Dwelling describes the design and architecture of this new residential quarter in Cambridge, a multi-award winning green project. In 2008 Accordia won the prestigious Stirling Prize, the highest accolade awarded to architecture in the UK. Previously, no Stirling Prize had been awarded for housing developments. This new residential quarter in Cambridge provides a new model for communal living. With 22 different house and apartment types on a tight semi-urban site, Accordia is a high-density scheme which replaces the standard ...
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Dwelling describes the design and architecture of this new residential quarter in Cambridge, a multi-award winning green project. In 2008 Accordia won the prestigious Stirling Prize, the highest accolade awarded to architecture in the UK. Previously, no Stirling Prize had been awarded for housing developments. This new residential quarter in Cambridge provides a new model for communal living. With 22 different house and apartment types on a tight semi-urban site, Accordia is a high-density scheme which replaces the standard pocket garden approach with a series of exhilarating public greens, communal gardens and intimate outside/inside spaces created by rooftop terraces and internal courtyards. The project is the result of a collaboration between three of the UK's highly regarded architecture firms; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects. Widely regarded as setting a new benchmark for housing, this multi-award winning project is the first housing scheme ever to win the RIBA Stirling Prize, one of the world's most prestigious architectural accolades. REVIEW "Seeing Accordia gives one hope that we can develop a relevant contemporary language for housing, which today is totally missing in Britain. The buildings are beautifully proportioned, have a wonderful rhythm and scale and successfully link the past with the present yet are modern." Lord Richard Rogers AUTHOR Paul Drew runs an urban design consultancy providing a range of services including master-planning, residential and mixed-used design. SELLING POINTS In 2008 Accordia won the prestigious Stirling Prize, the highest accolade awarded to architecture in the UK. Previously, no Stirling Prize had been awarded for housing developments. The Accordia project was designed jointly by Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects, which is both unusual for this type of scheme and praise for it being a truly collaborative project. The book is written by Paul Drew, an architect and resident of the scheme and Ivor Richards, an architect and architectural historian both of whom provide a unique insight into what it is like to live in Accordia, as well as placing it in the context of contemporary UK, European and North American house design. ILLUSTRATIONS 136 colour & b/w illustrations
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Collectable-Fine Condition in Fine jacket. 9781906155902. Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings. ~~Comes with Countryside Properties folder, several newspaper articles about the development~~Fine/Fine 1st ed 2009 hardback, unclipped DJ, high quality illustrated overview of the project. Size: 229\nx 279\nx 17.78mm. 128 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings; ISBN: 1906155909. ISBN/EAN: 9781906155902. Dewey Code: 728.310942659. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 086362.
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Fine in a Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Jacket is still glossy with no marks or tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with? straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; Binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Drawing illustration to jacket with title in black lettering; 2009, Black Dog Publishing; 128 pages; "Dwelling: Accordia, " by Paul Drew & Ivor Richards.
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Very Good++ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with "straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Drawing illustration to jacket with title in black lettering; 2009, Black Dog Publishing; 128 pages; "Dwelling: Accordia, " by Paul Drew & Ivor Richards.
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Fair. Very Good++ in a Fine dust jacket; Hardcover with Jacket; Jacket is glossy with no marks or tears; Unamarked boards with "straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Name to the second endpaper, otherwise endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75Äù Äì 11.75Äù tall); Drawing illustration to jacket with title in black lettering; 2009, Black Dog Publishing; 128 pages; "Dwelling: Accordia, " by Paul Drew & Ivor Richards.
