Fine Homebuilding
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Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Design, Build, and Create (2014) 60 exemplaires
Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How: Timeless Techniques to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home (2017) 39 exemplaires
Fine Homebuilding Tricks of the Trades: Jigs, Tools: Jigs, Tools and Other Labor-Saving Devices (1994) 19 exemplaires
Fine Homebuilding Questions and Answers about Building (FineHomebuilding-TricksofTrade) (1989) 16 exemplaires
Fine Homebuilding Tricks of the Trades: Building Methods: Building Methods and Materials (1994) 6 exemplaires
25 Years of Great Building Tips 5 exemplaires
Fine Homebuilding 4 exemplaires
Threads Magazine Feb./Mar. 1987 Number 9 Knitting with Cotton Laotian Stitchery (1987) 4 exemplaires
Threads (issue 154) 4 exemplaires
Threads Magazine - June/July 1993 - No.47 4 exemplaires
Threads Magazine - Aug/Sept 1993 - No.48 4 exemplaires
Threads Magazine - February/ March 1999 - No.81 4 exemplaires
Fine Woodworking Magazine 3 exemplaires
Threads (Issue 148) 3 exemplaires
Threads Magazine August/September 2006 No. 126 3 exemplaires
Threads (Issue 149) 3 exemplaires
Threads Magazine No. 139 October/November 2008 2 exemplaires
Threads Magazine - February / March 2008 - No.135 2 exemplaires
Threads Magazine - June / July 2005 - No.119 2 exemplaires
Fine Cooking #105 June/July 2010 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #109 Feb/Mar 2011 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #104 June/July 2010 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #107 Oct/Nov 2010 1 exemplaire
Threads_211 1 exemplaire
Woodworking Techniques 1 exemplaire
Threads Magazine No. 99 February/March2002 1 exemplaire
Fine Woodworking 1 exemplaire
Fine Woodworking May 1979 Apr 1994 Dec 1994 1 exemplaire
Healthy Soil 1 exemplaire
Threads_210 1 exemplaire
Threads_209 1 exemplaire
Threads 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #100, Oct/Nov 2009 1 exemplaire
For Pros by Pros: Built-Ins and Storage 1 exemplaire
Taunton's Gool Guide (2005) 1 exemplaire
Houses Annual Issue 1 exemplaire
Houses 2013 Awards Issue 1 exemplaire
Craftsman-style houses 1 exemplaire
For Pros by Pros: Finish Carpentry 1 exemplaire
Energy-Smart Homes 1 exemplaire
For Pros by Pros: Renovating a Bathroom 1 exemplaire
Decks & Outdoor Projects 1 exemplaire
Finish Carpentry Tips & Techniques 1 exemplaire
Fine Homebuilding Kitchen & Baths Annual Issue Fall/winter 2007: kitchen cabinets, tank or tankless water heater,… 1 exemplaire
Kitchen & bath planning guide 2008 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #102, Dec 2009/Jan 2010 1 exemplaire
Plans: Outfeed Table 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking #103 Feb/Mar 2010 1 exemplaire
Kitchen makeovers 1 exemplaire
Fine Woodworking: 2007 - 2008+ Issues 1 exemplaire
Taunton's Tool Guide : Annual 2004- 1 exemplaire
Taunton's Inspired House 1 exemplaire
Fine Homebuilding Remodeling Ideas 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking 2006 1 exemplaire
Fine Cooking 2005 1 exemplaire
2005 tool guide: a buyer's companion 1 exemplaire
Fine Homebuilding Kitchens & Baths First Annual Issue Fall/Winter 1999 (Issue #127) (2003) 1 exemplaire
Threads_196 1 exemplaire
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To me, the variation in qualities between these two flooring materials are significant. The authors of the "Farmhouse" would disagree, which gives you a taste of the direction the book takes.
I got this book as part of my exploration of vernacular architecture. After reading it, I can't say that is an accurate classification. It is a hodgepodge collection of articles written by "Fine Homebuilding" magazine over the years, primarily about energy-efficient homes. It is roughly arranged around the archetype of the American farmhouse, although defined rather loosely. Most of the homes are new construction, although a few are renovations of historic homes (often in ways that disturb their historic character).
I can't help contemplate the maxim coined by "the father of the skyscraper" and "the father of modernism," Louis Sullivan: form follows function. Just having finished "Great Camps of the Adirondacks" by Harvey H. Kaiser—which begins with homes crafted of indigenous whole-log spruce, you might think there's a lot wisdom in this expression. But not that far into the development of the Great Camp style, whole-log construction has been superseded by half-log veneers—a betrayal of the essence of this architectural style, separated from the McMansions constructed of foam "rocks" only by degree, not kind.
Simultaneously, I'm reading Christopher Alexander's, "The Nature of Order." Alexander posits a much deeper concept than "form follows function." Rather, he describes a world seething with aliveness and interconnection. Why do we feel dead when walking through the halls of a modern hospital, school, mall—or basically any form of built environment? Because architects and builders have forsaken fifteen essential principles of wholeness, outlined by Alexander. At odds with the concept of "form follows function," Alexander establishes that there is no separation between function and ornament. A space devoid of earnest ornamentation is as hopeless as a space unable to serve its function. Not only this—seemingly subtle details can make all the difference between meaning and meaninglessness. This is obvious in the world of sports, where a difference of a few inches in a field goal can mean the difference between winning a championship and losing—but for some reason we've arrived at a mindset where "good enough" suffices in architecture, and where novelty has surpassed the value of beauty.
So it is at the intersection of "form follows function" and "ornament is as important to wholeness as function" that we arrive at the paradox at the center of the book at hand: can "farmhouses" constructed of cement-board, foam, and resins, with a bit of modern flare thrown in, nourish their inhabitants like a traditional farmhouse? I'm left with the conclusion: no, they cannot.
If you're interested in learning more about modern high-efficiency construction methods, you'll find this book intriguing. If you're interested in learning more about farmhouses, or vernacular architecture, you should look elsewhere. In the introduction, they do offer one hint: the quintessential book on the form is "Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn," by Thomas C. Hubka (1984). I guess that's where I'll need to go next.… (plus d'informations)