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Architecture: The 50 Most...
Little Book of Big Ideas:...
Forts and Castles...
Rococo (+ CD)
This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs; no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge. Please consult the introduction to this book, or visit our website for conditions.
Garden Home: City Creating...
Jean Nouvel
The aim of this collection is to offer a series of short monographs which, though brief, nevertheless deal with all aspects of the master's personality: works, constructed or otherwise, primary written sources, critiques and photographic interpretations.
SIMPLY SCANDINAVIAN
Gourmet Shops of Paris
Dostępność: na zamówienie Paris, the food-lover's capital, is adept at satisfying the most discerning gourmand. Gourmet Shops of Paris offers a unique guide to the best addresses for savoring the flavors of Paris, where sampling reigns supreme. Beautiful shops and boutiques offer delectable pastry and tarts, chocolate and candy, wine, bread, and cheese, olive oil, tea, and soup: the finest products from France's many celebrated regions and across the globe.
Design For Life: The...
Design for Life: The Architecture of Sim Van der Ryn surveys the work and principles of Sim Van der Ryn, a world leader in the field of sustainable architecture. Sharing his years of experience as a teacher and using his building designs as examples, the author shows us that buildings are not objects but organisms, and cities are not machines but complex ecosystems.
Donghia -The Artistry of...
Dostępność: na zamówienie A recognized world leader in high-end textiles, furniture and accessories, known for designs that balance classic and contemporary, East and West, luxury and comfort, the award-winning Donghia studio has come to symbolize sensual, unstudied elegance and a simple design philosophy: to make people look good and feel good in their environments. Sherri Donghia discusses the every day inspirations that can enliven and personalize your environment, which can be gathered from nature, travel, fashion, film, art, and almost anything that touches your senses. The importance of particular colour combinations and mixing them with tactile elements such as sumptuous textured fabrics, rich woods, delicate glass, and luminous metals is also taken into account.
Stores and Retail Spaces 11
The eleventh edition of this popular series, with 300 full-color photos, features 41 award-winning new specialty shops, department stores, shop-in-shops, shopping centre kiosks, food courts, counter-service and sit-down restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, specialty food shops, service retailers, exhibits, manufacturer showrooms and auto dealerships. Also includes intimates, shoes, electronics, airport newsstands, college campus stores and big box retail.
Gardens of Delight: Indian...
India's complex and fascinating history is reflected in the story of its gardens - and those who built them, enjoyed them, painted and wrote about them. From the first references to gardens in the ancient Hindu texts of the "Ramayana" and the "Kama Sutra" to the palace gardens of Rajasthan and Udaipur, this book takes us on a compelling visual and cultural journey."Gardens of Delight" examines historical and traditional gardens, gardens in literature and art, sacred and palace gardens, and the concept of the garden in modern India, providing a complete view of how a people's relationship with their land has changed over time.
YANKEE MODERN
Architects James Estes and Peter Twombly have described their nearly two decades of work as "quiet modernism." Their Rhode Island–based firm, Estes/Twombly Architects, builds modestly sized and geometrically precise houses that are unique to their New England locale without being style-driven.
NARROW HOUSES
Since the beginning of the housing boom of the 1950s, the size of the average North American house has steadily grown while the size of the average family has decreased. Today, a growing number of homebuyers seeking smaller, more efficient residential designs are rediscovering a centuries old housing prototype: the narrow house. Measuring twenty-five-feet wide or less, these "infill" or "skinny" houses, as they are often called, are on the rise in cities and suburbs around the world.
Store Presentation and...
Dostępność: na zamówienie With over 250 full-color photos, Store Presentation and Design Number 3 presents the finest examples of in-store visual merchandising displays that reveal how creative design and architecture plans, and merchandise presentation can work together to turn a selling space into a profit. The third book in a successful series, this exciting new edition of Store Presentation and Design presents the newest, freshest, most innovative, and most effective strategies for balancing store design, visual merchandising, and area displays.
AMERICAN MODERN
Dostępność: na zamówienie Designer and merchant, collector and tastemaker, Thomas O’Brien has made a career of translating cool notions of modernism into an easy and generous array of modern styles that anyone can attain. Now he introduces readers to a range of those styles—from casual to formal, vintage to urban—alongside stunning photography and charming design stories. O’Brien carefully describes the design process of his chosen projects, including a downtown New York City loft, a traditional Connecticut estate, and a converted schoolhouse in eastern Long Island.
Dominique Perrault...
Dostępność: na zamówienie Dominique Perrault surged onto the architectural scene and into the public eye at the end of the 1980s with the building of the National Library of France. He undertook this colossal project after a promising early career during which he built a number of ambitious constructions (including the ESIEE, the Berlier Industrial Hotel and the SAGEP factory).
Herzog & de Meuron: Natural...
More than any of their contemporaries, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are challenging the boundaries between architecture and art. Natural History explores that challenge, examining how the work of this formidable pair has drawn upon the art of both past and present, and brought architecture into dialogue with the art of our time.
Educational Spaces 2
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS NO.3
A new direction is being created in the design and architecture of educational spaces. This full-color book showcases over 80 projects featuring the most creative and innovative projects done in the field of education. This volume illustrates how today’s best educational projects are exceptionally functional, economical, energy conserving, and easily maintained, while at the same time being both adaptable and appealing. Educational Environments No. 3 is an invaluable planning and design resource for individuals who must preserve, enhance and convey America’s intellectual leaders. Highlighted are public and private primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, libraries, and much more.