Main entry:

Richardson, Phyllis.

Title & Author:

XS : small structures, green architecture / Phyllis Richardson.

Publication:

New York, NY : Universe, 2007.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm

Notes:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2007 as XS Green by Thames & Hudson Ltd."--Title page verso
Introduction : 'Think globally, act locally' -- The view from outside : Camera Obscura, Greenport, New York / SHoP Architects ; Garden hut, Sant Miquel de Cruïlles, Spain / Eightyseven Architects ; Mirador, Zapallar, Chile / Carolina Contreras and Tomás Cortese ; Sitooterie, Essex, England / Thomas Heatherwick Studio ; Split/View, Tulsa, Oklahoma / Mitnick Roddier Hicks ; Vines Pavilion, Tulsa, Oklahoma / MADE ; Camera Obscura, Aegina, Greece / Franz Berzl with Gustav Deutsch ; Garden pavilion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Paul Raff Studio, Sasquatch Designlab ; Gazebo Kuusi, Mäntyharju, Finland / Juhani Pallasmaa ; Think Tank, County Cork, Ireland / Gumuchdjian Architects -- Material concerns : Na Hale 'Eo Waiawi, Hawaii; Toad Hall, California / Patrick Dougherty ; Miele Space Station/WasAutoMatiek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands / 2012 Architecten ; Turf House, Venice Biennale, Italy / de Paor Architects ; Ferry Go Round, Air Bridge, Space Maker, Groningen, The Netherlands / Lambert Kamps ; Big Orbits / Buffalo, New York / Mehrdad Hadighi with Frank Fantauzzi ; Primary school building, Essex, England / Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture ; Singing Ringing Tree, Lancashire, England / Tonkin Liu Architects ; Superadobe Structures, Hesperia, California / Nader Khalili and Cal Earth ; Glass dome, Stuttgart, Germany / Lucio Blandini with Werner Sobek -- An urban flowering : Hairywood, London, England / 6a Architects with Eley Kishimoto ; Greening of Detroit Pavilion, Detroit, Michigan / Zago Architecture ; Loftcube mobile prototype, Germany / Studio Aisslinger ; Urban nomad shelters, Los Angeles, California / Electroland ; Puppet theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts / Michael Meredith with Pierre Huyghe ; Dream house, Huesca, Spain / Ex Studio ; Rucksack House, Cologne, Germany / Stefan Eberstadt ; Park pavilion, Hamburg, Germany / And8 Architekten with Dan Graham -- Touching the earth lightly : La Petite Maison du Weekend mobile, Canada / Patkau Architects ; Protest shelter, Tasmania, Australia / Andrew Maynard Architects ; Future shack mobile, Australia / Sean Godsell Architects ; ZigZag Cabin, Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia / Drew Heath Architects ; Tree spheres, Vancouver, British Columbia / Tom Chudleigh ; 'Hybrid Muscle', Chiang Mai, Thailand / R & Sie(n) with Philippe Parreno ; Micro-compact home, Munich, Germany / Horden Cherry Lee with Haack Höpfner -- Poetic utility : HoneyHouse, North Carolina / Marlon Blackwell ; Footbridge, Boudry, Switzerland / Geninasca Delefortrie ; HALO communications booth prototype, USA / Lance Hosey ; Temporary fruit warehouse, Santiago, Chile / Felipe Assadi ; Wedding chapel, Kobuchizawa, Japan / Klein Dytham Architects ; Meeting place, German-Czech border / Brückner & Brückner Architekten ; Pigeon loft, Cambrai, France / Matali Crasset with André Morin ; Ferry shelter, Tiree, Scotland / Sutherland Hussey Architects ; Nelson Mandela Museum Pavilions, Eastern Cape, South Africa / Cohen & Judin Architects.

Summary:

Provides designs for a variety of buildings that conserve space and help preserve the environment.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0789315254
9780789315250

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Sustainable buildings.
Sustainable architecture.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Constructions durables.
Architecture durable.
Architecture, Modern.
Experimentelle Architektur
Bauökologie
Architektur
Umweltverträglichkeit
Small buildings.
Architecture 20th century.
Architecture 21st century.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258402
Call No.: BIB 189172
Status: Available