Wood

As with his other books on brick and concrete, William Hall has produced a visually stunning collections of photographs of structures which are clad in wood.The famous architect, Louis Khan, has been quoted as asking himself the question, "What does a brick want to be?" from which he developed his philosophy of architecture based on the physical attributes of construction materials. By contrast, this book does quite the opposite. It shows the creative possibilities of pure geometric forms. As with Concrete and Brick, most of these structures could have been built equally successfully used any of these materials. Thus, the essence of this book is not wood, per se, but the creative possibilities in which wood is literally and figuratively, bent to the will of the designer.If one does not take this book too seriously, it is a delight for the eyes and a joy to the soul.

Purchased for a fifth year anniversary....they loved it!

Wood. HmmmShould be called houses.

Nice gift for weekend Woodworker

The book is beautiful and I like it.

This is a beautiful book. Less a compendium or technical treatise than a bit of eye-candy for wood-lovers in the architecture and design worlds.

Bought this for my Dad for Christmas. He loved it, and was fascinated with the content. Excellent photography.

The book is beautiful!

What a beautiful book. It was purchased as a gift, and not only did I regret not getting one for myself (or keeping this.....!) but everyone present on Christmas day was looking it up to buy a copy.

Bought twice on separate occasions for father and father-in-law. Both found it interesting. A good coffee table book to dip into.

Love it!Great pictures and excellent choice of projects

a beutiful book, full of wonderful photographs and nicely presented

bought as a gift, he seemed to like it!