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Title: In Detail : Single Family Housing by Christian Schittich, Thomas Jocher, Ingrid Geisel, Peter Green, Elizabeth M. Schwaiger ISBN: 3-7643-6328-2 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $82.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Expand Yourself
Comment: In itself this is a beautiful book. The book contains sixteen, excellently crafted homes with superb photography. The houses are organized into 4 categories: Timber, Steel, Concrete, and Masonry. The drawings (building/wall sections, plan details) are very clear and reveal some hidden truths. The book also contains three short essays (Single family house: Myth and Reality; A Small House with a Garden; The Image of the House) that are equally as inspiring.
Yes, these are high-end, avant-garde, mostly European homes as the previous reviewer has pointed out. But, Isn't this the type of book us more conventional architects should be getting our inspiration from? Perhaps some of these elegant details and constructs could trickle down into conventional residential practice, even speculative housing. If every residential architect were to study these types of details and enlighten their clients, I'm sure the quality of the built environment would improve. Let's broaden our horizons.
Rating: 3
Summary: Avant garde European houses
Comment: The drawings are exactly like the ones in Detail magazine, which means Americans might have occasional trouble translating some of the terminology, but the presentation is top quality. Features cutting-edge designs that are the stuff of architectural journalism: shed roofs, floor-to-ceiling windows, natural wood slat siding, and, my favorite, a house built with two-foot-thick sand-lime brick cavity walls. Not your average homes; then again, no reason to compile them into a book if they were.
Rating: 5
Summary: The essence of art and science...
Comment: the Detail family has never let us down. the Single Family Houses book continues the tremendous effort put forth in researching the practical design and detailing of both simple and sophisticated buildings, that Detail magazine has done for years. this book is an essential component of my library as it balances the technical with the artistic. i'm eagerly awaiting the next book: Building Skins.
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Title: In Detail: Building Skins: Concepts, Layers, Materials by Christian Schittich ISBN: 3764364653 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $82.95 |
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Title: In Detail: Japan - Architects, Constructions, Ambiance by Christian Schittich ISBN: 3764367571 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $82.95 |
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Title: Roof Construction Manual by Eberhard Schunck, Hans Jochen Oster, Rainer Barthel, Kurt Kiessl, Hans Jochen Oster, Kurt Kiebl ISBN: 3764369868 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $140.00 |
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Title: Concrete Construction Manual by Friedbert Kind-Barkauskas, Bruno Kauhsen, Stefan Polonyi, Jorg Brandt ISBN: 3764367245 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $140.00 |
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Title: Timber Construction Manual by Thomas Herzog, Julius Natterer, Roland Schweitzer, Michael Volz, Wolfgang Winter ISBN: 3764370254 Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural) Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $140.00 |
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