Arcadian architecture : Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - 12 houses. / txt
Arcadian architecture : Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - twelve houses. / txt
Oscar Riera Ojeda.
- 421 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 34 cm. 1 fold. leaf (32 x 200 cm. folded to 32 x 22 cm.) book
Folded leaf in pocket with titles: Built houses, unbuilt houses.
Essays Foreword by James Cutler -- Preface by Peter Bohlin -- Introduction by Thomas Fisher -- 12 Houses -- Forest House, West Cornwall, Connecticut -- Adirondack Retreat, Lake George, New York -- Old Mission Cottage, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan -- Pacific Rim Estate, Lake Washington, Washington -- Ledge House, Catoctin Mountains, Maryland -- Endless Mountain House, Northeastern Pennsylvania -- Waverly, Northeastern Pennsylvania -- Goosewing Farm, Little Compton, Rhode Island -- Blue Mountain Estate, Eastern Pennsylvania -- Georgian Bay Retreat, Cedar Ridge, Ontario, Canada -- Gosline Residence, Seattle, Washington -- Point House, Rural Montana -- Appendix -- Firm profile -- Office personnel -- Book credits -- Chronology insert credits --
The architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson believes that "the sensuality of place, the emotive qualities of materials, and the ability to give pleasure and insight, to comfort and to transport can produce humane and spirited architecture." Whether designing corporate headquarters for Pixar Animation Studios, the Software Engineering Institute for Carnegie Mellon University, the new Apple Stores in New York, Chicago, and Tokyo, or the twelve wooded retreats shown in this book, the firm's architecture is alive to the subtleties of place, man-made or natural, and to the rich possibilities of materials and the means of construction. The houses in Arcadian Architecture are exquisitely crafted of wood and stone and other natural materials, and are all sited within beautiful wooded, mountainous, or lakeside locales, from New York State to Washington State, and from the woods of Connecticut to the mountains of Montana. One of the highlights of this book is that it publishes, for the first time, the extraordinary, huge, extremely private and secluded, residential complex in Washington State that was built for Bill and Melinda Gates. Each house is presented on at least thirty pages, and is depicted by sumptuous new color photography, richly detailed conceptual sketches, presentation drawings, and construction documents.
9780847826964 0847826961
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Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson (Firm)
Architect-designed houses--United States. Architectural firms--United States. Architecture Domestic--United States.