The Place of Houses

This is a book for people interested in domestic architecture who might wish to build a house of their own, with both philosophical questions and pragmatic matters to be considered as the reader thinks about what is wanted in a house, what needs and desires one wishes it to serve.

About the author

Charles Moore (1925-94) was Dean of the School of Architecture at Yale, Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, and O'Neil Ford Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas. Donlyn Lyndon, Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, has served as Chair of the Departments of Architecture at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Oregon. Gerald Allen was an editor of Architectural Record when this book was written; he now practices architecture in New York. All three authors have designed noteworthy houses.

Summary

Examines 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.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Allen, Allen Gerald, Donlyn Lyndon, Lyndon Donlyn, Charles Moore, Charles W Moore, Charles W. Moore, Charles Willard Moore, Moore Charles
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2001
• EAN: 9780520223578
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22357-8
• No. of pages: 315
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; California, Massachusetts, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, Houses, apartments, flats, etc, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings