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Rick Joy: Desert Works
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Rick Joy builds with remarkable sensitivity, precision, and grace. The allure of his architecture is often quietly and seductively hidden in the sensual qualities of one’s experiences: the sounds, smells, tactile qualities, and moods of his work. Granite crunching underfoot, the gentle trickle of water, and the lacy shadow of a mesquite tree all stir the viewers’ sensations. “The simplest things can evoke the deepest feelings,” Joy says. “The silence in great music is often more profound than the sounds.” The nine buildings shown in thins, the first monograph on Joy’s work, express his interest in making places that are transcendent moments of space, light, and matter. In each of the projects the physical landscape, its specific environment, and its rich history are revealed and celebrated. While many of the projects here use sustainable materials like rammed earth, Joy’s primary interest is in the quality of the spaces he makes. He shows us how efficient and environmentally sensitive architecture can emerge as a by-product from a quest for the timeless qualities that are always associated with great architecture. Presented in the form of lush photography, insightful narratives, and revealing descriptions of his highly collaborative process, this book will bring one to a closer understanding of one of the most interesting architects practicing today.
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01月 31st, 2008 at 11:56 pm
By Michael Webb (London, England > Los Angeles, USA)
A musician from Maine, who headed west and apprenticed to Will Bruder, the godfather of new Arizona architecture, Joy has built little in his ten years of independent practice, and only around his home base of Tucson. And yet, as this delectable monograph shows, he is a master designer. His houses-of raw steel or rammed earth-respond to the brutal beauty and intense light of the Sonoran desert, and, like Glenn Murcutt, he uses the simplest materials and forms to satisfy all the senses. In Pallasmaa’s eloquent tribute and the superb color photos, you can feel the heat of the desert wind, run your hand over a rugged wall, and watch the earth change color as the sun sinks beneath the mountains.
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01月 31st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
By Emmanuel Didier (Fort Collins, CO USA)
A great book, beautifuly assembled, that provides an inspiring overview of the work. Numerous photos of the built work come along clear and elegant graphics. Simplicity and beauty of Rick Joy’s work seem to come through the little book. Thank you.
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01月 31st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
By Kais A. S. Mohammad (Doha-Qatar)
unfortunately the projects in this book are not that much appealing like the fantastic ones you might find in other series like the “american house”… the materials are simple i agree, but the plans are very poor, doesn’t add to your data bank of ideas, the photos don’t help alot, and frankly it is the houses fault anyway, the plans are even worse, the text is very limited.
I do recommed that you look somewhere else if you are looking for inspiration.