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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0471496057
- EAN
- 9780471496052
- Date of Publication
- 2000-10-27
- Release Title
- The Transformable House: v. 70, no. 4 (Architectural Design)
- Artist
- various
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- Book Title
- The Transformable House: v. 70, no. 4 (Architectural Design)
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471496057
ISBN-13
9780471496052
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1800747
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Publication Name
Transformable House
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Buildings / Residential, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Architecture
Series
Architectural Design Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
11.4 in
Item Width
8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
728
Table Of Content
Editorial.Introduction (J. Bell).Movement and Myth: The Schr'der House and Transformable Living (C. Croft).The Rietfeld-Schr'der House (H.-J. Henket).Maximum Deployment in a Dymaxion World (D. Sharp).Stairway: Transforming Architecture in the Golden Lane (I. Borden).Continuity and Change (M. Glendinning & S. Muthesius).Transformable Architecture for the Homeless (J. Gallie)David Thorpea's Collages (C. Wood)A House for the Future (H. Richardson & J. Harris)The MIT Home of the Future: House-n (J. Bell).Hinged Space (S. Holl).Lazzarini Pickering: Rome and Monte Carlo Apartments (S. Godwin).Helmut Dippold: Haus Ziegelberg (S. Godwin).Mark Guard Architects: Building Ideas (H. Castle).Cartwright Pickard: Murray Grover Flats (J. Bell).Tillman Architects: Clifton Gardens Apartment (J. Bell).Van Berkel and Bos: The M'bius House (S. Godwin).Stephen Varady: Perraton Apartment and Measday Residence (J. Bell).Softroom: Projects for Wallpapera? Magazine (J. Bell).Hans Peter W'rndl: The Gucklhupf (S. Godwin).Richard Murphy Architects (J. Bell).Critical Modernism (C. Jencks).Zoom! Whizz! Pow! (P. Murray).Practice Profile: East (S. McCreery).Highlights from Wiley-Academy (A. Grater).Book Review (K. Kropf).Site Lines: Swiss Cottage Public Library (B. Edwards).
Synopsis
For modern architects experimentation with space and the house plan provides the most fertile area of innovation, allowing them to push established boundaries and question received conventions in domestic design. As we enter the 21st century, the incorporation of greater flexibility into housing has become a matter of urgency., For modern architects experimentation with space and the house plan provides the most fertile area of innovation, allowing them to push established boundaries and question received conventions in domestic design. As we enter the 21st century, the incorporation of greater flexibility into housing has become a matter of urgency. The traditional notion of the family unit is being exploded. Small domestic groupings have become dispersed, with the fragmentation of familites and more people choosing to live alone. At the same time, the pressure put on space by multiple marriages and extended families means that the requirements for our home are never still, as they constantly expand and contract. The conventional layout for suburban housing can no longer sustain or cater for changing social needs. This Architectural Design title fully explores the concept of transformability in house design. Through a set of introductory essays by Iain Borden, Catherine Croft, James Gallie, Dennis Sharp, Stefan Muthesius and Miles Glendinning, the roots of this phenomenon are examined in 20th-century design. It is, however, through the eleven case studies of contemporary architects2 projects that the concept of transformability is stretched to its full. It is revealed to mean many things - the integration of technology into the home, the use of modular systems to facilitate construction and planning and the development of complex devices for modifying and customising architectural space on a day-to-day basis., Contemporary architect-designed houses are always a popular subject matter, having a broad appeal and application beyond architectural professionals. This issue of Architectural Design focuses on experimental house design, covering past, present and future forays into the creation of transformable domestic spaces. It particularly concentrates on houses that have adopted modular and kinetic architectures to make their spaces and forms highly flexible. Modular and prefabricated architectures have been adopted throughout the 20th century to capitalize on the revolutionary possibilites of new material technologies, ranging from concrete and steel framing devices to the most current IT innovations. Even more radical is kinetic architecture that dissolves space so that physical elements are in flux., For modern architects experimentation with space and the house plan provides the most fertile area of innovation, allowing them to push established boundaries and question received conventions in domestic design. As we enter the 21st century, the incorporation of greater flexibility into housing has become a matter of urgency. The traditional notion of the family unit is being exploded. Small domestic groupings have become dispersed, with the fragmentation of familites and more people choosing to live alone. At the same time, the pressure put on space by multiple marriages and extended families means that the requirements for our home are never still, as they constantly expand and contract. The conventional layout for suburban housing can no longer sustain or cater for changing social needs. This Architectural Design title fully explores the concept of transformability in house design. Through a set of introductory essays by Iain Borden, Catherine Croft, James Gallie, Dennis Sharp, Stefan Muthesius and Miles Glendinning, the roots of this phenomenon are examined in 20th-century design. It is, however, through the eleven case studies of contemporary architects' projects that the concept of transformability is stretched to its full. It is revealed to mean many things - the integration of technology into the home, the use of modular systems to facilitate construction and planning and the development of complex devices for modifying and customising architectural space on a day-to-day basis.
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