Features extensive illustrations. Commercially available products are compared with the work of leading designers. Publication of the Second Edition is to coincide with a major exhibition, "Living in Motion," co-currated by the author.
Houses in Motion : The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building
Description
Table of Contents
Foreword. Foreword to the First Edition. Introduction. Prehistoric and Traditional Portable Buildings. Non-Architectural Precedents. The Age of Invention: Technological Change Before 1900. Twentieth Century Innovators. Military Engineering. The Construction Industries. Contemporary Design. Shelter After Disaster. Prototypes and Predictions. The Image and Identity of Portable Architecture. Architecture and Change. Footnotes. Select Bibliography. Index.
Author Description
ROBERT KRONENBURG PhD RIBA is an architect and senior lecturer at the School of Architecture and Building Engineering at the University of Liverpool. His books include Portable Architecture (Architectural Press, 2000), FTL:Softness, Movement and Light (Wiley-Academy, 1997), and Spirit of the Machine (Wiley-Academy, 2001). His research has been supported by the Building Centre Trust, London, the Graham Foundation, Chicago, the US Fulbright Commission, St. John's College, Oxford University, and the Leverhulme Trust. He curated Portable Architecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London and the touring event Spontaneous Construction, and is a curatorial advisor on the Vitra Museum's international exhibition Living in Motion