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Dostępność:na zamowienie "Contemporary World Interiors" takes the reader on a global tour of the best and most provocative interior design and architecture projects of the past 25 years, presenting the characteristic traits, influences, and enduring ideas of the contemporary interior. Rather than simply charting passing trends, author Susan Yelavich, a veteran New York-based curator and critic, describes some 450 specific projects by famous designers and promising newcomers alike, in countries as far-ranging as Russia, Israel, Chile, South Korea, and South Africa, as well as more familiar locales in Europe, Japan, and North America. A carefully edited selection of more than 1000 color photographs and plans illustrates the book, all reproduced at a generous format.

Dostępność: na zamówienie An amazing richness of styles is presented by the celebrated photographer Luca Invernizzi Tettoni. Elegant stilt houses and traditional bamboo constructions are viewed with the same fine eye as the grandest homes and most opulently decorated palaces and temples – from spa to tropical and from colonial to vernacular, through examples of private homes, hotels and public buildings.

Why do some interiors feel harmonious, places where you feel comfortable to relax or to entertain? You don't necessarily need to hire a professional interior designer to create the kind of place where you want to live. This book provides the basic rules and principles of interior design, the skeleton on which to build a successful scheme and an enjoyable living space. The 10 areas outlined here give direction and inspiration to those starting a scheme from scratch or reinventing an existing space. This book is for students of interior design, decorators, anyone looking for guidance in decorating and furnishing their home.

Budownictwo z surowej ziemi. Idea i realizacja autorstwa T.Kelm i D.Długosz-Nowickiej, książka omawia niektóre zagadnienia budownictwa z surowej ziemi.

Na kanwie wielowiekowej tradycji architektury ziemi i jej ewolucji ukazany jest proces powstawania budynku doświadczalnego przy zastosowaniu zmodernizowanej techniki budownictwa z ziemi. Omówione są założenia projektowe, metody badań wstępnych i osiągnięte rezultaty. Praca oparta jest na wynikach pracy badawczej, prowadzonej w ramach grantu Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego." Do książki dołączona jest płyta CD.

Although there are examples of housing dating back to the Middle Ages and Roman times, the Industrial Revolution undoubtedly provided the greatest development in this field. Since then the apartment building has assumed numerous styles and shapes, incorporated technological advances and become the most popular type of housing in cities around the world.

The collective consciousness is turning overwhelmingly green, and many of us are looking to live in a more ecologically sound way. That means introducing natural materials and substances into our home, designing it with energy-saving principles in mind and looking more closely at sustainable sources, as well as recycled materials. Yet it's also time to understand that being natural doesn't have to mean sacrificing style. With the latest ideas, sources and inspirations crowding the market, it is now possible to reinvent the natural home as chic, simple and very desirable.

Książka zawiera opisy najbardziej interesujących zabytków architektury drewnianej w ponad 350 miejscowościach w Polsce. Najliczniej jest reprezentowana architektura sakralna - są to głównie kościoły i cerkwie. Znacznie mniejszą grupę stanowią zabytki architektury świeckiej ( ratusze, dwory, wille) oraz zabytki gospodarcze i przemysłowe (spichlerze, tężnie, młyny, wiatraki).