Here We Are, Home At Last
The Architecture of Nithurst
$124.48
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2024
Summary
Nithurst by Adam Richards Architects is a much-lauded, multi-award-winning house designed by the architect for his family, and situated in the picturesque South Downs National Park. The building intentionally feels both ancient and contemporary and the character of the house is informed by Renaissance drawings and by Palladio’s plan for the Villa Barbaro. With influences ranging from Vanbrugh to Tarkovsky, the design has multiple layers of reference and association, each informing the whole, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848227002 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848227000 |
| Author: | Adam Richards, Jeremy Musson, Geoff Dyer, Takero Shimazaki, Corinna Dean |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 886g |
| Dimensions: | 310mm x 206mm x 15mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Nithurst is perhaps the most intriguing private home built in the last few years and this handsome volume is a fine introduction to it. As Jeremy Musson writes, the house is a ‘book of architecture in itself’, but it is also an object, a sculpture, a painting, a landscape, a film, a study in perspective and proportion, and an extraordinary personal dream. - Timothy Brittain-Catlin,
About The Author
Adam Richards
Adam Richards is a British architect whose work has encompassed architecture, interior design and furniture. As well as designing private houses, his practice has earned a reputation for making highly-crafted buildings in the fields of culture, heritage, the arts, including Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in Sussex. He has taught architecture at Cambridge University and Kingston University.
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