Strange Details

by Michael Cadwell

A lively and unconventional appreciation of pivotal buildings by Carlo Scarpa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Kahn that reveals enough idiosyncrasies and conceits to make any rationalist shudder--and invites a deeper appreciation of the prosaic construction detail.

Confronted with the intricate construction details of Italian architect Carlo Scarpa's Querini Stampalia Gallery--steel joined at odd intervals, concrete...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262532913
• ISBN13: 9780262532914
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher