林中生活

有创意的小木屋建筑，从加利福尼亚州到札幌。

自从梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》（1854年）中描述了他在马萨诸塞州的瓦尔登湖旁两年两个月零两天的隐居生活后，将小木屋当住所的想法一直吸引着现代人。在过去的十年中，随着我们的物质生活和环境足迹呈几何数增长，世界各地的建筑师们对极简主义、影响力小和偏远住所的可能性产生了特别的兴趣。

本书展示了小木屋在用途和地理方面的多样性。从英格兰萨福克海岸的艺术家工作室到印度西高止山脉地区的生态家居小屋，小木屋系列在世界范围内引起了极大的兴奋。然而，全书始终保持一致的是建筑创新，以及启发灵感的沉思和共存感，因为现在的人们都崇尚回归自然和不那么具有破坏性的生存方式。

Life in the Woods
Creative cabin architecture, from California to Sapporo

Ever since Henry David Thoreau's described his two years, two months, and two days of refuge existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, in Walden, or, Life in the Woods (1854), the idea of acabin dwelling has seduced the modern psyche. In the past decade, as our material existence and environmental footprint has grown exponentially, architects around the globe have become particularly interested in the possibilities of the minimal, low-impact, and isolated abode.

This Bibliotheca Universalis edition of Cabins combines insightful text, rich photography, and bright, contemporary illustrations by Marie-Laure Cruschi to show how this particular architectural type presents special opportunities for creative thinking. In eschewing excess, the cabin limits actual spatial intrusion to the bare essentials of living requirements, while in responding to its typically rustic setting, it foregrounds eco-friendly solutions. The cabin comes to showcase some of the most inventive and forward-looking practice of contemporary architecture, with Renzo Piano, Terunobu Fujimori, Tom Kundig, and many fresh young professionals all embracing such distilled sanctuary spaces.

The book showcases the variety of cabins in use and geography. From an artist studio on the Suffolk coast in England to eco-home huts in the Western Ghats region of India, this collection is as exciting in its international reach as it is in its array of briefs, clients, and situations. Constant throughout, however, is architectural innovation, and an inspiring sense of contemplation and coexistence as people return to nature and to a less destructive model of being in the world.

About the series:
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