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XS Green: Big Ideas, Small Buildings

XS Green: Big Ideas, Small Buildings
By Phyllis Richardson

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Follow-up to the bestselling title XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings, XS Green devotes itself to a wide range of small-scale, idiosyncratic projects created by the biggest names in global architecture. Arranged into five themes, over forty projects are presented in terms of their innovation and uniqueness, tapping into the current trend and passion for eco-design, and appealing to a broad readership as well as architectural practitioners.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #43158 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-02-26
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 224 pages

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About the Author
Phyllis Richardson is the author of numerous books on interiors and architecture, including XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings, Contemporary Natural and the London and Barcelona editions of the StyleCity series. She lives in London.

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Double take2
We bought Big Ideas:Small Buildings and Small Structures:Green Architecture together, understanding that one was a follow on from the other. While they are lovely books we were slightly bemused (and un-amused) by them being exactly the same, just by different publishers. We have kept one and given the other away as a present.

Too much overlap from the original XS2
This book features too many books from the first book XS to warrant a purchase. Frankly the first of these books was quite a good idea and worth buying, but given that most architecture department will have a copy of this for first year students, then you don't really need to buy it. Its a quick read, and the projects are obviously not hard to understand. There is the frequent trend in schools of architecture for students to be too heavily influenced by little picture books like this and the Architecture Now! series - definitely something to guard against if you are aiming for any sort of depth to your scheme. I used to frequently flick through these books when I couldn't find inspiration - I now realise that's probably the most counter-productive thing you can do. The first one was fine, this one is a cynical sequel.