Bret Morgan - Rustic : Country Houses, Rural Dwellings, Wooded Retreats FB2 download
9780847833009 English 0847833003 Built by hand with the wood and stone the land provides, the architecture of rustic houses is wholly unique and a beloved alternative to overcrowded metropolitan cities. Rustic architecture is the expression in building of an anti-urban aesthetic concerned primarily with the informal beauties of the natural world. The charming examples of this beloved style shown in this book, through luminous photography and richly detailed text, speaks to contemporary society's powerful urge back to nature and the beauties inherent therein. Venturing off the beaten highways and main street strips is rewarded greatly, as nowhere else will the reader find buildings as peaceful and as beautiful., Who has not dreamed of an idyllic house in the country? Rustic architecture is the expression of an aesthetic concerned primarily with the informal beauty of the natural world. Often set upon craggy peaks, on cliffs overlooking wild seas, beside calm riverbanks, or in the depths of old forests, houses in the Rustic Style engage the eye and rouse the poetic soul by means of picturesque siting, evocative landscaping, asymmetrical architectural compositions, and often wonderful vernacular detail that reveals evidence of handmade work, including uneven floor boards, sloping ceilings, rough-hewn and textured surfaces of plaster, stone, rubble, and wood. In Rustic, Bret Morgan illuminates this much-loved style, giving us the definitive volume on the subject. Comprehensive in scope, Rustic features historically important houses from across America, some small-scale, some larger, from the sublime Ames Gates Lodge of 1881 in North Easton, Massachusetts, designed by H. H. Richardson, to the Arcadian masterpiece Ridge House of 2001, in Spokane, Washington, by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen. A beautifully photographed and astutely written volume, Rustic is destined to become a much-cherished companion for those whose love of the woodlands is matched only by a love of home.
9780847833009 English 0847833003 Built by hand with the wood and stone the land provides, the architecture of rustic houses is wholly unique and a beloved alternative to overcrowded metropolitan cities. Rustic architecture is the expression in building of an anti-urban aesthetic concerned primarily with the informal beauties of the natural world. The charming examples of this beloved style shown in this book, through luminous photography and richly detailed text, speaks to contemporary society's powerful urge back to nature and the beauties inherent therein. Venturing off the beaten highways and main street strips is rewarded greatly, as nowhere else will the reader find buildings as peaceful and as beautiful., Who has not dreamed of an idyllic house in the country? Rustic architecture is the expression of an aesthetic concerned primarily with the informal beauty of the natural world. Often set upon craggy peaks, on cliffs overlooking wild seas, beside calm riverbanks, or in the depths of old forests, houses in the Rustic Style engage the eye and rouse the poetic soul by means of picturesque siting, evocative landscaping, asymmetrical architectural compositions, and often wonderful vernacular detail that reveals evidence of handmade work, including uneven floor boards, sloping ceilings, rough-hewn and textured surfaces of plaster, stone, rubble, and wood. In Rustic, Bret Morgan illuminates this much-loved style, giving us the definitive volume on the subject. Comprehensive in scope, Rustic features historically important houses from across America, some small-scale, some larger, from the sublime Ames Gates Lodge of 1881 in North Easton, Massachusetts, designed by H. H. Richardson, to the Arcadian masterpiece Ridge House of 2001, in Spokane, Washington, by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen. A beautifully photographed and astutely written volume, Rustic is destined to become a much-cherished companion for those whose love of the woodlands is matched only by a love of home.