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How Much House?: Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Urs Peter Fluckiger
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Description for How Much House?: Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
Hardcover. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses three projects and shows parallels and similarities. Inspired by Tolstoy's story How Much Land Does a Man Need?, it asks: "How much house does a person need?", thereby providing a pointed contribution to the current discussion on the requirement for housing. Num Pages: 112 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, 20 black & white halftones, 15 c. BIC Classification: AMA; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
The space we live in, reduced to a minimum, has been fascinating us for generations - the writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 -1847. In 1952, Le Corbusier built a hut at the Cote d'Azur for himself and his wife. Inspired by this, Urs Peter Fluckiger, together with his students, built an ecologically and economically sustainable cabin in the Texan prairie. All three projects share the idea of minimal space and its relationship with the surrounding nature. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses the three projects and shows parallels and similarities. Inspired ... Read more
The space we live in, reduced to a minimum, has been fascinating us for generations - the writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 -1847. In 1952, Le Corbusier built a hut at the Cote d'Azur for himself and his wife. Inspired by this, Urs Peter Fluckiger, together with his students, built an ecologically and economically sustainable cabin in the Texan prairie. All three projects share the idea of minimal space and its relationship with the surrounding nature. In text, drawings, and photographs, this book analyses the three projects and shows parallels and similarities. Inspired ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783035610284
SKU
V9783035610284
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Urs Peter Fluckiger
Urs Peter Fluckiger, architect, professor at the Texas Tech University
Reviews for How Much House?: Thoreau, Le Corbusier and the Sustainable Cabin
How Much House? is an excellent synopsis of the issues involved and gives a coherent overview of the three cabins as well as details of their design and construction. The distillation of images provided - both drawings and photos, historic and contemporary - is the perfect accompaniment to the text in setting tone and providing explanation. W. ... Read more