13 Ways of Looking at a House

The house remains a key site for advancing modern architectural theory and practice due to its ability to accommodate a full diurnal and annual cycle of life and intricately stage ritual and routine. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House participates in and critiques this contemporary tradition, focusing on LEVENBETTS houses and other parts of houses that show up in our collective memory. The book is accessible and universal, including 13 texts on domestic pieces, comparative diagrams, construction metrics, anecdotes, informal photos, and structural details.

Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2022
Publisher: Oro Editions

Even as our cultural and social constructions of domesticity evolve, the house remains a cornerstone of modern architectural theory and practice. Its ability to accommodate a complete diurnal and annual cycle of life, as well as intricately stage ritual and routine, has transformed it into a medium of publicity and debate. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House actively engages with and critiques this contemporary tradition. Rather than focusing solely on LEVENBETTS houses, this examination broadens its scope to encompass all houses and their various components. It explores the fragments of home and the rhetorics of domesticity that permeate our collective memory, ranging from fleeting moments captured in a John Cassavetes film to the robust and angular contractor modernism of suburban late to mid-20th-century America.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House is a highly accessible and universal book, resonating with everyone's sense of home. It comprises 13 insightful texts on domestic pieces that form the house, accompanied by comparative diagrams, construction metrics, anecdotes, informal photos, and structural details. The aim of this book is to dismantle the house and piece it back together, offering a deeper understanding of its architectural essence.

Weight: 1433g
Dimension: 254 x 184 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954081321