Miniarch: Lofts (Miniarch)

Miniarch: Lofts (Miniarch)

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Book Description
The renovation and building of loft space has led to a migration towards urban areas, the resurgence of city centers and, above all, to the birth of a new conscience. The inhabitants of a loft protect a city's architectural past by making it, along with art, a part of daily life.

The term loft initially meant an open, diaphanous space located in an industrial building or unused warehouse. Of English origin, the word also referred to an attic or the upper level of a factory. Today, however, the concept of a loft has a new meaning: a large, renovated space whose industrial architecture is used for domestic purposes. Besides defining an architectural style, the word loft also describes the resident's new lifestyle.

The presented here lofts were rehabilitated with precise alterations meant to equip the space for its new residents without completely modifying it. The results are simple domestic spaces in which the structural elements serve as decoration, creating a warm space without the use of artful devices.

Miniarch: Lofts (Miniarch),Rockport Publishers,Rockport Publishers,1592530575,Architecture,Design & Construction,Do-It-Yourself,Domestic,House & Home

Book Contents:

1. Modernism without Rhetoric: The Work of Alison & Peter Smithson
2. Modern Steel House
3. Moisture Control Handbook: Principles and Practices for Residential and Small Commercial Buildings (Building Construction)
4. More Space
5. Neufert/Karle + Buxbaum Ernst-Neufert-Bau, Darmstadt : Opus 50
6. New Concepts In Renovating
7. Old Houses on Nantucket
8. On Domestic Architecture - The Sixth Book : Different Dwellings from the Meanest Hovel to the Most Ornate Palace (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
9. Pioneer Buildings of British Columbia
10. Private Washington

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