Recommended Books - The Library of the Future
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FUTURO - the House of Tomorrow: Compiled from Relics in CyberSpace
Joe King Paperback: 32 pages ISBN-13: 9781456414368 Publisher: CreateSpace Publication date: 7/31/2011 Product dimensions: 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.08 Date: 2011/12/01 I just received my copy of this "book" and want to tell everyone, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!! It is a total waste of money !! Anyone with a printer could download the material off my site or some of the other Futuro sites and put together a better book than this. It is 32 pages but only 20 are dedicated to the Futuro, the rest are dedicated to promoting some of the other interests of the author. All the material on the Futuro borders on useless, none of the photos are credited and you are not told where those particular Futuros shown are located. So, if you feel like wasting 10$ or so feel free to buy this "book" (and I use the term very loosely - it barely qualifies as a brochure).I not even going to put a link where you can buy this book, it deserves no promotion!! I only listing it here as a warning to other not to buy it, and if you do buy it do not blame me - you been warned now. |
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![Houses In Finland, including: Presidential Palace, Helsinki, Mäntyniemi, Kultaranta, Kesäranta, Langinkoski, Ainola, Futuro, Tamminiemi, Villa Mairea, Hvitträsk [Paperback]](hep book.jpg)
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Houses In Finland, including: Presidential Palace, Helsinki, Mäntyniemi, Kultaranta, Kesäranta, Langinkoski, Ainola, Futuro, Tamminiemi, Villa Mairea, Hvitträsk [Paperback]
Paperback: 28 pages Publisher: Hephaestus Books (October 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1244903957 ISBN-13: 978-1244903951 Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.1 inches Date: 2011/12/01 I just received my copy of this "book" and want to tell everyone, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!! It is a total waste of money !! Anyone with a printer could download the material off Wikipedia and put together a better book than this. It is only 23 pages and way over-priced for content that was only downloaded from Wikipedia - I wonder if Wikipedia gets a commission from the sales of this book?? They sure deserve it. Not all of the building of Finland are shown with photos, which is the least that could be expected. At the end of each article are external links, but you need to go to Wikipedia to see where these links are actually located - it does not show the URL only the description of the URL. As an aside, the article on the Futuro does not even show a Futuro in Finland, but New Zealand!! At least this brochure (a better description than book) credits all the articles and photos at the end of it to Wikipedia. Overall though, please save your money!! |
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![He Was There, Too: Reminiscences of a Christian Journalist [Paperback]](he was there too.jpg)
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He Was There, Too: Reminiscences of a Christian Journalist [Paperback]
Rosaline Redwood Paperback: 150 pages Publisher: Vantage Pr; 1 edition (September 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 0533128102 ISBN-13: 978-0533128105 Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches More information coming soon !! |
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A Letter to Annabelle
Larry J. Tracy Paperback: 114 pages Publisher: The Peppertree Press (August 31, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936051494 ISBN-13: 978-1936051496 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches More information coming soon !! |
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Transparent Plastics
Simone Jeska Hardcover: 159 pages Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture; 1 edition (October 4, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 3764374705 ISBN-13: 978-3764374709 Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches More information coming soon !! |
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Fiberglass Buildings
Robert B. Hartwig ISBN-10: 0960033815 ISBN-13: 978-0960033812 ISBN: 978-0-87070-733-9 Paperback Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches Language: English Published in: 1970 Has a section on the Futuro house, no page numbers. Lots of cool photos of other plastic buildings as well. |
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Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling (HC)
Edited by Barry Bergdoll and Peter Christensen. With essays by Barry Bergdoll, Ken Tadashi Oshima, and Rasmus Wærn ISBN: 978-0-87070-733-9 Published in: 2008 Has a section on the Futuro house, pages 140-143. |
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PreFab Houses [Hardcover]
About the editor: Peter Gössel runs a practice for the design of museums and exhibitions. He is the editor of TASCHEN's monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra, as well as the editor of the Basic Architecture Series. About the authors: Arnt Cobbers studied art history, history and musicology, and did his PhD in medieval church architecture. He lives as a freelance author in Berlin, and has written several books, mainly about history and the architectural history of Berlin. His monographs about Erich Mendelsohn and Marcel Breuer were published by Taschen Verlag. He is also the editor of music magazine Concerti. Oliver Jahn (b.1970, Frankfurt am Main) studied literature, philosophy, and linguistics. He has worked as a freelance writer for Die Welt, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Rheinischer Merkur, as an editor at Suhrkamp Verlag, and as design and architecture editor at Monopol magazine. Currently he is director of architecture and design at Architectural Digest magazine. Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Taschen GmbH (25 July 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 3836507536 ISBN-13: 978-3836507530 |
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Kunststoffbauten Teil 1: Die Pioniere (Plastic Buildings Part 1: The Pioneers)
Only currently available in German Von Elke Genzel & Pamela Voigt. Weimar 2005. Quer-4to. 288 S. & 25 Farbtafeln sowie 276 Textabb., Bibliographie, Ppbd. Format: 28 x 21,5 cm ISBN: 3860682415 Price: EUR 49.00 The authors now have their own website.. see: Kunststoffbauten - Teil 1 : Die Pioniere If anyone has any information on any organization that could arrange or help to get this book translated into English please contact me!!! |
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Design und Alltagskultur zwischen Konsum und Konflikt
Softcover: 231 pages Language: German Copyright: 1998 ISBN: 3-7701-4099-0 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See pages 72-73. See: http://www.hinternet.de/buch/s/68.php |
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THE HOUSE BOOK
Paperback: 520 pages Publisher: Phaidon Press (April 8, 2004) Language: English ISBN: 0714843857 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.0 x 1.1 inches Buy from Amazon. Has a photo and small write up on the Futuro. See page: 428. | |
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PARASITE PARADISE A Manifesto For Temporary Architecture And Flexible Urbanism
Paperback: 190 pages Publisher: NAI Publishers (March 1, 2004) ISBN: 9056623303 Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches Buy from Amazon. Has a few pics & article on the Futuro. See pages: 37-42 especially. |
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Architecture Drafting and Design [Second Edition]
Author: D. Hepler, P. Wallach Hardcover: 568 pages Copyright: 1965, 1971 ISBN: 07-028290-0 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 496. Has short write-up & pic of Futuro. |
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HOMES - TODAY AND
Author: Ruth F. Sherwood Hardcover: 496 pages Copyright: 1972 ISBN: 87002-131-1 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 453. Has little photo and little piece on Futuro -- says Futuro is from West Germany. |
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the plastics architect [or plastics & architecture]
Author: Arthuur Quarmby Hardcover: 208 pages Copyright: 1974 ISBN: 0 269 02825 0 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 121. Has a photo & some diagrams on Futuro. Very interesting book overall. There are 2 different titles for the same book. |
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Transformations in Modern Architecture
Author: Arthur Drexler Softcover: 168 pages Copyright: 1979 ISBN: 0-87070-608-X Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See pages 58-59. Has short article & pic of Futuro/Venturo. |
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House & Garden, BOOK OF HOLIDAY AND WEEKEND HOUSES
Hardcover: 208 pages Copyright: 1968 SBN: 900303 00 X Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. |
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Decorative Arts 70s
Softcover: 576 pages Copyright: 2000 ISBN: 3-8228-6406-4 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. Note: Futuro is only shown on cover of book. |
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The Playboy Book: Forty Years
Softcover: 368 pages Copyright: 1994, 1998 ISBN: 1-57544-085-7 See page: 174 Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. |
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In Advance of the Landing : Folk Concepts of Outer Space
Hardcover: 144 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 9.28 x 10.36 Ex & Updtd edition (March 2001) ISBN: 0789207087 Amazon also has sample pages from the book.. click on link at left to go to their website to see the pages. | |
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Out of print now!!
Marko Home & Mika Taanila (ed.) Futuro. Tomorrow´s House from Yesterday Tulevaisuuden talo menneisyydestä Desura 2002 ISBN: 952-5339-13-0 192-page book plus 75-minute DVD (PAL, Regions 1–6) recommended price 50 € This book has apprecaited signifigantly in value since first coming out. |
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OUT OF PRINT!!
DAZZLEDORF Multi-lingual [primarily German-English] book showing 20 years of Düsseldorf thru the lens of photographer Charles Wilp. Charles was a owner of a Futuro at one time and included in the book are a couple pics of the one he once owned. Hardcover: 156 pages. Dimensions: 11.5" x 14" |
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Where's My Space Age?: The Rise and Fall of Futuristic Design Our future as seen thru the eyes of those in the 50s 60s and 70s. Has a mention of the Futuro and a pic. Is a great book!! prestel, 2003, 160 pages, Paperback, 160 color illustrations, 24.5 x 20.5 cm. ISBN-10: 3791328441 ISBN-13: 978-3791328447 |
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Click on book to buy from Klang & Kleid in Germany |
Translated from the Klang & Kleid website [which is in German]... BERLIN - TOWN CENTER IN SPACE is the second photo book with pertinent travel guide in a series, which emphasizes unusual interior Design and visionary architecture of the 50's to 70's. It dedicates itself to buildings, which developed between 1950 and 1984 in the city divided at that time. This Package contains the photo book AND the travel guide! ISBN: 3-932809-42-4 It a very interesting book. And has a couple pics of Futuro #13 near Berlin. |