Improvisations on the Land : Houses of Fernau + Hartman, Hardcover by Fernau,...

by Richard Fernau

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Improvisations on the Land : Houses of Fernau + Hartman, Hardcover by Fernau, Richard; Dunlop, Beth; Hartman, Laura (CON); Fisher, Thomas; Gregory, Daniel P., ISBN 1580934307, ISBN-13 9781580934305, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A generous look at the San Francisco Bay Area architects 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 Martha s Vineyard. 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 + Hartman 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 sheds docked at a central screened porch featuring a fireplace and dining table. With essays by Beth Dunlop, Laura Hartman, Thomas Fisher, and Daniel P. Gregory, Improvisations on the Land create

• Publisher: Monacelli Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2015
• ISBN: 9781580934305
• Condition: Fine

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