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The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic
Robert Mccarter
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Description for The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic
Hardback. Looking at the Atlantic Ocean, this book is based around a number of plan types that answer to the particular local climate: open to the sun but sheltered from the winds, and built using traditional materials that are allowed to weather, these dwellings embody the architects' engagement with their unique surroundings and material culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, 750 illustrations, 480 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; AMB; AMCR; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 240. .
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, the influential and award-winning firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have an international reputation. Producing a wide range of projects both in Canada and further afield, they work in a sophisticated modern vernacular idiom, drawing inspiration from a rich local heritage of building types and reinterpreting them according to the best practices of 21st-century architecture. It is above all for their dignified and beautiful houses perched on the wild, rocky coasts of Nova Scotia that the firm is recognized. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this remarkable body of work is based around a number of plan types that ... Read more
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, the influential and award-winning firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, have an international reputation. Producing a wide range of projects both in Canada and further afield, they work in a sophisticated modern vernacular idiom, drawing inspiration from a rich local heritage of building types and reinterpreting them according to the best practices of 21st-century architecture. It is above all for their dignified and beautiful houses perched on the wild, rocky coasts of Nova Scotia that the firm is recognized. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this remarkable body of work is based around a number of plan types that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500343319
SKU
V9780500343319
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About Robert Mccarter
Robert McCarter is the Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University, St Louis, Missouri.
Reviews for The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic
'McCarter's writing exhibits a rare combination of the designer's understanding of materials and methods with the historian's grasp of precedent and style' - Library Journal