If You Lived Here

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Laroche, Giles/ / 저자(글)

Clarion Books · 2011년 10월 25일

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Giles Laroche lives in Salem, Massachusetts. His amazing paper relief art has illustrated many children's books. This is his first book for Houghton Mifflin.
Brilliant at bas-relief cut-paper collage, Giles Laroche is the illustrator of several picture books -- including What Do Wheels Do All Day (Houghton) and Bridges are to Cross -- many of which have generated starred reviews and foreign and special sales. He lives in Salem, MA and in the summer moves to an old barn in New Hampshire.
Showing the tremendous variety of dwellings worldwide -- log cabins, houses on stilts, cave dwellings, boathouses, and yurts -- this book addresses why each house is build the way that it is. Reasons -- such as blending into the landscape. confusing invaders, being able to travel with one's home, using whatever materials are at hand -- are as varied as the homes themselves. List of Houses included: Dogtrot log house, based on dogtrots built in the southern U.S. Chalet, based on chalets built in the Austrian Alps. Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico Connected barn, based on connected barns common in northern New England. Cave dwelling, Guadix, Andalucia, Spain Palafitos (house on stilts), Chiloe Island, Chile Palazzo Dario, Venice, Italy Chateau La Brede, Bordeaux, France Tulou, Hangkeng village, Yongding, China Half-timbered houses, Miltenberg am Main, Germany Greek island village houses, Astipalaia Island, Greece Decorated houses of Ndebele, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa Yurt, based on yurts in Mongolia and other parts of central Asia. Airstream trailer, USA Floating house, Middleburg, the Netherlands Tree house, USA
Step into unique homes from around the world and discover the many fascinating ways in which people live and have lived. Showing the tremendous variety of dwellings worldwide--log cabins, houses on stilts, cave dwellings, boathouses, and yurts--this book addresses why each house is built the way that it is. Full color.
"This exemplary title can inspire readers as well as educate them." School Library Journal, starred review
"This exemplary title can inspire readers as well as educate them." School Library Journal, starred review "With such small connections, Laroche emphasizes the similarities over the differences, making this volume both an informative sampling of domestic architecture and a meaningful representation of global culture." Booklist

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저자(글) Laroche, Giles/ /

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ISBN	9780547238920 ( 0547238924 )
발행(출시)일자	2011년 10월 25일
쪽수	32쪽
크기	259 * 282 * 10 mm / 454 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어