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Treehouses

Door Paula Henderson e.a.

Categorie
Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer
#442138-KN56
Titel
Treehouses
Auteur
Henderson, Paula & Adam Mornement
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Frances Lincoln
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
0711224374
ISBN13
9780711224377
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original brown boards, dust jacket, numerous illustrations (including photographs) mostly in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting
As children's hideaways, ornamental garden features, spiritual retreats and even as offices, studios and full-time homes, treehouses provide places of isolation, independence and imagination, where one can literally rise above the demands of daily life. This book explores these ever-popular structures around the world: from the treehouse-dwelling tradition of South Sea hunter-gatherers to the Green Magic eco-treehouse resort in Kerala, India; from the 400-year-old chapel-in-an-oak in Normandy to the 'tree nest' and 'tree tunnel', linked by a hanging bridge that movie star John Malkovich created for his children. The authors describe ornamental treehouses in gardens of the past, people who have taken to the trees as a way of life and the ecologically sustainable str... (Lees verder)uctures using modern technology that will be the treehouses of tomorrow's world. The book includes advice on the practicalities of construction from expert treehouses builders. Authoritative and well researched, with fabulous photographs and illustrations, it is destined to become the classic work on this magical subject.
Pagina's
175
Conditie
Goed — Small tear dust jacket repaired.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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