Contemporary Housing

It chronicles a remarkable group of houses and castles that have survived the vicissitudes of Ireland’s history and are still in the hands of their original families, taking the reader on an intimate tour of these homes, many of which have never been seen in print before. The evocative, specially commissioned photographs by James Fennell show inviting living rooms and tousled bedrooms, print-lined hallways and well-trampled mudrooms. Details capture the distinctive personalities of the owners: a red silk bell-pull against green floral wallpaper, a drawer full of two-hundred-year-old love letters, the curve of a wonderfully carved antique chair.

The fourth issue of "Verb" looks at two related processes: the conditioning of architectural environments and the conditioning of behaviors. On the one hand, studies of luminosity, sound, atmosphere and temperature expand the range of techniques available to the discipline, allowing the production of ever more extensive effects with increasingly minimal means.

Bringing the pleasure of a never ending summer inside your home is without a doubt a very powerful interior design element. It changes the perception and the ambience of a space not only in the way it looks, but also in how it affects your mood. From indoor pools to winter gardens, roof gardens to indoor golf, Outside In showcases different ways of combining the elements of nature, sport, and leisure inside your home.

Frank Lloyd Wright to jeden z ojców współczesnej architektury, jego twórczość przyczyniła się do zdefiniowania ery modernizmu i wciąż ma ogromy wpływ na kulturę. Przedmiotem niniejszej monografii są dojrzałe lata jego twórczości, włączając w to projekty nigdy nie zrealizowane (np. Rysunki domu dla Marylin Monroe i Henrego Millera).

Islands - real, artificial, and metaphoric - have always fascinated people. Buildings near, or even in water transcend boundaries and merge concrete, familiar structures with flowing visions to create symphonies of water, light and stone. Examples of the mastery of this interplay of elements are provided by Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat museum island, artificial city suburbs such as Crystal Island in Moscow, and even entire new cities such as Island City in Japan. Apart from such dynamic urban centres, Dubai's luxury islands or the world's most expensive hotel, the Burj al Arab, are also architectural highlights. Visions of the future by renowned architects such as Jean Nouvel, Frank O. Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Foster & Partners are also presented.

Interior designers are increasingly faced with the challenge of designing within small spaces. This compilation of projects from around the world pays special attention to the particular features of each space, the end result being determined by the pre-existing features and thus creating the optimum living experience. The property's location within the city, the building's architectural characteristics, its structure and the lighting and ventilation conditions are points of departure for the interior designer.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Nowa seria przewodników architektonicznych wydawnictwa PHAIDON - tomik o Kairze. Wallpaper* City Guides to seria przewodników architektonicznych, małych edycji ze znakomicie opracowaną listą najlepszych lokalizacji jakie może zaoferować miasto dla podróżnika poszukującego najlepszego design i architektury. W każdym znajduje się dokładna, informacyjna lista z wszystkimi elementami, które powinniśmy wiedzieć na temat tych najbardziej wybijających się aglomeracji.