Outside Architecture

Susan Zevon

ISBN 10: 1840002379 / ISBN 13: 9781840002379

Published by Octopus, 1999

About this Item

Signed copy. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. This work reveals, through colour illustrations and architects' drawings, the variety of contemporary outdoor rooms being designed by leading architects. Susan Zevon seeks to discover how architects are transforming outdoor spaces - through the design of courtyards, pool areas, terraces, porches and roof gardens - in response to the growing desire to spend leisure time outdoors. Projects include holiday homes in Italy and Switzerland by Cini Boeri; courtyard houses in Madrid and Algiers by Alberto Campo Baeza, and in Tokyo by Tadao Ando; Indian verandahed riverside villas and terrace gardens for Bombay flats by Charles Correa; Walter Chatham's New York City roof garden; and outdoor rooms in Florida, the Dominican Republic and Holland by Hugh Newell Jacobsen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Outside Architecture
• Publisher: Octopus
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840002379
• ISBN 13: 9781840002379
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This work reveals, through colour illustrations and architects' drawings, the variety of contemporary outdoor rooms being designed by leading architects. Susan Zevon seeks to discover how architects are transforming outdoor spaces - through the design of courtyards, pool areas, terraces, porches and roof gardens - in response to the growing desire to spend leisure time outdoors.

About the Author

Susan Zevon is a passionate devotee of architecture and a connoisseur of interior design. She has served as the architecture editor of House Beautiful for more than a decade, has worked on House and Garden magazine, and has been a contributor to the home design sections of The New York Times and The New York Post. Susan is also the author of Inside Architecture.