Mickey Muennig: Dreams and Realizations for a Living Architecture

Big Sur is an intesting place, and Mr. Muennig's architectural style is a hallmark of the region. I spend quite a bit of my spare time exploring Big Sur and have come across Muennig architecture at the Hawthorne Gallery, The Post Ranch Inn, and also while hiking. I enjoy the fluidity of his style, and in reading this book I realized the organic nature of his technique. This has influenced my personal landscape design style. I truly enjoy this book!

Absolutely a terrific architectural book with - thank you- floor plans of these most original projects, shown mostly with the architect's detail working drawings along with very beautiful related photograps which show that these existing building do not contain tourtured spaces within.That each project pays respect to their existing landscape and a positive expression of the Architect's understanding of the clients' program. A book which is a pure pleasure visually and intellectually gratifying.

this is a wonderful book for expanding the imagination into natural home building. just the inspiration alone offered in mr muenning's thoughtful home designs is well worth a look.

Wonderful creative architecture

Fantastic buildings and wonderful photography. What more could I ask?

Being tucked away in Big Sur kept Mickey's work out of the mainstream of architectural attention. And what attention he did receive was mainly on the simple elegance and beauty of his houses. This ignored his attention to site, climate, and solar orientation; natural heating and ventilating systems; pioneering use of green roofs, daylighting, and other innovations. He's an artist, inventor, and nature lover -- everything an architect should be. (We were proud to have him lecture at our school, San Francisco Institute of Architecture.) This book does him proud and includes object lessons for every student of architecture.

This is the second Mickey Muennig book I purchased, this one for a good friend on his birthday. I live in the area where much of his architecture is located and his unique sense of contemporary design has always intrigued me. This collection has many photos accompanied with interesting details for each project. One client was fortunate enough to enjoy a second home created by this artist.