{"product_id":"9783836562331","title":"Nomadic Homes: Architecture on the move","description":"\u003cp\u003eHomes on the move around the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNomadic homes\u003c\/b\u003e come in all shapes and sizes. They are for the wealthy and the poor, the trendy and the out-of-luck. Changing place of residence is an idea that is as old as humanity, for reasons of season, or, more recently, to better occupy leisure time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis illustrated volume, written and edited by Philip Jodidio contains \u003cb\u003esome of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move\u003c\/b\u003e. Starting with totally \u003cb\u003erevamped Airstream mobile homes\u003c\/b\u003e, and going on to \u003cb\u003espectacular yachts\u003c\/b\u003e like Philippe Starck’s Motor Yacht A, this book doesn’t stop moving, surveying the best in \u003cb\u003ecampers and tents\u003c\/b\u003e, and even going on to \u003cb\u003eprivate jets\u003c\/b\u003e in the A319 or Boeing 737 category, veritable flying palaces for the privileged few. At the other end of the spectrum, we find \u003cb\u003erefugee housing\u003c\/b\u003e for those forced into a life on the move, including shelters designed by the \u003cb\u003ePritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat we discover throughout is that the \u003cb\u003enomadic spirit of our hunter-gatherer ancestors \u003c\/b\u003e is very much alive in the modern world. Where architecture has often sought stability and thus the lack of movement, modernity has brought a sense of the finite, and a good deal of modesty about posterity and longevity. What more contemporary thought could there be than to seek nothing so much as to move, to grow perhaps, but always to move. “A good traveler,” said the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu “has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” As this book ably shows, it is the journey that counts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037928734960,"sku":"9783836562331","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836562331_p0.jpg?v=1763759605","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836562331","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}