Dwelling with Architecture

Roderick Kemsley

ISBN 10: 0415569036 / ISBN 13: 9780415569033

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Mär 2012, 2012

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Neuware - The dwelling is the most fundamental building type, nowhere more so than in the open landscape. This book can be read in a number of ways. It is first a book about houses and particularly the theme 'dwelling and the land'. It examines the poetic and prosaic issues inherent in claiming a piece of the landscape to live on. It could also be seen as a kind of road map, full of both warnings and encouragements for all those involved with, or just interested in, the making of houses. That the domestic realm and the landscape can be vehicles for significant architectural insights is hardly an original observation. However this book seeks to bring the two topics together in a unique way. In exploring a building type that lies on the cusp of what is commonly understood as 'building' and 'architecture', it asks fundamental questions about what the very nature of architecture is. Who indeed is the architect and what is their role in the process of creating meaningful buildings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dwelling with Architecture
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mär 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415569036
• ISBN 13: 9780415569033
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 171H x 0D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 171 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 254 grams

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Synopsis

The dwelling is the most fundamental building type, nowhere more so than in the open landscape.

This book can be read in a number of ways. It is first a book about houses and particularly the theme ‘dwelling and the land’. It examines the poetic and prosaic issues inherent in claiming a piece of the landscape to live on. It could also be seen as a kind of road map, full of both warnings and encouragements for all those involved with, or just interested in, the making of houses.

That the domestic realm and the landscape can be vehicles for significant architectural insights is hardly an original observation. However this book seeks to bring the two topics together in a unique way. In exploring a building type that lies on the cusp of what is commonly understood as ‘building’ and ‘architecture’, it asks fundamental questions about what the very nature of architecture is. Who indeed is the architect and what is their role in the process of creating meaningful buildings?

About the Author

Roderick Kemsley, Christopher Platt