boundary sequence illusion: Ian MacDonald Architect (Documents in Canadian Architecture) - Softcover

Macdonald, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0929112725 ISBN 13: 9780929112725

Publisher: Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2019

Synopsis

This book considers the contemporary house through close scrutiny of works designed by Ian MacDonald, and the ideas that are embedded within them. The architect explores boundary and illusion, and considers site and sightings in both the city and countryside to create houses that appear, disappear, and re-appear. Energetic explorations of land and considerations of weather provide the basis for MacDonald's designs of residential spaces that capture particular views, establish sequences of movement, and make inspiring places to live in nature. Featuring a well-illustrated selection of projects designed over the past twenty years, the book outlines Macdonald's way of working, notably his engagement with landscape. By carefully observing a site's topographic features and vegetative cover and by using these observations in the design of a house, from early conceptual sketches to detailed construction documents, Macdonald ensures that the essential character of the site is present in the experience of the house.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

After working with John Parkin, Ron Thom, and Arthur Erickson, Ian MacDonald established his own firm, Ian MacDonald Architect, in 1984. MacDonalds work has been recognized widely and published internationally. He has received three Governor Generals Medals in Architecture and numerous awards from the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

About the Author

DAVID DORENBAUM is a psychoanalyst and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His most recent essays have appeared in Incarnations: the Photography of Janieta Eyre (Coach House Press, 2017) and Robert Polidori: Synchrony and Diachrony (Steidl, 2018). BRIAN CARTER is Professor of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. The author of award-winning books, he has curated exhibitions in Europe and North America on the work of Peter Rice, Albert Kahn, Eero Saarinen, and Aires Mateus. BARRY SAMPSON is a founding partner of Baird Sampson Neuert Architects. A leading architecture practice in Toronto renowned for its design of cultural properties, educational facilities, and public space, Baird Sampson Neuert has been widely recognized with numerous awards and published internationally. Barry Sampson is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto. CHRISTINE MACY is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University. Her publications include Dams (W.W. Norton, 2010). Contributions include (with Sarah Bonnemaison) The Dwelling-Garden Dyad in Twentieth-Century Affordable Housing In The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art and Architecture, (Routledge, 2016)

Edition details

• Publisher: Dalhousie Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0929112725
• ISBN 13: 9780929112725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136