Download PDF - John Rule Art Book Distribution

Available: March 2013
ISBN: 9780985681210
Price: £18.95
Format: Paperback
Pages: 126
Illustrations: 120 photos, 22 ills
Size: 240 x 165 mm
Category: Photography
Rights: Worldwide
Available: March 2013
ISBN: 9781935935957
Price: £28.50
Format: Hardback
Pages: 144
Illustrations: 125 photos
Size: 254 x 254 mm
Category: Photography
Rights: Worldwide
Conserving Domesticity
Lilian Chee & Erwin Viray
Domesticity implicates notions of gender, sexuality, labour, class,
ethnicity and taste. It draws upon the performative aspect of its
occupants in space, and materialises ambitions for comfort, security,
privacy and independence. The conserved domestic space is unlike
the conserved monument. It must be flexible to change, intensified
occupation, unusual habits, and robust enough to accommodate use
and decay. It is a space marked by the passing of time associated with
occupancy—cycles of moving in, starting a family, growing old and
dying. It is also, no matter how temporary, a space one calls ‘home’, and
thus, includes physical, geographical and mental registers related to
this idea. Authors Lilian Chee and Erwin Viray ask: what does it mean
to conserve a house? Can conservation’s motives and domesticity’s
purpose converge in the house’s interior? Conserving Domesticity
explores such questions by reflecting on the after-life of several
conserved domestic spaces.
Pools: Aquatic Architecture
Hughes Condon & Marler Architects
Pools: Aquatic Architecture traces the evolution of Hughes Condon
Marler Architects' architectural ideas through eight aquatics projects
at a diversity of scales. Projects include a Vancouver 2010 Winter
Olympic Venue and its legacy phase as a new community center,
various 50m competitive pools and several 25m community pools. The
collection of projects begins to illustrate the urban value of aggregated
amenities facilities in the community center model. The fundamental
elements of natural light, fresh air and clean water are described both
in their value as generators of experience in public pools, but also
in how they are technically executed in architectural design. With
comprehensive text as well as beautiful images and architectural
drawings, the social, technical, and spatial strategies employed in
each project are explored, bringing HCMA’s expertise in this very
specific field of architecture to light.
JOHN RULE Spring 2013
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