Architect James Strutt's round houses of 1959 / Peter D. Gelart.

Main entry:

Geldart, Peter, author.

Title & Author:

Architect James Strutt's round houses of 1959 / Peter D. Gelart.

Edition:

[Second edition.]

Publication:

Ottawa, ON : Petra Books, [2025]
©2024

Description:

120 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans, portrait ; 26 cm

Notes:
Title from cover.
Preface. -- Introduction. -- Presentations & Plans. -- Site plans. -- Elevations. -- Sections. -- Foundation. -- Block walls. -- Roof. -- Windows. -- Lighting. -- Fireplace. -- Kitchen. -- Finishing. -- Living. -- Related Projects. -- Rebuild.

Summary:

"Architect James Strutt was influenced by Buckminster Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1959, at 35, he designed a series of houses for clients which were a revolutionary re-imagining of the single family home: a hexagon within a circle within a triangle under a hyperbolic-paraboloid roof. This was not grandiose but addressed how to most efficiently use space and materials to achieve a "low-cost house". Can we build a new one?"-- back cover.

ISBN:

9781998321971 (hardcover)
1998321975 (hardcover)

Subject:

Strutt, James W., 1924-2008.
Low-income housing Canada.
Architecture, Domestic Canada.
Architecture, Modern Canada
Architect-designed houses Canada 20th century.
Housing Designs and plans.
Housing, Single family.
Pauvres Logement Canada.
Maisons conçues par des architectes Canada 20e siècle.
Maisons individuelles.
single-family dwellings.

Added entries:

Strutt, James W., 1924-2008.

Round Houses of 1959 designed by architect James Strutt

Holdings:

Location: Library main 323367
Call No.: 323367
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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