Constructing Arizona
Embracing an Architecture of Place in the Sonoran Desert
-
GET 10% OFF
- Publisher's listprice GBP 41.99
-
20 060 Ft (19 105 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 2 006 Ft off)
- Discounted price 18 054 Ft (17 195 Ft + 5% VAT)
18 054 Ft
Availability
Not yet published.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 7 May 2026
- ISBN 9781032864297
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages374 pages
- Size 280x210 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 283 Illustrations, color; 283 Halftones, color 700
Categories
Short description:
This is the first book to comprehensively present the architecture of the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona, balancing a breadth of projects with a depth of analysis. These lessons will be of critical importance to communities across the globe that soon may have to adapt to living in similar conditions.
MoreLong description:
Constructing Arizona is the first book to comprehensively present the architecture of the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona, balancing a breadth of projects with a depth of analysis.
Building on over fifty interviews with noted members of the architecture community in Arizona and critical first-hand analysis of their built work, this book reveals the inherent principles, vocabulary, and influences of the regional architecture while also tying its contemporary makeup to a lineage of constructing in the Sonoran Desert. Schwartz argues that the best work of this region is not united by a stylistic or intellectual construct, but, instead, through the architects’ development of a variety of relationships between architecture and place. As such, the analysis provided is organized into thematic chapters, each focused on understanding these relationships to the primary characteristics of place: light, heat, water, ground, air, flora and fauna, tradition, spirit, construction, and materiality. The lessons provided, however, extend well past this unique region of the globe as the framework can be applied in any context, allowing Constructing Arizona to serve as a valuable reference guide for thinking about the crafting of an architecture of place, especially in places with rapidly expanding urban conditions in arid environments.
Given the current state of our planet, these lessons will be of critical importance to communities across the globe that may have to adapt to living in similar conditions soon.
MoreTable of Contents:
Foreword | Origin Story | by Reed Kroloff 00. Introduction 1. Light 2. Heat 3. Water 4. Ground 5. Air 6. Flora + Fauna 7. Tradition 8. Spirit 9. Construction 10. Materiality 11. Conclusion
More
