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Pregunta 1
You are going to read the summary for a new book in the market. Please, pay attention to
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details and then, answer the questions.
Puntúa 100,00
sobre 100,00 Houses Made of Wood and Light
By Michele Dunkerley with Jane Hickie
Taken from: http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/dunhou#sthash.APgw1WVp.dpuf

American architect Hank Schubart was regarded as a genius for ៯�nding the perfect site for a house and for integrating its design
into the natural setting, so that his houses appear to be as native to the forest around them as the trees and rocks. Salt Spring
Island, one of the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada, o៛�ered him a place to create the kind of architecture that responded
to its surroundings, and Schubart-designed homes populate the island. Built of wood and glass, surrounded with light, and
oriented to views, they display characteristic features: random-width wood, exposed windows, rusticated stonework. Over time,
Schubart’s homes on Salt Spring Island came to be considered uniquely Gulf Islands homes.
 
This inviting book o៛�ers the ៯�rst introduction to the life and architecture of West Coast modernist Henry A. Schubart, Jr. (1916–
1998). While still in his teens, Schubart persuaded Frank Lloyd Wright to accept him as a Taliesin Fellow, and his year’s
apprenticeship in the master’s workshop taught him principles of designing in harmony with nature that he explored throughout
the rest of his life. Michele Dunkerley traces Schubart’s career from his early practice in San Francisco at the noted ៯�rm Wurster,
Bernardi & Emmons, to his successful ៯�rm with Howard Friedman, to his most lasting professional achievements on Salt Spring
Island, where he became the de facto community architect, designing more than 230 residential, commercial, educational, and
religious projects from many di៛�erent materials, including metal, stone, glass, and wool. Drawing lessons from his mentors over
his decades on the island, he forged an everyday architecture with his mastery of detail and inventiveness. In doing so, he helped
de៯�ne how the island could grow without losing its soul. Color photographs and site plans display Schubart’s remarkable homes
and other commissions.
 

Now, answer the questions:

1. Hank Shubart's houses are located in  Gulf Islands

2. In the Island, what's the main materials in his constructions?  wood and glass

3. Where did Shubart designed more than 230 buildings?  Spring Island

4. Who is Michael Dunkerley?  a journalist

5. Has Shubbart been to Paris?  there is no information

 Decide if the statements are true or false:

 1. Shubart's early practice was in San Francisco.  true

2. Subart never worked with metal.  false

3. Glass and wood houses were made by Shubart.  true

4. There is a small town where he is the principal architect.  true

5. The wood houses were very dark.  false