Outside Architecture: Outdoor Rooms Designed by Architects [Hardcover]

Susan Zevon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999

Outside Architecture richly illustrates an intriguing variety of contemporary outdoor rooms designed by accomplished architects from around the world.

--Features a wide range of designs, from terraces and pool houses, to rooftop gardens in both urban and country settings.

--Details over 50 beautiful projects in 200 full-color photographs, site plans, and architects' drawings.

Just as Inside Architecture reveals the renaissance of architect-designed interiors, Outside Architecture illustrates the infinite variety of contemporary outdoor rooms being designed by top architects today.

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About the Author

Susan Zevon is a passionate devotee of architecture and a connoisseur of interior design. She has served as the architecture editor of House Beautiful for more than a deacde, has held editorial positions at Self and House and Garden magazines, and has been a contributor to the home design sections of the New York Times and the New York Post. Ms. Zevon is the author of Inside Architecture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Rockport Pub (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564964604
• ISBN-13: 978-1564964601
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,633,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STRIKING!, July 22, 2001

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Nina Immers "[e-mail]" (Genoa, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outside Architecture: Outdoor Rooms Designed by Architects (Hardcover)

Photographic journal that will definitely spur some new ideas. Most are more modern, but reminiscent of the Frank Lloyd Wright style of architecture with very strong lines. Multiple settings and unique media usage. Every structural artist who plans an endeavor in the garden should have this!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, November 4, 2010

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honeycomb1 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outside Architecture: Outdoor Rooms Designed by Architects (International Road Poster Maps) (Paperback)

I am an architecture student and I have consistently referenced this book for my thesis project. There are some excellent examples of interior to exterior space transitions, use of materials, and tectonics.

A great introduction to architects who integrate a connection to nature within their designs.

The format of the book is very useful as well-for each project there is text providing a (relevant!) description of the architect and his intentions, and often a plan to show the building layout, accompanied by great photos. I particularly love the direct quotes from the architects about their views on design and nature.

Beautiful projects, I highly recommend!