Author: Peter Gisolfi
Creator: Vincent J. Scully Jr.
Publisher: Images Publishing
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 429837

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 292
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 1.1

ISBN: 186470165X
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9781864701654
ASIN: 186470165X

Publication Date: April 25, 2008
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Product Description
Peter Gisolfi is an architect, landscape architect and educator whose substantial design practice extends over 20 years. Most of his work consists of carefully crafted buildings that relate to a larger setting. A variety of public and private projects completed throughout the United States are featured in this first monograph. The projects in this book are organised thematically as landscapes and buildings, gardens and houses, campuses, townscapes, and transformations. The common thread in these projects are that indoor and outdoor spaces are created in harmony with each other, that buildings are placed to define outdoor spaces, and that natural context and man-made context strongly influence the design. From an understanding and response to these factors comes a timeless and permanent architecture.

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Filled with valuable design ideas June 14, 2008
Architect Gisolfi makes a compelling case for architecture designed to befit the landscape. Of all the arts, Gisolfi maintains, architecture should be most tied to its place. He decries building designs that value trendy style over compatibility with nature, and lauds those that exist comfortably with the environment. This handsome book is filled with examples of his work, showing in detail how he dealt with varied landscape settings. Lots of color photographs, plus diagrams and concept drawings that clarify Gisolfi's design themes. A worthwhile volume for any serious architecture library.

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