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Hideaways: Cabins, Huts, and Tree House Escapes

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Publisher Comments:

Every adult can recall the serene kind of safety they felt in their childhood "special place"-a platform in a backyard tree, a secret corner of a garden, or a well-hidden fort in the woods. Hideaways demonstrates how adults recreate those hidden retreats in the form of fishing cabins, garden huts, weekend studios, and other intimately-designed spaces where the owners are often more "at home" than they are at home. Sometimes completely spontaneous, sometimes planned to a purpose, these personal architectures offer a fantastic range of building styles - but each is clearly driven by the urge to create a place where one can be utterly relaxed. <BR>Sonya Faure presents over 200 fabulous, fanciful, and freeform models - as well as more practical, but never quite conventional designs, each meant to inspire: from a place where Huck Finn would hide out to highly designed small houses by Le Corbusier. There are vacation retreats in exotic locations on three continents, and backyard kingdoms to be visited-all in one book. <BR>Illustrated with photographs of nearly 200 retreats, this book explains how the stress of daily life and the quest for privacy have rendered hideaways so popular with grownup city-dwellers, architects, and designers who just need a little space.<BR>

Synopsis:

In addition to one hundred and eighty captivating colour photographs of both traditional and highly original hiding places, this whimsical book provides a guide to cabins and huts that can be visited, as well as a list of useful addresses for anyone who dreams of escaping to their own personal retreat.

About the Author

Sonya Faure is a journalist for the French newspaper Libération, specializing in articles on architecture and the environment.

Product Details

ISBN:
9782080304513
Subtitle:
Cabins, Huts, and Treehouse Escapes
Publisher:
Flammarion
Author:
Faure, Sonya
Subject:
Interior Design - Style Books
Subject:
General Architecture
Subject:
General House & Home
Subject:
Interior Design
Publication Date:
20040514
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
180 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Pages:
168
Dimensions:
9.7 x 8.8 x .8 in 2.075 lb
Hideaways: Cabins, Huts, and Tree House Escapes
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"Synopsis" by , In addition to one hundred and eighty captivating colour photographs of both traditional and highly original hiding places, this whimsical book provides a guide to cabins and huts that can be visited, as well as a list of useful addresses for anyone who dreams of escaping to their own personal retreat.
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