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Local architecture : building place, craft, and community / by Brian MacKay-Lyons ; edited by Robert McCarter.
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]
Description
223 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
NA2542.35 .L63 2014
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Architecture
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Environmental aspects
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Architecture, Modern
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21st century
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Ghost 13 (Symposium) (13th : 2011 : Nova Scotia)
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MacKay-Lyons, Brian
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McCarter, Robert, 1955-
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Summary note
"In architecture, as in food, local is an idea whose time has come. Of course, the idea of an architecture that responds to site; draws on local building traditions, materials, and crafts; and strives to create a sense of community is not recent. Yet, the way it has evolved in the past few years in the hands of some of the world's most accomplished architects is indeed defining a new movement. From the rammed-earth houses of Rick Joy and Pacific Northwest timber houses of Tom Kundig, to the community-built structures of Rural Studio and Francis Kere, designers everywhere are championing an architecture that exists from, in, and for a specific place. The stunning projects, presented here in the first book to examine this global shift, were featured at the thirteenth and final Ghost conference held in 2011, organized by Nova Scotia architect, educator, and local practitioner Brian MacKay-Lyons. The result is the most complete collection of contemporary regionalist architecture available, with essays by early proponents of the movement, including Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa, and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Brian MacKay-Lyons
Introduction: Seeing the World Whole / Tom Fisher
Critical Regionalism Revisited / Kenneth Frampton
Architecture and Human Nature: A Call for a Sustainable Metaphor / Juhani Pallasmaa
From the Beginning: Thirteen Questions / Glenn Murcutt, in discussion with Juhani Pallasmaa
Projects
Constructing and Caring for Place / Robert McCarter
Construction and Composition, Concept Versus Craft / Peter Buchanan
The Urgency of Ghost 13: Ideas in Things / Essy Baniassad
Learning to Think / Ingrid Helsing Almaas
Beauty and Value/Ghost 13 / Christine Macy
Afterword: The Artist, the Artisan, the Activist / Brain MacKay-Lyons and Robert McCarter.
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ISBN
9781616891282 ((hardback))
1616891289 ((hardback))
LCCN
2014007907
OCLC
874835344
Other standard number
99968392736
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