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1st edition (September 1 1990)
First Edition First edition edition (September 1 2008)
The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture
Also shown are several room interiors for each of 14 homes along with photographs and plans for nine garages and a hunter's cabin
Through photographs primarily of the iconic houses he designed in Southern California during the 1950s and ’60s we see a life of refined decadence expressed through gorgeous architecture fast cars beautiful women Hollywood style palm trees swimming pools and minimalist design—all in the context of the Southern California postwar building boom
Simple Shelters: Tents. Tipis. Yurts. Domes and Other Ancient Homes (Wooden Books) Format:Hardcover 1st edition (September 1 1990)The need for shelter is one of mankind's most basic and mankind has been inventive in creating homes to fill this need. This book looks at the principal types of wooden and stick frame structures built around the world and examines how their shape and form reflect cultural and cosmological considerations as well as climatic and utilitarian ones. The book charts the gradual shift from the circular homes of nomads to the rectangular ones favored by
