- Hardcover: 223 pages
- Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY) (Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789306425
- ISBN-13: 978-0789306425
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 2.7 x 18.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,205,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A follow-up to the highly successful XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings, this book features contemporary solutions to two of today's most challenging problems-how to conserve space and help save the environment. The design goals of the 40 houses included here are to build as small as possible, to harmonize with the site, to use natural heating and cooling techniques, and, above all, to combine aesthetic beauty with ecological sensitivity. The houses are striking in appearance, inexpensive to build, and totally functional, and will serve as inspiration for architects and potential owners.Designed by a variety of young international architects (among them Patkau, ShoP, Sean Godsel, and Klein Dytham) the projects featured here reveal an extraordinary degree of ingenuity within a tight, creative context or budget. As homeowners become more environmentally savvy and demand environmentally sound choices, a new generation of architects and builders is creating warm, inviting homes that cause only a fraction of the ecological impact of conventional building methods. The book is also a compelling manifesto that illustrates how ecological responsibility can reinvigorate contemporary architecture. Sustainability is not just good for the environment-it also propels architects toward new innovations and greater creativity.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Because there are great! A lovely compact book containing some well known and many relatively unknown small works. Well catergorised and with neat contemporary graphics, XS, explores various smallscale, fresh and inspiring projects at the fringes of architectural design.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent perspective illustrating that small things can be beautiful. Great photography, quirky text and a tactile cover making this a reference and coffee table book!
I'll be using it for the referencing!
I'll be using it for the referencing!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is small, squarish with a brushed metal effect silver cover.
It is the first book in the sequence, and if you were to buy just the one, then this is the one that I would recommend. There is a decent amount of thoughtful text, but not so much as to detract from the photos, which are really why most folk buy these books.
Projects include a giant beach ball you can roll down a hillside in, a 'hairy building' of protruding wooden staves, and a spider like room designed to perch within a crevice.
As the author points out, these buildings are not that far removed from earlier follies, but they exist to make us think and question.
Some reviewers have complained about duplication, I suspect that there are/were two imprints, one by Universe and one by Thames and Hudson. The three that I have bought are this book,
XS Extreme: Big Ideas, Small Buildings
XS Green: Big Ideas, Small Buildings
Although a few architects and projects recur, there is enough new in each book to make it worthwhile.
If you have deep pockets you might also enjoy
SpaceCraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts
It is the first book in the sequence, and if you were to buy just the one, then this is the one that I would recommend. There is a decent amount of thoughtful text, but not so much as to detract from the photos, which are really why most folk buy these books.
Projects include a giant beach ball you can roll down a hillside in, a 'hairy building' of protruding wooden staves, and a spider like room designed to perch within a crevice.
As the author points out, these buildings are not that far removed from earlier follies, but they exist to make us think and question.
Some reviewers have complained about duplication, I suspect that there are/were two imprints, one by Universe and one by Thames and Hudson. The three that I have bought are this book,
XS Extreme: Big Ideas, Small Buildings
XS Green: Big Ideas, Small Buildings
Although a few architects and projects recur, there is enough new in each book to make it worthwhile.
If you have deep pockets you might also enjoy
SpaceCraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts
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