Superlight
Subtitle: lightness in contemporary houses
By: Phyllis Richardson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780500342961
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Environmental aspects; Ecological houses; Maisons écologiques; Sustainable architecture; Sustainable buildings; Architecture and Planning; Lightweight construction; Light in architecture
Other titles: Lightness in contemporary houses
Description: "Ever since the Industrial Revolution architects have sought to liberate our houses from their solid foundations and one of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been Glenn Murcutt's dictum that buildings should 'touch the earth lightly'. The projects here combine two strands of thinking: that lightweight buildings can weigh less and have minimal impact on their environments, and that this lightness -- visually, materially, ecologically -- can create beautiful, ethereal houses. 'Superlight' living can offer both new, natural modes of living and greater communion with our surroundings"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Published in the United States by Metropolis Books, 2014.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Houses that 'touch the earth lightly'; title: 01. Floating. Floating House / MOS Architects, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada; title: Exbury Egg / PAD Studio and Stephen Turner, Hampshire, UK; title: Recreation Island House / 2by4 Architects, Breukelen, Netherlands; title: Summer House / Mats Fahlander, Lysekil, Sweden; title: Port-a-Bach / AtelierWorkshop, New Plymouth, New Zealand; title: Pilotis in a Forest / Go Hasegawa, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan; title: Blooming Bamboo House / H & P Architects, Hanoi, Vietnam; title: Casa Garoza / Herreros Arquitectos, Avila, Spain; title: The Treehouse / Baumraum, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium; title: 02. Low Energy. Recycled Materials Cottage / Juan Luis Martinez Nahuel, Pirihueico, Chile; title: CHiP House / SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon 2011; title: First Light / Victoria University of Wellington, Solar Decathlon 2011; title: LISI House / Vienna University of Technology, Solar Decathlon 2013; title: Meme Meadows / Kengo Kuma & Associates, Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan; title: Hivehaus / Barry Jackson, Wigan, Lancashire, UK; title: Mod. Fab / Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; title: DesertSol / University of Nevada Las Vegas, Solar Decathlon 2013; title: Containers of Hope / Benjamin Garcia Saxe, San Jose, Costa Rica; title: 03. Urban Light. House NA / Sou Fujimoto, Tokyo, Japan; title: Cabanon Cuyes / Bruit du Frigo, Cuyes, Dax, France; title: House in Yamasaki / Tato Architects, Yamasaki, Hyogo, Japan; title: Tokyo Steel House / MDS Architecture, Tokyo, Japan; title: The Nest / A21 Studio, Thuân An, Vietnam; title: Casa Nunez / Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; title: Efficiency House Plus / Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design, University of Stuttgart Berlin, Germany; title: 04. Escape. Apelle / Marco Casagrande, Karjaa, Finland; title: Low-energy Bamboo House / AST77, Beukenlaan, Rotselaar, Belgium; title: Base Camp Chewton / Insite Design, Chewton, Victoria, Australia; title: Casa Apolo 11 / Parra + Edwards Arquitectos La Reina, Santiago, Chile; title: Wetlands Habitation and Work Unit / Prof. Jingxiang Zhu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nanhui Dongtan, Shanghai, China; title: Hut on Sleds / Crosson Clarke Carnachan, Architects, Whangapoua, New Zealand; title: Swamp Hut / Moskow Linn Architects, Newton, Massachusetts, USA; title: Maquina 1 / Adhoc, Murcia, Spain; title: Cape Russell Retreat / Sanders Pace Architecture Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, USA; title: 05. Extreme. Gervasutti/LEAPrus / LEAP factory, Grandes Jorasses, France/Mt Elbrus, Russia; title: Low-cost House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Biên Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam; title: Squish Studio / Saunders Architecture, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada; title: N4+Gluebam House / Advanced Architecture Lab Wuhan, China; title: Mamelodi Pod / Architecture for a Change, Mamelodi, Pretoria, South Africa; title: Smart Student Hut / Tengbom Architects and Lund University Virserum, Sweden; title: Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge / Shigeru Ban, Kagoshima, Yakushima, Japan.