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Fundamentals of Architecture

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Revisiting the topics explored in our first edition from 2012, our new 2017-2 Design Guide #8 explores the fundamentals of architecture – site, environment, shaping space and capturing light, and the impact of materials. Also featured are projects from New Zealand, Australia and California, a selection of the winners from the NZIA awards, kitchens, bathrooms and gardens, and the timeless design of the gable roof.

The new Design Guide is available at selected retailers or from our website here... just $9.95.

In this issue:

Fall House, Big Sur, California, designed by Anne Fougeron and photographed by Joe Fletcher
  • MAKE Architecture discuss a more civic approach to housing in the suburbs through their house extension in Melbourne’s St Kilda. Knitting a house into its context connects it visually and socially with its neighbourhood, showing how lessons from the city can be applied at a smaller scale.
  • Schulberg Demkiw Architects design a generous family home on a mere 108 m² buildable area. Ray Demkiw takes us through his ingenious design, showing how he created three livable floors through the careful manipulation of light and space.
  • Fritha Hobbs of Strachan Group Architects explains their response to the brief for a pared back practical home and a desire for a contemporary design that blends with its surroundings.

You'll find soaring gables and progressive design solutions for high quality medium density housing, and the packaging, garden character from Xanthe White, and more in the latest edition.

Order copies here for your practice or for your clients starting at just $9.95 for a single copy and discounts for multiple purchases. And we have back orders available for issues #5 (Economy in Through Design), #6 (The New Suburban Dream), and #7 (Luxury Redefined) too.
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We provide an overview of a building project so your client has an insight into the complexities of what they're about to undertake.

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TDG #8 Features include:
Space & Light
Karen Abernethy explains her design of a single, triangulated volume deploying delicate screening, skylights and subtle spatial plays...
Designed For Climate
Fritha Hobbs of Strachan Group Architects writes of their design response to site and climate and the thinking that creates an 'effortless' home...
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Small Site Creativity
Ray Demkow's approach to building on a 150m2 site is a marvel of design and creative thinking. The end product is gorgeous...
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The Modern Gable
Guest Essay: Future NOW

"Back then everything was there to be used, but there were often great social ideas underpinning those designs. One of the greatest drivers of social thinking of that time, the post-war ideal of a society that provides support and opportunity for all, is a generous and important concept that needs rehabilitation."

Architect Graeme Burgess looks at the egalitarian vision of the mid-century futurists, the broken dreams of post-war architects, and where we might head to next.

Case Study House No. 22: Stahl House by architect Pierre Koenig in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California. Photo by ‘mbtrama’ from Upland, CA. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America.
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