Plain modern : the architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons / Malcolm Quantrill ; with contributions by Glenn Murcutt and Kenneth Frampton and project texts by Brian MacKay-Lyons.

Main entry:

Quantrill, Malcolm, 1931-2009.

Title & Author:

Plain modern : the architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons / Malcolm Quantrill ; with contributions by Glenn Murcutt and Kenneth Frampton and project texts by Brian MacKay-Lyons.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Series:

New voices in architecture

Notes:
Plain modern : the architecture of Brian Mackay-Lyons -- Residential projects. Barn house (1996-98) -- House on the Nova Scotia coast no. 12 (1995-97) -- Danielson House (1996-98) -- House on the Nova Scotia coast no. 22 (1997-98) -- Kutcher House (1997-98) -- Howard House (1995-99) -- Messenger House II (2001-03) -- Hill House (2002-04) -- Ghost Laboratory. Ghost Laboratory I-VI (1994-2004) -- On the fringe of empire -- Public works. Faculty of architecture extension, Dalhousie University (1991-93) -- Faculty of computer science, Dalhousie University (1998-99) -- Academic Resource Centre, University of Toronto at Scarborough (2001-03) -- Ship's Company Theatre (2001-04) -- Office for Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects (2002-03) -- Canadian High Commission, Dhaka (2002-05).

Summary:

"The austere beauty of the Nova Scotia landscape serves as an integral part of the architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons. The work of this native son responds to this unique topography and to the vernacular building traditions that define its communities. His houses, nestled along the Atlantic coast, combine regional forms with local materials, technologies, and building practices to create works that are linked to their environments." "In recent years, as MacKay-Lyons's practice has rapidly expanded to include institutional work on an international scale, the architect has pushed the classifications of critical regionalism and cultural sustainability to new extremes. In this book, historian and critic Malcom Quantrill crafts a telling portrait of MacKay-Lyons, elucidating the "peculiar regionality" of his firm's work and the methodology it employs, which has enabled it to transcend national bounds."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1568984774 (alk. paper)
9781568984773 (alk. paper)

Subject:

MacKay-Lyons, Brian.
Architecture Nova Scotia History.
Architecture Nouvelle-Écosse 20e siècle.
Architecture Nouvelle-Écosse Histoire.
Architecture.
Nova Scotia.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Murcutt, Glenn.
Frampton, Kenneth.
MacKay-Lyons, Brian.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
New voices in architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237682
Call No.: BIB 167523
Status: Available

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