Five houses, ten details
By: Edward R. Ford.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; Brand: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781568988269
Subjects: Architecture -- Details; Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans
Genres: Designs and plans.
Other titles: 5 houses, 10 details
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction. Five houses; title: Pt. 1. Ch. 1. The detail as abstraction : place and displacement; title: Ch. 2. House 1; title: Ch. 3. Abstraction and animation; title: Pt. 2. Ch. 4. The detail as material expression : material and form; title: Ch. 5. House 2; title: Ch. 6. The Free Union School competition; title: Ch. 7. Sculpture, engineering, and architecture; title: Pt. 3. Ch. 8. The detail as structural representation : structure and weight; title: Ch. 9. House 3; title: Ch. 10. Gravity and meaning; title: Pt. 4. Ch. 11. The detail as joint : abstraction and joints; title: Ch. 12. House 4; title: Ch. 13. The Alpine Mountain Hut competition; title: Ch. 14. The part and the whole; title: Pt. 5. Ch. 15. The detail as dissonant element : architecture and furniture; title: - Ch. 16. House 5; title: Ch. 17. The Matteson Public Library; title: h. 18. Scale and dissonance; title: Afterword. The detail; title: Notes; title: Selected bibliography; title: Credits.