House : black swan theory / Steven Holl.

Main entry:

Holl, Steven.

Title & Author:

House : black swan theory / Steven Holl.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173).
The Swiss residence -- Stretto House -- Writing with Light House -- Oceanic retreat -- Porosity House -- Sun Slice House -- Y House -- Planar House -- House at Martha's Vineyard -- Implosion Villa -- Little Tesseract House -- Nail collector's house -- Turbulence House -- Tower of Silence -- Round Lake Hut -- Deceleration : a collapse of plastic space / by Michael Bell.

Summary:

"Steven Holl is known for an architecture that considers place, time, and the senses of the viewer. This philosophy has created some of the richest and most celebrated buildings of the past several decades. In Holl's own poetic voice, House describes fifteen residences (built and unbuilt) that give insight into the source of his unique architectural perspective, including his most current along with his best-known houses from the recent past. Ordered according to scale (largest to smallest), the houses in this book span the globe, ranging from a secluded location in Hawaii to the Catskill Mountains of New York, to Martha's Vineyard, to The Hague in the Netherlands. Through Holl's attempt to build into and with the site, these houses enhance and reveal the unique qualities of their locations. Holl inverts the usual universal-to-specific order by working from the specific toward the universal. By presenting a selection of his houses, Steven Holl suggests a "black swan" theory for architecture - mutable and unpredictable."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9781568985879 (alk. paper)
1568985878 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Holl, Steven.
Holl, Steven, 1947-
Holl, Steven 1947-
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture United States History 21st century.
Architecture United States 21st century.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis 21e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architektur
Einfamilienhaus
Woningbouw.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.

Form/genre:

Bildband.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 251368
Call No.: BIB 180860
Status: Available

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