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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Here are the most modern and unconventional examples in such categories as prefab, ecologically sustainable (beware, some of the examples are not pretty), or apartment housing, described by a very well-read and articulate author. A few truly are experimental, for example an engineering exercise in solar heating, or the Swedish IKEA houses, but many are just impractical...
Published on January 9, 2005 by misterbeets
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Great photos but ponderous writing
Great photos but ponderous writing. Page 83 excerpt, "The architects clearly enjoyed the possibilities of this experimental architectural archeology whereby a fundamentalist concept of authenticity is replaced by an inclusive and imaginative view of historical processes."
Published on January 15, 2001
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Great photos but ponderous writing,
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This review is from: Experimental Houses (Paperback)
Great photos but ponderous writing. Page 83 excerpt, "The architects clearly enjoyed the possibilities of this experimental architectural archeology whereby a fundamentalist concept of authenticity is replaced by an inclusive and imaginative view of historical processes."
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By misterbeets "misterbeets" (Safe Harbor, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Experimental Houses (Paperback)
Here are the most modern and unconventional examples in such categories as prefab, ecologically sustainable (beware, some of the examples are not pretty), or apartment housing, described by a very well-read and articulate author. A few truly are experimental, for example an engineering exercise in solar heating, or the Swedish IKEA houses, but many are just impractical novelties done for fashion's sake.
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Experimental Houses by Nicolas Pople (Paperback - November 1, 2000)
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