
Superlight
Rethinking How Our Homes Impact the Earth
Metropolis Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. August 2014
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-938922-58-9 (ISBN)
Description
Lightweight architecture and ethereal homes that offer ecological, low-impact solutions in terrains ranging from cityscapes to deserts
One of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been architect Glenn Murcutt's dictum that buildings should "touch the earth lightly." Ever since the Industrial Revolution, architects have sought to liberate our houses from their solid foundations, but now climate change, new materials and restricted land use have given fresh impetus to finding lightweight, ecologically sustainable architectural solutions for our dwellings. The projects here combine two strands of thinking: that buildings can weigh less and have minimal impact on their environments, and that this lightness--visual, material, ecological--can create beautiful, ethereal houses that offer new, natural modes of habitation and greater communion with our surroundings. Each of the 40 houses selected by Phyllis Richardson--author of the widely successful XS series and Nano House--is presented through photographs, plans and lucid explanations. Residences that float on air or water, ingenious constructions using local materials, innovative structures, inflatable spaces, high-tech hyper-intelligent houses--"superlight" takes many forms. From the desert landscape of Arizona to the urban jungle of Tokyo, from rural China to mountainous Chile, this book brings new solutions for architects and designers everywhere.More details
Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 205 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
986 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-938922-58-9 (9781938922589)
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