Release Date: July 5, Summer 2006
Glass Houses
A
uthor: Bahamon, AlejandroFormat:
HardcoverISBN:
0060893397ISBN13:
9780060893392
Trim:
10 x 10
Pages:
Illustrations: Full-color throughout
Release Date:
Drop Ship Month: May
Price: $39.95 / $51.50 Can.
Territory: W
SYNOPSIS
There is something seemingly impractical but ultimately glamorous and breathtaking about a glass house. Throughout the history of modern architecture, designing a glass house has been a recurrent and challenging exercise. This book reviews some of the most notable glass houses in recent history, such as the Maison de Verre by Pierre Charreau in Paris, France; the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe in Plano, Illinois; the Glass House by Philip Johnson in New Canaan, Connecticut. Glass Houses also focuses on the recent works of contemporary architects and their visual interpretations of this fascinating topic. Detailed drawings and narratives by the designers discuss and analyze innovative construction systems as clever functional solutions and showcase a myriad of styles.
AUTHOR PROFILE
Alejandro Bahamón is a Columbian architect now working in Spain since 1997. After working as photographer, architect and architectural editor in his country he went to Barcelona to develop a Ph.D. programme about Interior Public Spaces in the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. He combines his work as architect with his academic and publishing work, collaborating as a writer and editor. He is the author of many design and architecture books including Mini House, Small Apartments, and Small Lofts.