Light Tech: Towards a Light Architecture

Horden, Richard; Blaser, Werner (ed.); Gartrell, John D. (trans.)

ISBN 10: 3764352205 / ISBN 13: 9783764352202

Edité par Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 1995, 1995

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4to, cloth, 180pp., ills. No jacket. First printing. Good: clean text and illustrations, clean endpapers, very light soiling to the edges; rubbing and dust soiling to the boards with a few very light bumps to the edges. Presentable. Extra postage may be asked (3).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Light Tech: Towards a Light Architecture
• Éditeur: Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 1995
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: allemand
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3764352205
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783764352202
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

"Light-Tech" refers to a mode of building that is light, almost weightless; one that uses lightweight materials and elements, and that is marked by elegance and technical construction. It serves to describe furniture detailing and interior design equally well as it does a single family home, an office building or a bridge. Light-Tech utilizes such materials as aluminium, glass or titanium, creating an air of mobility, openness and transparency. This monograph studies the Light-Tech architecture of Richard Horden. Originally active in the marine and aerospace industries, Horden later worked with Grimshaw & Partner and Norman Foster. He has also been influenced by Buckminster Fuller and Jan Kaplicky. He now leads his own architecture firm based in London.