The New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism - Couverture rigide

Bell, Jonathan; Stathaki, Ellie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1856696847 ISBN 13 : 9781856696845

Editeur : Laurence King Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The New Modern House is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favors substanceover style, combining functional design and sustainable processes with a straightforward, honest aesthetic. The New Modern House features 50 of the best recent residential case studies, from single family houses to self-builds, eco-friendly structures, recycled projects, and creative re-uses. All are accompanied by full details, models, sketches, and diagrams, allowing a closer look at their conception and construction. At the heart of the book is the concept of a new authenticity, which demonstrates a logical evolution of modernist design.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Bell writes about architecture and design for Wallpaper*, Blueprint, and Grafik. He is co-editor of things magazine and his recent books include The Transformable House, Carchitecture, Penthouse Living, and 21st Century House.

Ellie Stathaki is Assistant Architecture Editor at Wallpaper* magazine. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. She has contributed to Blueprint, Financial Times, The Guardian, as well as the book 1001 Best Buildings to See Before You Die.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Modern architecture is a story of movements, styles and genres. But what of the work that remains defiantly unique, refusing to submit to a label or genre? The New Modern House is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favours substance over style, combining functional design and sustainable processes with a straightforward, honest aesthetic.

The New Modern House features around 50 projects, from single family houses to self-builds, eco-friendly structures, recycled projects and creative re-uses. All are accompanied by full details, models, sketches and diagrams, allowing a closer look at their conception and construction. At the heart of the book is the concept of a new authenticity, and how an emerging ‘anti-aesthetic’ approach demonstrates a logical evolution of modernist design. The emphasis is on unselfconscious, modest architecture – projects that are at odds with contemporary obsessions with high concept design, big names and brand identity.

The New Modern House is an inspirational guide to this new architectural concept, describing a diversity of new forms and approaches to the modern house.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Laurence King Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856696847
• ISBN 13: 9781856696845
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Alexander Ungert; handelskontor-ungert@gmx.de; ; Am Höhberg 23; Bad Schwalbach; 65307; Allemagne