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Nomadic homes : architecture on the move = Architektur in Bewegung = L'architecture mobile / Philip Jodidio ; illustrations, Russ Gray (Salt Lake City, Utah) ; design, Benjamin Wolbergs (Berlin) ; German translation, Nora von Mühlendahl (Ludwigsburg) ; French translation, Claire Debard (Freiburg).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German, French Original language: English Publisher: Köln, Germnay : Taschen, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 343 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plans ; 33 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783836562331
  • 3836562332
Other title:
  • Architektur in Bewegung
  • Architecture mobile
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA8480 .J627 2017
Contents:
Homes on wheels -- Homes on water -- Homes in a tent -- Homes that move -- Homes for those in need.
Summary: "This illustrated volume, written and edited by Philip Jodidio contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, and going on to spectacular yachts like Philippe Starck's Motor Yacht A, this book doesn't stop moving, surveying the best in campers and tents, and even going on to private jets in the A319 or Boeing 737 category, veritable flying palaces for the privileged few."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 728.79 JOD Available T00805640
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nomadic homes come in all shapes and sizes. They are for the wealthy and the poor, the trendy and the out-of-luck. Changing one's place of residence is an endeavor that is as old as humanity, for reasons of season, or, more recently, to better occupy leisure time.
Written and edited by Philip Jodidio, this volume with illustrations by Russ Gray contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, and going on to spectacular moveable vacation houses of the Epic Retreats "pop-up boutique hotel" in Wales, this book doesn't stop moving, surveying the best in campers and tents, and going on to extravagant marine dwellings like BIG's Urban Rigger, or the Manta Underwater Room in Zanzibar. At the other end of the spectrum, we find refugee housing for those forced into a life on the move, including shelters designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban.
What we discover throughout is that the nomadic spirit of our hunter-gatherer ancestors is very much alive in the modern world. Where architecture has often sought stability and thus the lack of movement, modernity has brought a sense of the finite, and a good deal of modesty about posterity and longevity. What more contemporary thought could there be than to seek nothing so much as to move, to grow perhaps, but always to move. "A good traveler," said the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu "has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." As this book ably shows, it is the journey that counts.

Homes on wheels -- Homes on water -- Homes in a tent -- Homes that move -- Homes for those in need.

"This illustrated volume, written and edited by Philip Jodidio contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, and going on to spectacular yachts like Philippe Starck's Motor Yacht A, this book doesn't stop moving, surveying the best in campers and tents, and even going on to private jets in the A319 or Boeing 737 category, veritable flying palaces for the privileged few."-- Provided by publisher.

Parallel text in English, German, and French.

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