New Wood Architecture.With two books on the nuances and niceties ni·ce·ty n. pl. ni·ce·ties 1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment: the nicety of a diplomatic exchange. 2. of timber architecture now under her belt, Ruth Slavid is rapidly assuming the mantle of Wood Queen. This latest, Wood Houses, London, Laurence King, 2006, [pounds sterling]30, follows on from last year's New Wood Architecture (AR May 2005) and narrows its focus to the domestic realm. When our ancestors Our Ancestors (Italian: I Nostri Antenati) is the name of Italo Calvino's "heraldic trilogy" that comprises The Cloven Viscount (1952), The Baron in the Trees (1957), and The Nonexistent Knight (1959). first began to fashion dwellings from bits of timber in the Paleolithic era, it marked a crucial moment in human civilisation. Slavid knowledgeably tracks wood's domestic evolution and illustrates current approaches through a series of lively case studies. Pictured here is the wonderfully zoomorphic zo·o·mor·phism n. 1. Attribution of animal characteristics or qualities to a god. 2. Use of animal forms in symbolism, literature, or graphic representation. Accordion accordion, musical instrument consisting of a rectangular bellows expanded and contracted between the hands. Buttons or keys operated by the player open valves, allowing air to enter or to escape. The air sets in motion free reeds, frequently made of metal. House at Lake Ovre Gla in Sweden, by Maartje Lammers and Boris Zeisser. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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