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Surviving the Suburb
Attempts to Semi-Self-Sufficiency in Suburbia
Going green in the suburbs! This exhibition catalog offers a hilarious – but serious look at ways to live lighter on the planet while surviving in the suburbs. A compilation of inventions for sustainability from urban designer-ecologist-activists Ton Matton (MattonOffice) and Wim Timmerman (Alterra), it’s full of great ideas like housing your chickens in your china hutch, putting a composting toilet in the living room and building your own water-reclamation system. A delightful and thoughtprovoking romp through some of the edgiest ideas for considering the connections between traditional countryside living and contemporary mega-city lifestyle. From a publisher known for cutting-edge thinking about today’s issues.
128 pp / extensive color
ISBN: 978-90-5973-098-4
Retail Price: $29.95
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SWEDISH ARCHITECTURE IN WOOD
The Timber Prize 2008
The quadrennial contest for Swedish architecture in wood is one of the greatest honors for that nation’s architects; the latest competition drew more than 200 entries. This profusely illustrated book, shot by photographer Åke E:son Lindman, features the eleven top nominees. Projects include a cowshed, a riding school, an apartment block, a single-family housing development, an exhibition gallery, a school, three detached houses and two weekend cottages – buildings differing in size, type and use, of course, but all are stunning designs, and all use wood in an innovative and inspiring way. Includes descriptions, schematics and drawings by the architects themselves.
ISBN: 978-91-85689-16-3
Retail Price: $75.00