A guidebook to how the Philadelphia firm Kieran Timberlake builds their buildings. It offers to reveal the architect's "trade secrets", opening the firms files of details to show us how things are made. Anyone who has looked at a building or a staircase or a shelf and wondered "How did they do that?" should find the answer here. The volume discloses Kieran Timberlake's design strategies - such as framing, joining, hinging, scaling and lining - and illustrates them with photographs and detailed working drawings from 29 built projects ranging from houses to schools.
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Da: Housing Works Online Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. Minor Edge bumps Hardcover. Codice articolo AQ3-02135
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Da: Erika Wallington , Pawtucket, RI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Illustrated with photographs in color and black & white and drawings of plans. 216 pages. Oblong 8vo (10 3/4" by 8 3/4".) Hardcover: pictorial boards. In a dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Codice articolo D2657
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Da: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: Fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. First printing, signed by both authors (and with a signed postcase), of this beautiful and detailed monograph on the work of Philadelphia architectural firm KieranTimberlake, which focuses on building for sustainability. Not a simple photobook of KieranTimberlake's work, MANUAL details the firm's design strategies that "place human values [.] ahead of fashionable products" (introduction) with clear descriptions and numerous illustrations. This copy is signed by both Kieran and Timberlake, and also includes a signed postcard from their 2008 lecture at the National Building Museum, celebrating their Architecture Firm Award. 8.75'' x 10.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($60.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white. 216 pages. Signed by Kieran and Timberlake to title page. Promotional postcard from the National Building Museum lecture series loosely laid in, signed by both Kieran and Timberlake. Jacket with tiny area of soil from removed label to rear. Mild toning to jacket. Else sharp and bright. Codice articolo 46901
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