CASAS: Confortables, Atrevidas, Singulares, Atractivas, Sorprendentes

by Aleksandra Mizielińska, Daniel Mizieliński, Anna Gibert Montalà (traductora)

Confortables, Atrevidas, Singulares, Atractivas, Sorprendentes ¿Quién no ha jugado bajo una mesa imaginando que era su casa? ¡A todos los niños les gusta jugar a las cabañas…! En este libro encontraréis 35 obras arquitectónicas que parecen surgidas de la imaginación de un niño. Casas construidas por todo el mundo de arquitectos reconocidos, que han aportado ingenio, creatividad ilimitada y con ideas de bombero. Descubriréis: la ecológica Casa Tortuga de Maartje Lammers y Boris Zeisser, la mística Casa Vela de Emilio Ambasz, la práctica Casa Hinchable de Kengo Kuma, la útil Casa para los Sintecho de Krzysztof Wodiczko, o la insólita Casa Avellana de Tom Chudleigh, por nombrar sólo algunas. ¡La arquitectura es un arte alucinante! Ha obtenido los premios internacionales: – iBbY International Board on Books for Young people. Book of the Year, Graphic Design Award. – DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum. Architectural Book Award

Genres: Nonfiction, Architecture, Childrens, Graphic Novels, Picture Books

156 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizielinski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. In 2010 they were nominated for the Bologna Ragazzi Award and the IBBY Honor List.

Reviews

[Markéta Forejtová · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roztomilost - přesně taková, jakou byste čekali ;)
Krásný dárek pro malé čtenáře... Minimálně moje dětské já, které kreslilo do katalogů z IKEA, by tuhle knihu zatraceně ocenilo.
4/5*

[Allie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a super silly and fun introduction to the wackier side of architecture. It definitely seems to be written for middle grade kids (the perfect audience for it) but marketed to adults (at least in the US). There aren't many adult books where you define vocabulary words like "patio." It definitely feels like a kids book! The illustrations are fun and have a hand drawn, DIY quality. Although I like the illustrations in the authors' other work MAPS better, I think there's a really lively quality to the colors and lines here that is so appealing. It would be a really fun book to have in a classroom, school library, or public library children's section.

[Eva · Rating 5 out of 5]

An illustraited collection of extraordinary houses around the world. My 4-year-old son is calling the houses by name when he sees it in the book. This book has inspired him to build his own houses from pillows etc., and he is giving the houses own names. It has definitely boosted his creativity and showed him that there can be more of a house than 4 walls and one roof.

[Zuzana Dankic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jedna hviezda dolu za to, ze o kazdom dome bolo prilis malo informacii na tej dvojstrane :)
Ale inac niekomu moze nesediet aj kresba, mne nevadila, pointa domu alebo jeho kresba bola celkom zabavna a zodpovedala z velkej casti skutocnosti. Ocenujem, ze tam bol vsade nazov daneho domu - v originale alebo v anglictine, aby ste si ho mohli vygooglit, co sme vo viacerych pripadoch aj urobili a pozerali si ako vyzeraju tie domy v skutocnosti.
V kazdom pripade je to uzasna zbierka ludskej architektury, ktora dokaze zhmotnit ludske napady a tuzby.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, was für ein Buch, das die Lust darauf weckt sich mehr mit Architektur zu beschäftigen! Ich fand es gut gemacht, lustig und wahnsinnig interessant. Nur hätte ich mir zu einigen wirklich interessanten Häusern mehr Informationen gewünscht. Eine Doppelseite mit ein paar Zeilen Text war da schlicht zu wenig.

[madziar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mizielińscy, po konsultacji z architektem, przygotowali przewodnik po najdziwniejszych domach z całego świata. Książka została zbudowana tak, że zarówno obrazki, jak inteligentne pytania w tekście pobudzają ciekawość dzieci.

[Jennifer B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cool, though I think some of the houses lacked information.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes a subject matter requires photos. I'd argue that a book about extraordinary houses is one. Drawings were not enough for me.

[Sigita PR · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting book about architecture for small kids and all family, it was perfect integrated activity to read book and search for real building pictures.

[Gabunie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Przystępna forma i szybka inspiracja projektowa.

[Agnieszka Jarosz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 – podobało mi sie bardzo, ale po prostu nie jestem targetem, dlatego trudno dać mi wyższą ocenę

[Helena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maravilloso,divertido, pedagógico,ilustraciones fantásticas,dejádselo a todos los peques que podáis.Hay otro de objetos de diseño y tb mola.

[Lucy · Rating 1 out of 5]

badly done.
The concept is great. The houses chosen are interesting. The illustrations are terrible and ugly, especially those of people. And how can these places be "fantastic living" when so many don't have bathrooms? Also, too many of them have too many stairs. This is fine when you're young and energetic, until you sprain your ankle, or you get older. One house has 4 levels with only one half-bath, and it's on the ground floor. A few would be interesting to live in. Most would be okay to visit but not to live in. Many wouldn't even be good to visit for overnight, just for a couple of hours.
I finished it only because I was curious about all these houses I'd never heard of. And each was given only 4 pages, at most 6, with little text so it didn't take all that long.
This would be a much better book with better illustrations or maybe photographs. Then they could use more of them. And more text and better written text. They should also explain why so many of the houses chosen don't have bathrooms. It's all right for the Japanese tea house but not for places where you are spending the night.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read another review on this site and hoped I would strongly disagree with it, but sadly that was not the case. This book is about very odd shaped houses around the world. These are not your typical homes and many of them had unusual shapes. The odd part was the the illustrations and the brevity of the text. The book was hard to read and often left me wondering more about each home. The pictures were very oddly formed as well.

[Wendi Lau · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a neat book! My 8yr old and I learned about all these different houses all over the world constructed for all kinds of reasons out of a variety of materials. We had to look up each one on the computer so we could actually see what they looked like instead of only the simple drawings in the book. But that's ok.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

A neat book that showcases interesting homes (things like egg shaped dwellings, houses with walls made of fabric curtains, etc) around the world. This book utilizes 100% stylized illustrations which gives it a nice style but somewhat frustrating at times because it would've been nice to see actual photographs of the various dwellings.

[Fiore · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun reading about the different houses, it doesn't get boggled down in the technical details and I like the whimsical drawings. I do have some issues with text visibility though. On dark pages the font is nearly illegible.

[Grg · Rating 1 out of 5]

I good idea for a book (cool, unique houses) but the arts not that good and the text feels like it was translated by someone who don't speech English very well. Check their MAPS book instead, it's great.

[Ondřej Puczok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je to krásné, zajímavé a originální. Líbí se mi zpracování a hlavně čte se to tak dobře, že to klidně stihnete dvakrát za hodinku i s dumáním nad některými konstrukcemi. Jen mi přijde škoda, že někde vzadu není příloha s fotografiemi z reálu. No tak hold mám alespoň co hledat na Google :)

[Scott Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing little book. You will smile from beginning to end.
Give it to someone with kids or share with your own.

Architecture has never been made this people friendly before.

Brilliant!

[Haylee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Different...can't say I liked it not disliked it.