Taschen Nomadic Homes. Architecture On The Move
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Edition: English
Hardcover, 24.2 x 31.7 cm, 2.47 kg, 344 pages
Author: Philip Jodidio
We Are All Nomads
Homes on the move around the world
Nomadic homes come in all shapes and sizes. They are for the wealthy and the poor, the trendy and the out-of-luck. Changing one’s place of residence is an endeavor that is as old as humanity, for reasons of season, or, more recently, to better occupy leisure time.
Written and edited by Philip Jodidio, this volume with illustrations by Russ Gray contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, and going on to spectacular moveable vacation houses of the Epic Retreats “pop-up boutique hotel” in Wales, this book doesn’t stop moving, surveying the best in campers and tents, and going on to extravagant marine dwellings like BIG’s Urban Rigger, or the Manta Underwater Room in Zanzibar. At the other end of the spectrum, we find refugee housing for those forced into a life on the move, including shelters designed by the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban.
What we discover throughout is that the nomadic spirit of our hunter-gatherer ancestors is very much alive in the modern world. Where architecture has often sought stability and thus the lack of movement, modernity has brought a sense of the finite, and a good deal of modesty about posterity and longevity. What more contemporary thought could there be than to seek nothing so much as to move, to grow perhaps, but always to move. “A good traveler,” said the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu “has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” As this book ably shows, it is the journey that counts.
The editor
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid, and soon Norman Foster.
The illustrator
Russ Gray is a designer/illustrator based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and runs his own creative studio, Russ Gray Design. He has been creative director and senior designer at several agencies working for worldwide brands such as Disney Publishing, Google, Franklin Mill, Chapters/Indigo, and New Scientist Magazine.
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About Taschen
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Cologne / Germany
TASCHEN is a world-leading publisher known for its visually stunning and meticulously curated art books. Founded in 1980 in Cologne, Germany, TASCHEN has built a global reputation for making high-quality books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, film, and pop culture accessible to a wide audience. From affordable editions to luxurious collector’s volumes, each TASCHEN publication is crafted with a commitment to excellence in content, design, and production. Bold, eclectic, and boundary-pushing, TASCHEN celebrates creativity in all its forms and brings the world of art and culture into the hands of readers around the globe.
Driven by a passion for cultural preservation and visual storytelling, TASCHEN collaborates with leading artists, photographers, and institutions to produce books that are as intellectually enriching as they are aesthetically compelling. From iconic works by Helmut Newton and Annie Leibovitz to genre-defining titles on architecture and cinema, TASCHEN challenges conventions and embraces diversity in content and form.
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