Not exactly what I expected, since it included pen/ink drawings by Adam Kalkin. However, the drawing of container layouts and photos of construction were exceptional.
We visited the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and toured the Kalkin exhibit of a big metal building using shipping containers. I was really impressed and excited by the idea of a modular based architecture. My tour of the museum was back in 2007, and a decade later I'm interested in constructing a container residence as a second home in a rural community. There is much to learn in this book. The copy if acquired shipped from England, and took longer than two days to arrive. However, considering the intercontinental shipping conditions, it came in a reasonable length of time, and in excellent like-new condition. I'm sure it came in a shipping container which is now for sale to someone like me!
I found the construction of the BOOK itself unique. The covers/boards are thick and strong but not fabric covered. Inside, the first 31 pages are coated in blue matte ink, but the words are revealed by the white paper (not inked areas); these 31 pages extend the full height of the covers but only half the width of the covers. Pages 32-111 have white paper with text in blue ink. The drawings in this section are blue inked as well, including layouts of containers and one-color photos. These pages extend the full width of the covers. From pages 112-143 color photos of container residences appear, on full width paper.
The information could be found scattered in various other sources. However, I find it useful that the Kalkin story is in one spot. I poured over the drawings of container configurations in small to huge applications. Not cabins alone, but commercial buildings, some moveable after conversion to its intended application. It seems a reasonable way to have your cake and eat it too, like the turtle which takes its shell when it moves elsewhere! These Quik-Build applications are limited only by the imagination of the person needing a solution to a problem. I
It is a volume as original as the architect who designed the buildings. I am very pleased to have acquired the book. I consider it a collector's item. It is my observation that Kalkin over-shadows the author of QUIK BUILD, whose text illuminates the Kalkin personality.
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Kalkin's originality extends to the binding of the print book....collector's item IMHO
Not exactly what I expected, since it included pen/ink drawings by Adam Kalkin. However, the drawing of container layouts and photos of construction were exceptional.We visited the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and toured the Kalkin exhibit of a big metal building using shipping containers. I was really impressed and excited by the idea of a modular based architecture. My tour of the museum was back in 2007, and a decade later I'm interested in constructing a container residence as a second home in a rural community. There is much to learn in this book. The copy if acquired shipped from England, and took longer than two days to arrive. However, considering the intercontinental shipping conditions, it came in a reasonable length of time, and in excellent like-new condition. I'm sure it came in a shipping container which is now for sale to someone like me!I found the construction of the BOOK itself unique. The covers/boards are thick and strong but not fabric covered. Inside, the first 31 pages are coated in blue matte ink, but the words are revealed by the white paper (not inked areas); these 31 pages extend the full height of the covers but only half the width of the covers. Pages 32-111 have white paper with text in blue ink. The drawings in this section are blue inked as well, including layouts of containers and one-color photos. These pages extend the full width of the covers. From pages 112-143 color photos of container residences appear, on full width paper.The information could be found scattered in various other sources. However, I find it useful that the Kalkin story is in one spot. I poured over the drawings of container configurations in small to huge applications. Not cabins alone, but commercial buildings, some moveable after conversion to its intended application. It seems a reasonable way to have your cake and eat it too, like the turtle which takes its shell when it moves elsewhere! These Quik-Build applications are limited only by the imagination of the person needing a solution to a problem. IIt is a volume as original as the architect who designed the buildings. I am very pleased to have acquired the book. I consider it a collector's item. It is my observation that Kalkin over-shadows the author of QUIK BUILD, whose text illuminates the Kalkin personality.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017
We visited the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and toured the Kalkin exhibit of a big metal building using shipping containers. I was really impressed and excited by the idea of a modular based architecture. My tour of the museum was back in 2007, and a decade later I'm interested in constructing a container residence as a second home in a rural community. There is much to learn in this book. The copy if acquired shipped from England, and took longer than two days to arrive. However, considering the intercontinental shipping conditions, it came in a reasonable length of time, and in excellent like-new condition. I'm sure it came in a shipping container which is now for sale to someone like me!
I found the construction of the BOOK itself unique. The covers/boards are thick and strong but not fabric covered. Inside, the first 31 pages are coated in blue matte ink, but the words are revealed by the white paper (not inked areas); these 31 pages extend the full height of the covers but only half the width of the covers. Pages 32-111 have white paper with text in blue ink. The drawings in this section are blue inked as well, including layouts of containers and one-color photos. These pages extend the full width of the covers. From pages 112-143 color photos of container residences appear, on full width paper.
The information could be found scattered in various other sources. However, I find it useful that the Kalkin story is in one spot. I poured over the drawings of container configurations in small to huge applications. Not cabins alone, but commercial buildings, some moveable after conversion to its intended application. It seems a reasonable way to have your cake and eat it too, like the turtle which takes its shell when it moves elsewhere! These Quik-Build applications are limited only by the imagination of the person needing a solution to a problem. I
It is a volume as original as the architect who designed the buildings. I am very pleased to have acquired the book. I consider it a collector's item. It is my observation that Kalkin over-shadows the author of QUIK BUILD, whose text illuminates the Kalkin personality.
Kalkin's originality extends to the binding of the print book....collector's item IMHO
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017
Not exactly what I expected, since it included pen/ink drawings by Adam Kalkin. However, the drawing of container layouts and photos of construction were exceptional.Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017
We visited the Shelburne Museum in Vermont and toured the Kalkin exhibit of a big metal building using shipping containers. I was really impressed and excited by the idea of a modular based architecture. My tour of the museum was back in 2007, and a decade later I'm interested in constructing a container residence as a second home in a rural community. There is much to learn in this book. The copy if acquired shipped from England, and took longer than two days to arrive. However, considering the intercontinental shipping conditions, it came in a reasonable length of time, and in excellent like-new condition. I'm sure it came in a shipping container which is now for sale to someone like me!
I found the construction of the BOOK itself unique. The covers/boards are thick and strong but not fabric covered. Inside, the first 31 pages are coated in blue matte ink, but the words are revealed by the white paper (not inked areas); these 31 pages extend the full height of the covers but only half the width of the covers. Pages 32-111 have white paper with text in blue ink. The drawings in this section are blue inked as well, including layouts of containers and one-color photos. These pages extend the full width of the covers. From pages 112-143 color photos of container residences appear, on full width paper.
The information could be found scattered in various other sources. However, I find it useful that the Kalkin story is in one spot. I poured over the drawings of container configurations in small to huge applications. Not cabins alone, but commercial buildings, some moveable after conversion to its intended application. It seems a reasonable way to have your cake and eat it too, like the turtle which takes its shell when it moves elsewhere! These Quik-Build applications are limited only by the imagination of the person needing a solution to a problem. I
It is a volume as original as the architect who designed the buildings. I am very pleased to have acquired the book. I consider it a collector's item. It is my observation that Kalkin over-shadows the author of QUIK BUILD, whose text illuminates the Kalkin personality.
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