Anybody Home?: Architectural Notes - Couverture rigide

Zoelly, Pierre

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3764351640 ISBN 13 : 9783764351649

Editeur : Birkhauser Verlag AG, 1995

Synopsis

In this text, Pierre Zoelly examines the work he has done since the 1960s to discover how well his houses have fulfilled the promise to be what they set out to be. Has the architect, in attempting to accomodate individual client wishes, created spaces in which residents can develop and thrive? Or have these private spheres become constricting and prison-like? Did plans go sour once they were turned into reality? Drawing on seven examples of single-family dwellings built in Switzerland and the United States, Zoelly confronts the architect's good intentions with the actual experiences of the people who live in his finished products. The homeowner's perception of life "at home" is juxtaposed with photographs that capture their life-styles from the visitor's eye view. The result is a self-critical account.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3764351640
• ISBN 13: 9783764351649
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible