente sobre design, arquitetura, artes e ciências naturais. O catálogo apresenta obras que vão desde guias práticos e visuais, como manuais de habilidades cotidianas e guias de observação astronômica, até livros que exploram histórias e biografias em formatos interativos e ilustrados. O tom varia entre o didático e o narrativo, com algumas obras adotando um estilo mais ensaístico e outras priorizando a interatividade e o apelo visual, como pop-ups e colagens. A diversidade temática inclui desde a ciência de animais e plantas até o detalhamento arquitetônico e a história do design, sempre com um cuidado especial pelo detalhe e pela qualidade gráfica.
