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Title: XS : Big Ideas, Small Buildings by Phyllis Richardson, Lucas Dietrich ISBN: 0-7893-0642-5 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a gem!
Comment: I found this book while doing a newsstand project for my studio class. I was interested in seeing how other designers had tackled the high level of detail that becomes necessary when creating a small structure (and get some inspriation for my own project along the way). I wasn't disappointed. Although I usually like to see more process sketches in architecture books (Xs is completely lacking in this regard), the variety, creativity and inventiveness of the projects exhibited won me over. The different uses of materials are especially diverse and inspiring. The photographs are thoughtful and do a good job of showing much of the detail that makes these structures interesting in the first place. The text is well-written (I consider any architecture writing not filled with euphemisim and jargon a godsend), and the quotes from the designers is insightful. I started showing Xs to other architects in my firm and it quickly became a hit. It is, above all else, an accessable, fun book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Cool, Unique Projects
Comment: This is a nice little book, well put together, of some unique projects you might not otherwise see because they are so small. It isn't very indepth on any of them, no more that 3-4 pics usually. Contains a lot of projects with novel use of materials, most are built pretty cheap too.
It is good general book and worth... I think.
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Title: Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture by Jennifer Siegal, Andrei Cordescu, Robert Kronenburg ISBN: 1568983344 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Collapsible: The Genius of Space-Saving Design by Per Mollerup ISBN: 0811832368 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Prefab by Bryan Burkhart, Allison Arieff ISBN: 1586851322 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Mini House by Alejandro Bahamon ISBN: 0060513594 Publisher: Harper Design International Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: LOT/EK: Urban Scan by Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, Philip Nobel ISBN: 156898300X Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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