Rooftop architecture : the art of going through the roof /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Busch, Akiko
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : H. Holt, c1991.
Edition:1st edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The eccentricities of the roofline
  • URBAN COTTAGES
  • The Sheds, shanties, cabins, pavilions an throne rooms of tar beach
  • RUSTIC RETREATS
  • Country house, gazebos, gardens, pools and tool sheds on urban rooftops
  • ROOFTOP FOLLIES
  • The architecture of provocation
  • GLASS HOUSES
  • Laboratories for light
  • ADAPTIVE RUESE
  • When restorations and renovations go through the roof
  • TEMPLES AT THE TOP
  • Unlikely marriages of neo-classicism and blacktop
  • ROOMS AT THE TOP
  • Punctualting the roofline
  • LAST THOUGHTS ON ADDING UP
  • The rooftop as a design workshop
  • WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO GO IF YOU´RE GOING UP
  • Index.