Micro Architecture: Lightweight, Mobile and Ecological Buildings for the Future - Hardcover

Richard Horden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500342490 ISBN 13: 9780500342497

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Contains forty projects that draw on technologies from the nautical and aviation industries, as well as natural forms, to make small buildings that are not only highly functional but kind to the environment. Written by an architect and professor of architecture, this book is suitable for designers and architects working at various scales.

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Review:

`Refreshing and informative ... more than architecture ... it's an important piece of the puzzle in understanding and appreciating today's architectural scene ... wonderful'
-- BD Magazine

Synopsis:

Architect and professor of architecture Richard Horden, a former partner of Norman Foster, is the pioneer of small-scale structures constructed with the most advanced materials and techniques available. Fusing high-tech engineering with industrial-design methods, he and his research students in Munich have created an innovative range of revolutionary buildings in a broad variety of settings.From the Ski Haus (delivered to the Alps by helicopter and used by mountaineering and rescue teams) and Antarctic living modules to the Micro Compact home, a fully self-contained pre-fab home that fits into a 2.65 m2 cube, these structures are designed for their adaptability to our changing planet, lifestyles and basic human needs. The book contains forty projects that draw on technologies from the nautical and aviation industries, as well as natural forms, to make small buildings that are not only highly functional but kind to the environment. This book will be essential reading for designers and architects working at any scale.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0500342490
• ISBN 13: 9780500342497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348