Boathouses

Author(s): Adam Mornement

Architecture

Includes references to New Zealand and the Pacific. The allure of the boathouse defies definition. To some they're a place to loaf about with friends on a summer's afternoon, to others they're secret bolt holes, the waterfront equivalent of a garden shed. Some people even store boats in them. Boathouses are found in countless contexts around the world. But though disparate in form and appearance these structures built for the protection, construction and maintenance of boats are united by the natural beauty of their waterfront locations and the innovation required for their construction. In this superbly illustrated book, Adam Mornement describes the history and evolution of some forty boathouses from around the world, from the mid-eighteenth century to the twenty-first. Following a wide-ranging introduction, his examples include ceremonial boathouses, lifeboat stations, military facilities, boathouses as mausoleums and eye catchers in the landscape, boathouses in public parks, and private writing rooms. Some are the work of famous architects, including Robert Adam, Frank Lloyd Wright, Renzo Piano and Shigeru Ban, but most are anonymous. Each in its own way embodies the adventure, charm and romance of this visually arresting and consistently surprising building type.

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Adam Mornement is a writer specializing in contemporary architecture and architectural history. He is a former deputy editor of World Architecture, and a regular contributor to the Times Magazine and Conde Nast Traveller, among other newspapers and magazines. His books include Corrugated Iron - Building on the Frontier (Frances Lincoln, 2007) and Treehouses (Frances Lincoln, 2005). He has also written Extensions (Laurence King, 2007) and Infill: New Houses for Urban Sites (Laurence King, 2009).

INTRODUCTION EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Botny domik, Peter-Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia Traditional South Sea Boathouses, Society Islands (French Polynesia), South Pacific Fishing Room and Boathouse, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, England NINETEENTH CENTURY Obersee Boathouse, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany Greenway Boathouse, Devon, England The Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales Scotney Castle Boathouse, Kent, England Wray Castle Boathouse, Ambleside, Cumbria, England Haslar Gunboat Yard, Gosport, Hampshire, England Sheerness Boatstore, Kent, England Victorian Boathouse, Trevarno, Cornwall, England Duke of Portland Boathouse, Ullswater, Cumbria, England The Boathouses of Tigre, Parana Delta, Argentina Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Walmer Lifeboat Station, Kent, England Reale Societa Canottieri Cerea, Turin, Italy Lodge Park Sherbourne Estate, Gloucestershire, England Clovelly Lifeboat Station, Devon, England TWENTIETH CENTURY Ryoanji Boathouse, Kyoto, Japan Frank Lloyd Wright's Fontana Boathouse, Buffalo, New York, USA Humboldt Park Boathouse, Chicago, USA Queenscliff Lifeboat Station, Victoria, Australia Noah's Boathouse, Buckinghamshire, England Oxford University Boathouses, Oxford, England Carmel College, Wallingford, Berkshire, England Maori waka and korowai, Waitangi, New Zealand Arc, shelter for Alvar Aalto's boat, Muuratsalo, Finland Northbridge Boathouse, Sydney, Australia TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Fussach Bootshaus, Vorarlberg, Austria Lake Austin Boat Dock, Texas, USA Minneapolis Rowing Club, USA Muskoka Boathouse, Ontario, Canada Maritime Youth House, Copenhagen, Denmark Centre d'Interpretation du Canal, Pouilly-en-Auxois, France Porter Boathouse, University of Wisconsin, USA Tenby Lifeboat Station, Pembrokeshire, Wales Plinio Torno Sports Club, Lake Como, Italy Chesapeake Boathouse, Oklahoma, USA Luna Rossa Team Base, Valencia, Spain Floating Boathouse, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada Louise-Catherine, Paris, France Bibliography A select list of specialist boathouses builders and consultants Contact details for boathouses to visit featured in this book Acknowledgements Index

General Fields

  • : 9780711228689
  • : Quarto Publishing Group UK
  • : Little Hills Press
  • : 1.315
  • : March 2010
  • : 295mm X 250mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Adam Mornement
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 725.87
  • : 176
  • : 200 colour and b/w drawings, artworks and photographs