Main entry:

Pierre d'Avoine Architects.

Title & Author:

Housey housey : a pattern book of ideal homes / designs by Pierre d'Avoine Architects ; words by Clare Melhuish & Pierre d'Avoine.

Publication:

London : Black Dog Pub., 2005.

Description:

277 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269).
Introduction -- The pattern book approach in the twenty-first century -- Diagram of categories -- Houses: -- Sheendale Studios -- White House -- Invisible House -- Invisible House 2 -- Mehr House -- Highstone Rooftop -- Slim House -- Slim House 2 -- Big House -- Monad House -- Maisonette -- Pudding Mill House -- Rooftop Houses, the Piper Building -- Baffoe House -- Collins House -- Rough Grounds Octagon House -- Rough Grounds Belvedere House -- Rough Grounds Lodge -- Climate House -- Swaythling Housing -- New Battery House -- Sam House -- Drum House -- Essays: -- Reality and project -- Colour and architecture : the White House -- Flowering of the new suburbia -- Gone but only in my head -- Suburbia on my mind -- The Invisible House : the architect as anthropologist of suburban life -- Affecting architecture : challenging the politics of indifference -- Slim House : model terrace for concept house 99 -- Interstitial space, the ideal home show, and DIY culture -- Monad House : thoughts on a design approach for a Welsh House for the future -- From Climate House, Tehran to new housing at Eastleigh, Hampshire (Swaythling) -- Housing and cultural identity in non-metropolitan and rural areas : the future of prototypes for innovation in housing -- Further reading -- House credits -- Photographic credits -- Essay publication acknowledgements -- Biographies -- Acknowledgements.

Summary:

Presents a collection of design concepts for contemporary homes which are not only forward-thinking, appealing, and responsive to modern needs, but also buildable, both on an individual basis and at a larger scale.

ISBN:

1904772102
9781904772101

Subject:

Avoine, Pierre d' Catalogues.
Pierre d'Avoine Architects.
Pierre D'Avoine Architects Catalogues.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century Designs and plans.
Architecture domestique 20e siècle Dessins et plans.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Melhuish, Clare.
Avoine, Pierre d'.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 243345
Call No.: NA44.A9598.23 H6 2005
Status: Available