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.
ISBN: | 9780520223578 |
Publication date: | 17th April 2001 |
Author: | Charles Moore, Gerald Allen, Donlyn Lyndon |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 316 pages |
Genres: |
Architecture: residential and domestic buildings |