Research Catalog

Title

Buildings in wood : the history and traditions of architecture's oldest building material / Will Pryce.

Author

Pryce, Will.

Publication

New York : Rizzoli, [2005], ©2005.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

320 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

"This epic history is the first comprehensive survey of the use of wood in architecture throughout the ages. The book is organized both chronologically and geographically. It features works from the oldest heritage of wooden buildings (Kyoto's Buddhist temples and Scandinavia's pagan-inspired stave churches) to the latest cutting edge designs, proving that wood is on the rise as the preferred material in these ecologically conscious times." "Every region of the world with a native tradition of building with wood is carefully examined. In North America, the book demonstrates the European origins of New England's clapboards and saltboxes, and later shows how such sophisticated California architects as Greene & Greene or Bernard Maybeck could blend age-old traditions of the Far East and Switzerland with a Pacific Coast sense of novelty and whimsy. Spectacular and diverse photographs highlight the architectural masterpieces of wooden architecture throughout the world, illustrating that wood is a building material with a deep history as well as a vibrant future."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Architecture in wood

Alternative Title

Architecture in wood

Subject

• Building, Wooden
• Wooden-frame buildings

Note

• Originally published in the United Kingdom by Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 0847827461 :
• 9780847827466

LCCN

2005927449

OCLC

• ocm62284948
• 62284948
• SCSB-5367202

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries