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Commonplaces : thinking about an American architecture

Title
Commonplaces : thinking about an American architecture / Brian Healy ; foreword by Robert McCarter.
ISBN
9780979380174
0979380170
Published
San Raphael, CA : ORO Editions ; New York : Distribution in North America, Distributed Art Publishers, c2008.
Physical Description
110 p. : ill. (some col.), plans (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes
"This book presents a collection of drawings, paintings, photographs, and observations tracking over twenty years of practice in a dozen states ranging from the small cities of New England and Southern California, to the open fields of Northern California and the New York Catskills, to the sidewalks and alleys of Boston and Atlantic City, to the public spaces of western North Carolina's Appalachian Hills and Chicago Near West Side." --P. facing t.p.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Common sense: toward an architecture both poetic and practical / Robert McCarter
Introduction
Open roads
Small lodge, Saint Helena, California
Tower at Onteora, Tannerville, New York
Rural pool hall, Boone, North Carolina
Vineyard residence, Saint Helena, California
Empty sidewalks
Beach house, Loveladies, New Jersey with Michael Ryan
Housing prototypes, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Summer compound, Barnegat Light, New Jersey with Michael Ryan
Visitors' center, Buffalo, New York
Big rooms
Pool house, Gradyville, Pennsylvania
Mixed-income housing, Chicago, Illinois
Apartment building, Chicago, Illinois
Children's chapel, Brookline, Massachusetts
Recital hall, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Small cities
Parking garage, Boston, Massachusetts
Arts center, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Civic center, Lake Elsinore, California
Urban greenway, Boston, Massachusetts.
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