Main entry:

Richardson, Phyllis.

Title & Author:

XS future : new ideas, small structures / Phyllis Richardson.

Publication:

New York, NY : Universe, ©2009.

Description:

224 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2009 as XS extreme : big ideas, small buildings by Thames & Hudson.
Project credits and architect information: p. [217]-223.
Introduction : Beyond boundaries -- New and improved : Beat Wave, Miami, Florida / J. Mayer H. ; Bug, Vienna, Austria / Najjar & Najjar ; Bad (bath), Stuttgart, Germany / SMAQ ; La Estancia Chapel, Cuernavaca, Mexico / Bunker Arquitectura ; Jelly architecture, Izu, Japan / Gin Johannes ; Crisp-packet shelter, Kent, England / Jack Woolley ; Glass bubble, Malmö, Sweden / Monika Gora ; Tea house, Frankfurt, Germany / Kango Kuma ; Wind shelter, Blackpool, England / Ian McChesney with Atelier One -- Art and craft : Density fields, Los Angeles, California / Oyler Wu Collaborative ; Weather tower, Offenbach-am-Main, Germany / unit-design with Boris Banozic ; House dilation, Cumbria, England / Philippe Rahm ; Rolling summer house, England / Charlie Whinney ; Tea rooms, Jinhua Architecture Park, China / Liu Jiakun ; Reading space, Jinhua Architecture Park, China / Herzog & de Meuron ; The ancient tree, Jinhua Architecture Park, China / Christ & Gantenbein ; Bridging tea house, Jinhua Architecture Park, China / Fernando Romero ; M-Velope Two, Los Angeles, California / Michael Jantzen ; Mobile Chaplet, Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead & Moorhead ; Windshape, Lacoste, France / nArchitects -- Scenic routes : Aurland Lookout, Aurland, Norway / Saunders & Wilhelmsen ; Boston Pendulum, Boston, Lincolnshire, England / Robbrecht & Daem ; Eggum Tourist Point, Lofoten, Norway / Snøhetta Architects ; Tent village revisited, Nantes, France / Dré Wapenaar ; Bird tower, Auburn, Alabama / Rural Studio ; Permanent camping, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia / Casey Brown Architecture -- Information Point, Mizoën, France / Hérault Arnod Architectes ; Rolling huts, Mazama, Washington / Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen ; Floating Sauna, Hardangerfjord, Norway / Sami Rintala ; Observation deck, Pinohuacho, Chile / Rodrigo Sheward -- Off the map : Polar lab, Antarctica / Richard Horden and students, TUM ; 4treehouse, Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada / Lukasz Kos ; Boomerang / Gilles Ebersolt ; Peak lab, Zermatt, Switzerland / Richard Horden and students ; Tree house, Salzburg, Austria / Andreas Wenning (Baumraum) ; Sala Sastruggi, Patriot Hills, Antarctica / ArqZe ; SkiBox, Portillo, Chile / dRN Arquitectos -- Urban radicals : Classroom of the future, London, England / Gollifer Langston Architects ; D-tower, Doetinchem, Netherlands / NOX-Architekten ; Point Zero, Rotterdam, Netherlands / NIO Architecten ; Best pedestrian route, New York, New York / GRO Architects ; Single Hauz, Poland / Front Architects ; Mobile studio, Paris, France / Gilles Ebersolt ; Work/Space/Ply/Time, London, England / Alex Haw ; Spaceframe, Copenhagen, Denmark / N55 ; Tram stop, Alicante, Spain / Subarquitectura.

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ISBN:

9780789320520
0789320525

Subject:

Small buildings.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Visionary architecture.
Petites constructions.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture visionnaire.
visionary architecture.
Architecture, Modern.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266311
Call No.: BIB 198008
Status: Available