Title & Author:

Todd Saunders : architecture in northern landscapes / edited and written by Ellie Stathaki and Jonathan Bell ; photography by Bent Rene Synnevag ; preface by Joseph Grima.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2013]
©2013

Description:

275 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Architect, Canadian by birth, primary practice in Norway.
Includes transcripts of interview with Todd Saunders.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273).
Introduction -- Fogo island -- The studios -- Long studio -- Tower studio -- Bridge studio -- Squish studio -- Drawings -- Construction images -- The collaborator -- an interview with Olaf Gipser -- The modern house -- place, pragmatism, and cultural memory -- The process -- an interview with Zita Cobb -- Aurland lookout -- Aurlandsvangen -- Fogo island inn -- Halvorsen hansen addition -- Hardanger retreat -- Hytte tyin -- Lund gard kindergarten -- Salt spring island house -- Solberg tower and park -- Stokke forest stair -- Summer house alendal -- Summer house sogn og fjordane -- Summer house aland -- Torngasok cultural center -- Villa brussels -- Villa g -- Villa h -- Villa hc -- Villa mohn -- Villa moldbakken -- Villa morild -- Villa storingavika -- Villa tyssoy -- Villa vagen.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Todd Saunders (1969) is one of the most important young contemporary Canadian architects working internationally. His architecture, simple yet powerful, incorporates elements of his country's architectural identity - including the use of wood and carefully picked Modernist influences - bringing it at the same time into the 21st century with excellent execution, carefully chosen materials and a hands-on approach. Saunders (he lives and works in Bergen, Norway) has successfully executed work in both Canada, Norway, and Finland, creating architecture with a strong sense of northern identity, an individual approach that is informed by the strongness of natural landscape. The most important projects: Aurland Lookout, Long Studio, Fogo Island, Tower Studio, Fogo Island, Squish Studio, Fogo Island and Villa G. The first reference monograph on a remarkable young architect working in Scandinavia and Canada. The monograph provides interesting unpublished documents, curated by Jonathan Bell (Architecture Editor, Wallpaper* magazine) and Ellie Stathaki (Deputy Architecture Editor, Wallpaper* magazine) as well as three interviews by Olaf Gipser, Zita Cobb, and Brian MacKay-Lyons. The artwork of the book is by the international renowned graphic designer Henrik Nygren.

ISBN:

9783034608183 (cl.)
3034608187 (cl.)

Subject:

Saunders, Todd, 1969-
Saunders, Todd,
Saunders, Todd
Saunders Arkitektur.
Architecture Arctic regions 21st century.
Architects Norway.
Architects Canada.
Architecture Norway 21st century.
Architecture Canada 21st century.
Artists' studios Designs and plans.
Architecture Arctique 21e siècle.
Architectes Norvège.
Architecture Norvège 21e siècle.
Architecture Canada 21e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture.
Arctic Regions.
Canada.
Norway.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
Interviews.

Added entries:

Stathaki, Ellie.
Bell, Jonathan.
Bell, Jonathan, 1972- author, editor.
Saunders, Todd architect.
Synnevag, Bent Rene photographer.
Grima, Joseph writer of preface.

Architecture in northern landscapes

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288347
Call No.: BIB 230023
Status: Available