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Charles Moore, Gerald Allen, and Donlyn Lyndon
The Place of Houses
$25.95, £14.95 paperback
978-0-520-22357-8
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315 pages, 9-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 229 b/w photographs, 115 line illustrations
April 2001, Available worldwide
Categories: Architecture; Architectural History; Architectural History; American Studies
April 2001, Available worldwide
Categories: Architecture; Architectural History; Architectural History; American Studies
"The Place of Houses is a book of dreams. . . . [It] is a beautiful book--beautifully printed, with a clear format, photographs which are excellent in both selection and execution, and superb graphics."—Robert Sturgis, Landscape Architecture
"A wonderful book which is both mythic and poetic. . . . In Moore, Allen and Lyndon's book the ideal architect comes on as a modest and friendly fellow who pays very close attention to his client."—Mildred F. Schmertz, Architectural Record
"For anyone thinking about building a new house, this is probably the book I'd recommend firstÉWhat's so great about THE PLACE OF HOUSES? It's the way it says, with rare eloquence, that houses are not about their architects."—Boston Globe
"A wonderful book which is both mythic and poetic. . . . In Moore, Allen and Lyndon's book the ideal architect comes on as a modest and friendly fellow who pays very close attention to his client."—Mildred F. Schmertz, Architectural Record
"For anyone thinking about building a new house, this is probably the book I'd recommend firstÉWhat's so great about THE PLACE OF HOUSES? It's the way it says, with rare eloquence, that houses are not about their architects."—Boston Globe
With a new epilogue
Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or what they have a right to expect.
The authors establish the basis for good building by examining houses in the small Massachusetts town of Edgartown; in Santa Barbara, California, where a commitment was made to re-create an imaginary Spanish past; and in Sea Ranch, on the northern California coast, where the authors attempt to create a community. These examples demonstrate how individual houses can express the care, energies, and dreams of the people who live in them, and can contribute to a larger sense of place.
Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or what they have a right to expect.
The authors establish the basis for good building by examining houses in the small Massachusetts town of Edgartown; in Santa Barbara, California, where a commitment was made to re-create an imaginary Spanish past; and in Sea Ranch, on the northern California coast, where the authors attempt to create a community. These examples demonstrate how individual houses can express the care, energies, and dreams of the people who live in them, and can contribute to a larger sense of place.
The Charles Moore Center: www.charlesmoore.org