Improvisations on the Land: Houses of Fernau + Hartman

Improvisations on the Land: Houses of Fernau + Hartman

A generous look at the San Francisco Bay Area architectsâ€™ pioneering approach to sustainable houses, ranging from the vineyard regions of California to Telluride, Colorado; the rugged ranch lands of Montana and the picturesque hamlets of the Hudson Valley and Marthaâ€™s Vineyard. Â
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Since its formation in 1981, Fernau + Hartman has become renowned for its imaginative expansion of the possibilities of site- and region-specific architecture. Leaders in these concepts, as well as in sustainable design long before its currency today, Fernau + Hartmanâ€™s houses maximize the connection between the natural and built environments, intensify the experience of place, and invite an open, playful, and inventive approach to life. A Newport Beach weekend house has flexible sleeping quarters and almost everything else (spaces for cooking, eating, showering, and bathing) is outdoors; a house made of alternating indoor and outdoor rooms climbs up a Sonoma County hillside; and an island house inspired by the fishing village of Menemsha is composed as three independent gabled â€œshedsâ€ docked at a central screened porch featuring a fireplace and dining table.
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With essays by Beth Dunlop, Laura Hartman, Thomas Fisher, and Daniel P. Gregory, Improvisations on the Land creates a multifaceted portrait of the firmâ€™s history, philosophy, and practiceâ€”revealing as much about their process as the finished houses themselves. Models, axonometric drawings, floor and site plans, elevations, and photographs of vernacular structuresâ€”from a collapsed barn in Montana, to Colorado mining compounds and a louvered colonnade in the Sacramento River Deltaâ€”contribute to a full appreciation of Fernau + Hartmanâ€™s work, how its sense of spontaneity and joy provides the antidote to so much of the self-conscious architecture that surrounds us, and results in houses that push the possibilities of residential design today.
Country USA
Brand The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer The Monacelli Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 175 illustrations
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2015-10-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781580934305

Country	USA
Brand	The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer	The Monacelli Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	175 illustrations
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2015-10-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781580934305

Improvisations on the Land: Houses of Fernau + Hartman

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