Modern north [[electronic resource] ] : architecture on the frozen edge / / Julie Decker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457574303321
• Autore: Decker Julie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 720.911/3
• Soggetti: Architecture - Arctic regions; Architecture and climate - Arctic regions; Modern movement (Architecture) - Influence; Architecture, Modern - 20th century; Architecture, Modern - 21st century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: Canadian architecture and the north / Lisa Rochon. Key Porter Books, 2005.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""introduction""; ""Fluid Geography""; ""Construction in the Cold""; ""The Northern Dimension: Between Universality and Locality""; ""Canadian architecture and the north""; ""projects""; ""The New Wing of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center""; ""Karmy Fishing Museum""; ""Ordish Anderson Residence""; ""Monastery for Cistercian Nuns""; ""St . Henrya's Ecumenical Art Chapel""; ""Villa in Archipelago""; ""Sk rudas Residence""; ""Buser/Chapoton Residence""; ""Hotel Kirkenes""; ""Petter Dass Museum""; ""Village Schools""; ""Rovaniemi Airport""; ""Longyearbyen Research Centre, Svalbard University""""BP Energy Center""; ""DZho Cultural Centre""; ""Nearpoint House""; ""Hof Residence""; ""Old Crow Visitor's Center""; ""Phelps/Burke Residence""; ""Maassen/Gouwens Residence""; ""Birch Hill Ski Building""; ""Laugalaekjarskli Secondary School Addition""; ""Tantalus School""; ""Mountain Cabin""; ""Mountain Lodge""; ""Summerhouse""; ""Davis Residence""; ""Mitton Residence""; ""Moorelands Camp Dining Hall""; ""Walsky Residence""; ""Folk Arts Centre""; ""Denali and Nordale ; Prototype Schools""; ""Aurland Lokout""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""project credits""""contributor biographies""; ""image credits""