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001 2014007907
003 DLC
005 20150805080622.0
008 140321s2015 nyua 100 0 eng
010 $a 2014007907
020 $a9781616891282 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNA2542.35$b.L63 2015
082 00 $a724/.7$223
084 $aARC020000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aLocal architecture :$bbuilding place, craft, and community /$cby Brian MacKay-Lyons ; edited by Robert McCarter.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPrinceton Architectural Press,$c[2015]
300 $a223 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In architecture, as in food, local is an idea whose time has come. Of course, the idea of an architecture that responds to site; draws on local building traditions, materials, and crafts; and strives to create a sense of community is not recent. Yet, the way it has evolved in the past few years in the hands of some of the world's most accomplished architects is indeed defining a new movement. From the rammed-earth houses of Rick Joy and Pacific Northwest timber houses of Tom Kundig, to the community-built structures of Rural Studio and Francis Kere, designers everywhere are championing an architecture that exists from, in, and for a specific place. The stunning projects, presented here in the first book to examine this global shift, were featured at the thirteenth and final Ghost conference held in 2011, organized by Nova Scotia architect, educator, and local practitioner Brian MacKay-Lyons. The result is the most complete collection of contemporary regionalist architecture available, with essays by early proponents of the movement, including Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa, and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aForeword / Brian MacKay-Lyons -- Introduction: Seeing the World Whole / Tom Fisher -- Critical Regionalism Revisited / Kenneth Frampton -- Architecture and Human Nature: A Call for a Sustainable Metaphor / Juhani Pallasmaa -- From the Beginning: Thirteen Questions / Glenn Murcutt, in discussion with Juhani Pallasmaa -- Projects -- Constructing and Caring for Place / Robert McCarter -- Construction and Composition, Concept Versus Craft / Peter Buchanan -- The Urgency of Ghost 13: Ideas in Things / Essy Baniassad -- Learning to Think / Ingrid Helsing Almaas -- Beauty and Value/Ghost 13 / Christine Macy -- Afterword: The Artist, the Artisan, the Activist / Brain MacKay-Lyons and Robert McCarter.
650 0 $aArchitecture$xEnvironmental aspects$vCongresses.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Modern$y21st century$vCongresses.
650 0 $aArchitectural design$xSocial aspects$vCongresses.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Regional.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aMacKay-Lyons, Brian,$eauthor.
700 1 $aMcCarter, Robert,$d1955-$eeditor of compilation.
711 2 $aGhost 13 (Symposium)$n(13th :$d2011 :$cNova Scotia)