Architecture - Part of the God Dance
This book is a black and white photographic and written record, a time bindment, of the spiritual nature of one West Coast Architect-builders' work accomplished in the 1960's. This work ended when the architect dissolved his practice in 1969 in order to homestead in the relative isolation of the upper Squamish Valley. Three years later he moved to rawland in the Okanagan hills near Oliver, BC to develop, build and run a major cattle ranch. Since 1995, he reopened his architectural practice, operating from his Manndala home/studio adjacent to the ranch in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.
The book is a presentation of the melding of the spiritual and the physical functions in structural integrity, using natural materials, and respecting the essence of the client and the site.
Twenty one buildings, ranging from a floating office to a community center complex, and including fourteen solid wood residences, are presented in 100 black and white photographs together with the architects notations in script, in 90 pages of 9" x 12" cloth covered format.
The architect, the son of a master builder and grandson of a master builder, produced these structures during the brief period of the '60's, firstly with his father, then with the addition of a select and dedicated group of draftsmen and tradesmen.
"We are building sacred places, as distinct from profane places. To add layers of experience and importance to life patterns. Each building is unique, in that it is the result of the coming together of the inherent forces and sacredness of the site, the sacredness of the client, as absorbed by the architect and the prismal sacredness of the cosmos. Then the building comes into being, with its own existence, inherent power to affect. Inherently it is root-radical-primal." - from page 8 of Architecture - Part of the God Dance
Architecture - Part of the God Dance
To purchase a copy of this limited edition book ($58.00 Canadian (Plus Shipping), signed and numbered by the Architect, contact Henry Mann directly.