An inspiring monograph that captures the practical yet beautiful architecture of one of the leading architectural firms in the world
The work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects embodies two interrelated primary principles: economy and place. Economy as an ethical imperative leads to creating the “maximal" experience with minimal form, material, and cost. Reinforcing this imperative is the architects’ engagement of their place of practice, coastal Nova Scotia, and its climate, landform, and material culture.
The practice has evolved plan types that allow the architects to engage the land and climate of their native Nova Scotia, and is also focused on the importance of the interior spatial experience. The work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple is predicated on the belief that what really matters in architecture is not fashion and form but the material culture of building and the making of places. The result, evident in the nearly one hundred projects featured in the book, is both practical and poetic. 500+ illustrations in color, 150 line drawings

Work of Mackay Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic

Arts & Photography

McCARTER, Robert

Architecture

Thames&Hudson

By explaining Wright's complex geometry in the clearest language (a new tack for architecture criticism), McCarter amply repays a "debt of love."

Frank Lloyd Wright

Biographies & Memoirs

Phaidon Press

Unity Temple represents the high point of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Prairie' period. Still in immaculate condition today, Unity Temple is ordered on a rigorous system of proportion, determined on both exterior and interior by the measurements of the central interior sanctuary space. On the outside this concrete building is rendered as a cubic mass of stone grey; inside, Wright constructed the opposite: a space defined by concrete rendered as floating coloured planes, painted in quiet, muted colours. The complexity of geometries and interlocking spaces and forms at Unity Temple is outstanding, and invites the viewer to see the act of building as sacred, and to experience the building as a sacred place.

Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright; Architecture in Detail

This monograph explores the underlying themes and principles of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. It examines the consistent and systematic qualities underlying all of Wright's designs. The text's chronological presentation, which emphasizes key designs and those related to them thematically, is paralleled by an examination of the development of three primary principles, simultaneously active in Wright's work, and singled out by him as being of fundamental importance in his understanding of architecture.

Frank Lloyd Wright was the first truly organic architect. His use of recurring elemental themes and materials - open-plan layouts, clean geometric lines, water, stone, wood, prairie and sky - resulted in buildings that perfectly reflected, enhanced and assimilated their environments. Comprising more than 50 images, this book is an essential companion to a man whose influence on modern architecture has been immeasurable.

Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture 3s)

12 x 12" Large Phaidon Glossy Hardcover with b/w &amp; colored photo's on most pages &amp; b/w illustrations and house plans. - Each house in this book represents a high point-and, in the case of Falling water, perhaps the high point of the ceuvre of their designers.

Twentieth Century Houses (Architecture 3s)

Louis I Kahn

Louis I. Kahn (1901-74) was one of the single greatest influences on world architecture in the second half of the twentieth century. This book provides a comprehensive critical overview of Kahn's architecture, examining his works chronologically and exploring key themes and their evolution throughout his career. Including both built and unbuilt projects, each of the architect's major buildings is analysed, beginning with the design process and ordering ideas, followed by the methods and materials of construction, and finally a 'walk-through' of the spaces themselves - recognizing that Kahn's primary concern was interior space and its experience. Each project is extensively illustrated with photographs that convey the spirit of Kahn's work and a concept development portfolio documents the inspirations and ideas that led to the finished design. Robert McCarter's authoritative text explores how Louis I. Kahn redefined modern architecture. Featuring a selection of original drawings and photographs from the Louis I. Kahn Archives and newly redrawn plans, this book also includes selected writings by Kahn and the first publication of the complete chronology of Kahn's buildings and projects, compiled by William Whitaker, Chief Curator of the Louis I. Kahn Archives. This monograph is an indispensable reference work on this renowned architect.

The Architecture in Detail series comprises books that focus on individual buildings noted for their exceptional character, innovative design or technical virtuosity. Each volume contains a text by a respected author, a sequence of colour and black-and-white photographs and a set of technical drawings and working details.

Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture in Detail)

A covetable new study on the work of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, one of the 20th-centuries most popular and accessible masters. Clear, concise and compact, it explores all his major works, including their environmental, cultural and social contexts.

Aalto

Arts & Literature

Presents a collection of essays focusing on Frank Lloyd Wright's work and design methods.

On and by Frank Lloyd Wright: A Primer of Architectural Principles

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Books by McCARTER, Robert

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Work of Mackay Lyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic

Frank Lloyd Wright

Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright; Architecture in Detail

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture 3s)

Twentieth Century Houses (Architecture 3s)

Louis I Kahn

Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture in Detail)

Aalto

On and by Frank Lloyd Wright: A Primer of Architectural Principles