Superlight : rethinking how our homes impact the earth /

"One of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been architect Glenn Murcutt's notion that buildings should 'touch the earth lightly.' Today, climate change, new materials, and restricted land use have given fresh impetus to find lightweight solutions for our dw...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Richardson, Phyllis (συγγραφέας.)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction: Houses that 'touch the earth lightly'
  • 01. Floating
  • Floating house: MOS Architects: Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
  • Exbury egg: PAD Studio and Stephen Turner: Hampshire UK
  • Recreation island house: 2by4 Architects: Breukelen, Netherlands
  • Summer house: Mats Fahlander: Lysekil, Sweden
  • Port-a-Bach: Atelier Workshop: New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • Pilotis in a forest: Go Hasegawa: Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
  • Blooming bamboo house: H&P Architects: Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Casa Garoza: Herreros Arquitectos: Ávila, Spain
  • The treehouse: Baumraum: Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
  • 02. Low Energy
  • Recycled materials cottage: Juan Luis Martínez Nahuel: Pirihueico, Chile
  • CHiP house: SCI-Arc/Caltech: Solar decathlon
  • First light: Victoria University of Wellington: Solar decathlon
  • LISI house: Vienna University of Technology: Solar decathlon
  • Meme Meadows: Kengo Kuma & Associates: Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Hivehaus: Barry Jackson: Wigan, Lancashire, UK
  • Mod.Fab: Taliesin West: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
  • DesertSol: University of Nevada Las Vegas: Solar decathlon
  • Containers of hope: Benjamin Garcia Saxe: San Jose, Costa Rica
  • 03. Urban light
  • House NA: Sou Fujimoto: Tokyo, Japan
  • Cabanon Cuyés: Bruit du Frigo: Cuyés, Dax, France
  • House in Yamasaki: Tato Architects: Yamasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
  • Tokyo Steel house: MDS Architecture: Tokyo, Japan
  • The nest: A21 Studio: Thuân An, Vietnam
  • Casa Nuñez: Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Efficiency house plus: Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design, University of Stuttgart: Berlin, Germany
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  • 04. Escape
  • Apelle: Marco Casagrande: Karjaa, Finland
  • Low-energy bamboo house: AST77: Beukenlaan, Rotselaar, Belgium
  • Base camp Chewton: Insite Design: Chewton, Victoria, Australia
  • Casa Apolo 11: Parra + Edwards Arquitectos: La Reina, Santiago, Chile
  • Wetlands habitation and work unit: Prof. Jingxiang Zhu, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Nanhui Dongtan, Shanghai, China
  • Hut on sleds: Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects: Whangapoua, New Zealand
  • Swamp hut: Moskow Linn Architects: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
  • Máquina 1: Adhoc: Murcia, Spain
  • Cape Russell Retreat: Sanders Pace Architecture: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, USA
  • 05. Extreme
  • Gervasutti/LEAPrus: LEAPfactory: Grandes Jorasses, France/ Mt Elbrus, Russia
  • Low-cost house: Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Biên Hòa, Dong Nai, Vietnam
  • Squish Studio: Saunders Architecture: Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada
  • N4+ Gluebam House: Advanced Architecture Lab: Wuhan, China
  • Mamelodi Pod: Architecture for a change: Mamelodi, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Smart Student Hut: Tengbom Architects and Lund University: Virserum, Sweden
  • Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge: Shigeru Ban: Kagoshima, Yakushima, Japan
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