Wood

Synopsis

With 170 Structures From The Last 1,000 Years, The Book Includes Works By Some Of The World's Most Celebrated Architects -- From Renzo Piano's Otherworldly Jean-marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre To Foa's Sprawling Timber Landscape For The Yokohama International Ferry Terminal And Le Corbusier's Humble Room-sized Log Cabin, Le Cabanon-- Demonstrating The Stratling Variety Of Structures The Material Has Created.--book Jacket. Trees As Architecture / Richard Mabey -- Form -- Texture -- Juxtaposition -- Landscape -- Light -- Mass -- Presence -- Scale. Edited By William Hall ; Essay By Richard Mabey. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.