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Book Synopsis The Architecture of Whimsy by : Arthur Jay Marcus
Download or read book The Architecture of Whimsy written by Arthur Jay Marcus and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating lexicon examines the quixotic architectural expressionsfound on select mid-20th-century modern commercialbuildings in South Florida. Showcasing the work of 13 noted architects from Miami Beach to FortLauderdale, it highlights the playful decorative detailsand gestures--swooping overhangs, brise soleil, cheese holes and arches, andscreening--that expressed the era's shiny optimism and theregion's carefree resort culture. With brief bios of the architects and street maps pinpointing thelocation of each building, this book offers tourists, architects,history buffs, and preservationists a new context and appreciation for theseworks of art, many of which areendangered.
Download or read book Island Whimsy written by Celerie Kemble and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A house by the sea should be a house of dreams. Where windows and doors are thrown open to the ocean, and gusts of cool, salty air turn us all into kids again--buoyant and joyful. Spending childhood days on the beach and in the magical, romantic chaos of her family's rambling house internationally renowned interior designer Celerie Kemble has a deep-rooted connection to the sun and surf. However, in the summer of 2004, Kemble laid eyes on a wild swath of jungle in the Dominican Republic next to minty-blue water and an endless stretch of golden sand, she fell madly in love. Over many years, she designed a home away from home there, an island retreat--a clubhouse and a grouping of family homes and guesthouses--suffused with light and air, full of indoor and outdoor rooms for relaxation. In her latest book, Island Whimsy, Kemble recounts the deeply personal and creative journey of designing Playa Grande and bringing this labor of love to life. The chapters of this book are organized around the different ways Kemble sought to braid her family's story into the larger landscape of Playa Grande and to provide inspiration, joy, and respite to all who come. "Fantasy" looks at the way she used whimsical, dreamlike elements--from the latticework cabanas by the pool to the lamb statues on the property who "mow" the lawns--throughout the property to create a sense of play and possibility. "Light, Salt, Air" describes how she went about bringing the most precious elements of the beach into the homes themselves, creating a feeling of flow and permeability, and reminding visitors constantly of where they are. "In the Jungle" looks at the design cues she took from the flora and fauna of the tropical rainforest surrounding Playa Grande to create an alluring tension between chaos and refinement. "Sweet & Dark" examines the surprising color combinations that tango into life in the tropics--whether in the form of tribal prints in hot Gauguin colors mixed with Jordan-almond pastels or handmade objects like a papier-mâché lobster mask that brings a shout of spirit to a room. Finally, "Texture" focuses on the powerful impact that thoughtfully layered materials--from rough, local coquina stone and painted antique wicker to the smooth polished cotton of Dutch wax prints--have on a space. Throughout this lovingly crafted book, ideas abound for anyone decorating a sunny home or fantasizing about spending time in one. Kemble shares inspiration for creating a sense of openness to the sea, sand, and sky; offering places to wash sandy feet or perfect viewing spots for a sunset-saturated drink; and infusing spaces with invitation, welcome, and magic.
Book Synopsis Four Florida Moderns by : Saxon Henry
Download or read book Four Florida Moderns written by Saxon Henry and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a colourful survey that explores the diverse styles of the arbiters of modernism in Florida. As the offspring of modernism's founders, Alfonso, Gonzalez, Oppenheim and Peterson have embraced the movement and imbued it with their own flair, producing an array of architectural styles and statements in Florida today. This book explores each architect's repertoire, examines their collective bond to modernist traditions, and uncovers their unique design approaches.
Download or read book Storybook Style written by Arrol Gellner and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storybook style, fairy tale, Disneyesque, Hansel and Gretel-these are all synonyms for what is surely the most delightful residential style of the twentieth century. With their romantic evocation of faraway lands and eras, storybook homes were created by architects and builders with a flair for theater, a love of fine craftsmanship, and above all a sense of humour-attributes that make them especially endearing to the jaded modern eye. The storybook style was born on the backlots of Hollywood in the 1920s, where brilliant set designers first learned to evoke the exotic architecture of medieval Europe and the Middle East. Movie-going Americans became fascinated with these settings, and architects and builders were quick to capitalise on this enthusiasm. The whimsical style soon spread from coast to coast, and the unforgettable results are portrayed here.
Download or read book Archigram written by Simon Sadler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-06-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length critical and historical account of an ultramodern architectural movement of the 1960s that advocated "living equipment" instead of buildings. In the 1960s, the architects of Britain's Archigram group and Archigram magazine turned away from conventional architecture to propose cities that move and houses worn like suits of clothes. In drawings inspired by pop art and psychedelia, architecture floated away, tethered by wires, gantries, tubes, and trucks. In Archigram: Architecture without Architecture, Simon Sadler argues that Archigram's sense of fun takes its place beside the other cultural agitants of the 1960s, originating attitudes and techniques that became standard for architects rethinking social space and building technology. The Archigram style was assembled from the Apollo missions, constructivism, biology, manufacturing, electronics, and popular culture, inspiring an architectural movement—High Tech—and influencing the postmodern and deconstructivist trends of the late twentieth century. Although most Archigram projects were at the limits of possibility and remained unbuilt, the six architects at the center of the movement, Warren Chalk, Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton, David Greene, Ron Herron, and Michael Webb, became a focal point for the architectural avant-garde, because they redefined the purpose of architecture. Countering the habitual building practice of setting walls and spaces in place, Archigram architects wanted to provide the equipment for amplified living, and they welcomed any cultural rearrangements that would ensue. Archigram: Architecture without Architecture—the first full-length critical and historical account of the Archigram phenomenon—traces Archigram from its rediscovery of early modernist verve through its courting of students, to its ascent to international notoriety for advocating the "disappearance of architecture."
Book Synopsis The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings by : Marc Kushner
Download or read book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings written by Marc Kushner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and tomorrow. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a truly global perspective on what lies ahead. Each page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.
Book Synopsis Going Out in Style by : Douglas Keister
Download or read book Going Out in Style written by Douglas Keister and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you want chiseled into a stone that would represent you and your life for all eternity? Douglas Keister, considered by many to be America's foremost authority on cemeteries, takes you on a tour of some of the country's most extraordinary memorials in Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity. Keister's evocative photographs capture some of the most beautiful architecture in America in the places that one is least likely to look for it. Mausoleums, statues, and memorials are a connections between the modern world and the generations that went before us. Keister's lens bridges the distance between these two worlds. Featuring an introduction by American Cemetery Magazine associate editor Xavier Cronin, Going Out in Style is a comforting reminder that we can still make our mark in this world long after we've left it.
Download or read book Serious Play written by Monica Obniski and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively exploration of eclecticism, playfulness, and whimsy in American postwar design, including architecture, graphic design, and product design This spirited volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transformation in the field of interior decoration. Storage walls became ubiquitous, often serving as a home's centerpiece. Designers such as Alexander Girard encouraged homeowners to populate their new shelving units with folk art, as well as unconventional and modern objects, to produce innovative and unexpected juxtapositions within modern architectural settings. Playfulness can be seen in the colorful, child-sized furniture by Charles and Ray Eames, who also produced toys. And in the postwar corporate world, the concept of play is manifested in the influential advertising work of Paul Rand. Set against the backdrop of a society that was experiencing rapid change and high anxiety, Serious Play takes a revelatory look at how many of the country's leading designers connected with their audience through wit and imagination.
Book Synopsis St. Louis Architecture for Kids by : Lee Ann Sandweiss
Download or read book St. Louis Architecture for Kids written by Lee Ann Sandweiss and published by Missouri History Museum. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces Saint Louis, Missouri, through rhymes about the city's architectural works and major attractions, presented alphabetically.
Book Synopsis Mill Reef Style by : Elizabeth Ballantine
Download or read book Mill Reef Style written by Elizabeth Ballantine and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, Robertson Ward embarked on the Caribbean's most successful architectural endeavor: Mill Reef Club. At a time when images of nuclear war stalked the American imagination and architects were preoccupied with the grimmer strains of modernism—skyscrapers, airports, and bunkers—Ward rebelled, creating instead the Mill Reef Club. This book presents an illustrated study of his amazing vision.
Book Synopsis California Crazy and Beyond by : Jim Heimann
Download or read book California Crazy and Beyond written by Jim Heimann and published by . This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California Crazy & Beyond: Roadside Venacular Architecture is the most thorough documentation of this ususual architectural style, and a greatly enhanced, fully revised version of the classic book that first explored the movement."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Nothing by Design by : Mary Jo Salter
Download or read book Nothing by Design written by Mary Jo Salter and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful collection of verse––both light and dark, elegiac and affirmative––from one of our most admired poets. The title Nothing by Design is taken from Salter’s villanelle “Complaint for Absolute Divorce,” in which we’re asked to entertain the thought of a no-fault universe. The wary search for peace, personal and public, is a constant theme in poems as varied as “Our Friends the Enemy,” about the Christmas football match between German and British soldiers in 1914; “The Afterlife,” in which Egyptian tomb figurines labor to serve the dead; and “Voice of America,” where Salter returns to the Saint Petersburg of her exiled friend, the late Joseph Brodsky. A section of charming light verse serves as counterpoint to another series entitled “Bed of Letters,” in which Salter addresses the end of a long marriage. Artfully designed, with a highly intentional music, these poems movingly give form to the often unfathomable, yet very real, presence of nothingness and loss in our lives.
Book Synopsis Morris Lapidus by : Deborah Desilets
Download or read book Morris Lapidus written by Deborah Desilets and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adored for his exuberant and original architecture, more than fifty years of Morris Lapidus's designs are celebrated in this first-ever monograph. Known for inventing the postwar resort hotel with the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Morris Lapidus (1902-2001) is revered for his joyful interpretation of modernist tenets through an American vernacular of spectacle and whimsy. Lapidus enthusiastically embraced modernism's formal freedom and sensuality while rejecting its more rigid principles, producing a unique style that seamlessly blends baroque fantasia with modernism's clean lines and flowing spaces. His exuberant curving walls, zigzagging facades, and deft manipulation of space created dramatic forms that transform the moods of their occupants. In 2000 Lapidus was honored by the Cooper-Hewitt as an "American Original," an award created especially for him. This comprehensive volume presents the highlights of Lapidus's extraordinary career. From seductive modern shops and private residences to iconic hotels and residential towers in New York, Miami Beach, the Caribbean, and beyond, this iconoclast proves that "too much is never enough." -- Product Description.
Book Synopsis Borderwall as Architecture by : Ronald Rael
Download or read book Borderwall as Architecture written by Ronald Rael and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borderwall as public space / Teddy Cruz -- Ronald Rael -- Pilgrims at the wall / Marcello Di Cintio -- Borderwall as architecture / Ronald rael -- Transborderisms / Norma Iglesias-Prieto -- Recuerdos / Ronald Rael -- Why walls don't work / Michael Dear -- Afterwards / Ronald Rael
Book Synopsis Architecture in Tennessee, 1768-1897 by : James Patrick
Download or read book Architecture in Tennessee, 1768-1897 written by James Patrick and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Architectural Whimsy by : Archie I Beltran
Download or read book Architectural Whimsy written by Archie I Beltran and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to embark on a whimsical journey through the world of architecture? Introducing "Architectural Whimsy: Adult Coloring Book," a captivating collection of home exterior inspirations that will transport you to a realm of creativity and relaxation. With 50 beautifully designed pages, this coloring book is the companion for anyone seeking a unique and enchanting coloring experience. Imagine yourself sitting in a cozy corner, surrounded by an array of vibrant colors, as you bring to life stunning architectural masterpieces. From charming cottages to majestic mansions, each page of "Architectural Whimsy" offers a delightful escape into the world of imaginative design. Let your imagination run wild as you add your personal touch to these intricate illustrations, creating your very own architectural wonders. But this coloring book is not just about coloring within the lines. It is about embracing the joy of creation and self-expression. As you immerse yourself in the intricate details of each page, you will feel a sense of calm wash over you. The repetitive motion of coloring has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, allowing you to unwind and find solace in the present moment. "Architectural Whimsy" is not just a coloring book; it is a gateway to a world of inspiration. Whether you are an aspiring architect, a lover of design, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of buildings, this book will ignite your imagination and spark your creativity. Each page is carefully curated to showcase a variety of architectural styles, from classic to contemporary, ensuring there is something for everyone. As you flip through the pages of "Architectural Whimsy," you will be captivated by the intricate details and whimsical elements that bring each illustration to life. The carefully hand-drawn designs are a testament to the passion and dedication of the artist, who has poured their heart and soul into creating a truly unique coloring experience. But the benefits of "Architectural Whimsy" extend beyond the pages of the book. As you immerse yourself in the world of coloring, you will find yourself experiencing a sense of mindfulness and relaxation. The act of coloring allows you to focus on the present moment, letting go of worries and distractions. It is a form of meditation that can help you find inner peace and balance in your busy life. So why wait? Grab a copy of "Architectural Whimsy: Adult Coloring Book" today and embark on a journey of creativity and self-discovery. Whether
Download or read book California Crazy written by Jim Heimann and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows gas stations, cafes, businesses, and roadside stands in California designed to look like giant animals, machinery, and objects, as well as foreign architecture.
