An edition of Superlight
(2014)
Superlight
lightness in contemporary houses
by Phyllis Richardson
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"Ever since the Industrial Revolution architects have sought to liberate our houses from their solid foundations and one of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been Glenn Murcutt's dictum that buildings should 'touch the earth lightly'. The projects here combine two strands of thinking: that lightweight buildings can weigh less and have minimal impact on their environments, and that this lightness -- visually, materially, ecologically -- can create beautiful, ethereal houses. 'Superlight' living can offer both new, natural modes of living and greater communion with our surroundings"--Provided by publisher.
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Superlight: lightness in contemporary houses
2014, Thames & Hudson Ltd.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Houses that 'touch the earth lightly'
01. Floating. Floating House / MOS Architects, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
Exbury Egg / PAD Studio and Stephen Turner, Hampshire, UK
Recreation Island House / 2by4 Architects, Breukelen, Netherlands
Summer House / Mats Fahlander, Lysekil, Sweden
Port-a-Bach / AtelierWorkshop, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Pilotis in a Forest / Go Hasegawa, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
Blooming Bamboo House / H & P Architects, Hanoi, Vietnam
Casa Garoza / Herreros Arquitectos, Avila, Spain
The Treehouse / Baumraum, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
02. Low Energy. Recycled Materials Cottage / Juan Luis Martinez Nahuel, Pirihueico, Chile
CHiP House / SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon 2011
First Light / Victoria University of Wellington, Solar Decathlon 2011
LISI House / Vienna University of Technology, Solar Decathlon 2013
Meme Meadows / Kengo Kuma & Associates, Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
Hivehaus / Barry Jackson, Wigan, Lancashire, UK
Mod. Fab / Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
DesertSol / University of Nevada Las Vegas, Solar Decathlon 2013
Containers of Hope / Benjamin Garcia Saxe, San Jose, Costa Rica
03. Urban Light. House NA / Sou Fujimoto, Tokyo, Japan
Cabanon Cuyes / Bruit du Frigo, Cuyes, Dax, France
House in Yamasaki / Tato Architects, Yamasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Tokyo Steel House / MDS Architecture, Tokyo, Japan
The Nest / A21 Studio, Thuân An, Vietnam
Casa Nunez / Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Efficiency House Plus / Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design, University of Stuttgart Berlin, Germany
04. Escape. Apelle / Marco Casagrande, Karjaa, Finland
Low-energy Bamboo House / AST77, Beukenlaan, Rotselaar, Belgium
Base Camp Chewton / Insite Design, Chewton, Victoria, Australia
Casa Apolo 11 / Parra + Edwards Arquitectos La Reina, Santiago, Chile
Wetlands Habitation and Work Unit / Prof. Jingxiang Zhu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nanhui Dongtan, Shanghai, China
Hut on Sleds / Crosson Clarke Carnachan, Architects, Whangapoua, New Zealand
Swamp Hut / Moskow Linn Architects, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Maquina 1 / Adhoc, Murcia, Spain
Cape Russell Retreat / Sanders Pace Architecture Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, USA
05. Extreme. Gervasutti/LEAPrus / LEAP factory, Grandes Jorasses, France/Mt Elbrus, Russia
Low-cost House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Biên Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam
Squish Studio / Saunders Architecture, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada
N4+Gluebam House / Advanced Architecture Lab Wuhan, China
Mamelodi Pod / Architecture for a Change, Mamelodi, Pretoria, South Africa
Smart Student Hut / Tengbom Architects and Lund University Virserum, Sweden
Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge / Shigeru Ban, Kagoshima, Yakushima, Japan.
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Published in the United States by Metropolis Books, 2014.
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