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Brian MacKay-Lyons is an architect in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His residential and public commissions around the world have earned him nearly 60 awards, including five Governor General's Medals. MacKay-Lyons is a man who resists the homogeneity of globalization; instead, the plain, modern architecture he's created reflects the rugged coastline and beautiful landscape of Nova Scotia. This new monograph profiles MacKay-Lyons and his work, presenting in-depth documentation of 13 buildings, including residential, commercial and institutional selections.
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Malcolm Quantrill (Texas) is director of the Center for the Advancement of Studies in Architecture at Texas A & M University.
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He strides across the field lying next to his farmstead home. Read the first page
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Striking Houses, Aug 29 2005
By John Matlock "Gunny" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Plain Modern: The Architecture Of Brian Mackay-Lyons (Paperback)
So much architecture these days is known primarily because it is the same general thing repeated endlessly. Sort of like the houses made of ticky-tacky in Daly City. Then once in a while you find a book like this one which features a series of buildings, that truly stand out.Located mostly in Nova Scotia, the architecture of Mr. MacKay-Lyons stands out as truly distinctive. Mostly of small rather inexpensive residences that are very difficult to make dramatic, here are examples of beautiful buildings. Further, most of them are small, and that means inexpensive. As he puts it, they do not have the big debt philosophy. You live in a tarpaper shack until you can afford siding.
Besides houses, there are various commercial builings included from a dramatic theater, a Canadian embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, office buildings and university buildings.
Finally, for several years he has hosted a gathering of interested people in building a structure on land he owns just to explore the limits of what can be done. These projects, called Ghost, are illustrated to give form to some of their ideas.
Splendid book.
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Bryan Mackay Lyons all in one, Feb 16 2010
By Lilie T. Nguyen "music appreciator" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Plain Modern: The Architecture Of Brian Mackay-Lyons (Paperback)
If you need a good Bryan Mackay Lyons Book for school or would just like to look at great modern architecture...this book is for you
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Plain Modern, Oct 31 2008
By Ana Ullrich - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Plain Modern: The Architecture Of Brian Mackay-Lyons (Paperback)
In my oppinion Brian MacKay-Lyons is one of the most exciting contemporary architects, showing extreme feeling for detail, form, material and nature surroundings. He deserves maybe a better photo presentation?
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