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FINNISH SAUNA Design, Construction and Maintenance.
Author: Lehti, Esko
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 1994
No. of pages: 152
Illustrations: 3 Color Illustrations. 306 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2” x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9516823181
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 1496
Price: $95.00
Interest in the sauna has recently become an international phenomenon. This book is a guide to the design and planning of an authentic, good sauna. In addition to the various factors of sauna design, such as the number of bathers, use, location, heating method, layout and components, this book contains information on the sauna tradition, the development of sauna buildings and facilities, and the health aspects of the sauna.
FINNISH WOODEN TOWN, THE/SUOMALAINEN PUUKAUPUNKI/TRÄSTADEN I FINLAND.
Author: Henrik Lilius
Country: Denmark
Language: Finnish/ Swedish/ English
Year Published: 1985
No. of pages: 219
Illustrations: 113 Color Illustrations. 288 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 10 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 8785176230
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio. Index.
Code: 0040
Price: $65.00
This overview of the planning of Finnish wooden towns which spanned the 16th to the end of the 19th century, provides an informative study on the nature and development of the urban structure, how and why blocks, lots, streets and walls are formed. Anyone interested in urban planning or agrarian trade towns will find this book useful, and will delight in the beauty of the wooden buildings. Many pages of architectural renderings in color.
FORM AV GRÄS (Sculptured Grass).
Author: Berglund, Karin and Thomas Millroth
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 45
Illustrations: 32 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 7 1/2”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9187214644
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 3759
Price: $21.50
Watch your front lawn as it transforms into a work of art. Mounds, rings, sculptures and forms you could never imagine emerge from once-flat grass lawns. A perfect example of 16 artists’ using nature’s resources, this book highlights the innovative style of these artists who use grass lawns as their medium of expression. Wonderful full page color photographs document this avant-garde phenomenon within a traditional medium, grass - intriguing it is.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND THE JOHNSON WAX BUILDINGS.
Author: Lipman, Jonathan
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1986
No. of pages: 192
Illustrations: 8 Color Illustrations. 163 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10” x 8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 847807053
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 6559
Price: $14.50
Revolutionary when they were completed in 1939, the Johnson Wax Buildings in Racine, Wisconsin--designed by Frank Lloyd Wright--remain popular tourist sites even today. The large Administration Building, housing the company's main offices, was structurally unique for its use of unrestricted space and its dendriform (treelike) columns. A second building, the totally enclosed Research Tower, had rounded corners and was constructed of brick and glass, with the glass in the shape of tubing rather than panes. Jonathan Lipman's comprehensive book--a thoroughly researched study of the design and construction of this radical, inspiring workplace--draws on much unpublished archival material to reveal, in detail, Wright's design process. From commissioning through design development, construction, innovations, and furnishings, to the genesis of the Research Tower and its construction and completion, the book presents a wealth of information. Insights into Wright's methods of dealing with his clients will be of special interest to devotees of the noted architect. (The Johnson Wax executives were awed by Wright and conscious of his genius, but feared, at times, that the protracted design and construction process would send them either to the poorhouse or to the madhouse.) Well-written, with excellent illustrations and plans, this book will appeal to anyone interested in architectural history and architecture.
FRANK, JOSEF FALSTERBOVILLORNA / THE RESIDENCES IN FALSTERBO.
Author: Bergquist,Mikael, Olof Michélsen
Country: Sweden
Language: English/Swedish
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 60
Illustrations: 22 Color Illustrations. 64 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 14”x 11”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9186050443
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 5860
Price: $75.00
In the summer of 1927 the Weissenhofsiedlung housing exhibition on the outskirts of Stuttgart was inaugurated. The exhibiton would become the most important manifestation of modern architecture. The only invited architect from Austria was Josef Frank. He contributed with a two-family house, with stucco facades, a flat roof, horizontal windows, and large glazed openings. He furnished the house with furniture from his own interior firm Haus & Garten: overstuffed lounge chairs, cretonne decorated in strong colorful patterns, and brass lighting fixtures with sewn lampshades. This book explores Frank’s architecture and includes plans and elevations.