Mobile : the art of portable architecture / edited by Jennifer Siegal ; foreword by Andrei Codrescu ; preface by Robert Kronenburg.

Title & Author:

Mobile : the art of portable architecture / edited by Jennifer Siegal ; foreword by Andrei Codrescu ; preface by Robert Kronenburg.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

127 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Andrei Codrescu -- Preface / Robert Kronenburg -- The age of new nomadism / Jennifer Siegal -- Festo -- LOT/EK -- FTL Happold -- Doug Jackson/LARGE -- Michael A. Fox/KDG -- The Mark Fisher Studio -- Pugh + Scarpa -- Acconci Studio -- Office of Mobile Design [OMD].

Summary:

This text explores the ever-growing range of possibilities of portable, demountable, and mobile structures. The volume includes work by Office of Mobile Design, LOT/EK and Mark Fisher. Using colour images, text and detailed drawings, the contributors reveal their working methods.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568983344 (pbk.)
9781568983349 (pbk.)

Subject:

Buildings, Portable.
Lightweight construction.
Mobile homes.
Constructions transportables.
Construction légère.
Maisons mobiles.
Structures flexibles.
portable buildings.
lightweight construction.
mobile homes.
nonrigid structures.
Mobile Architektur
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Added entries:

Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- writer of foreword.
Kronenburg, Robert, writer of preface.
Siegal, Jennifer, 1965- editor.

Art of portable architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 222627
Call No.: NA8480 .M6 2002
Status: Available

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