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Dostępność:na zamowienie THINK COLOUR TRICIA GUILD Colour is the most difficult problem facing the home decorator. In Think Colour, celebrated designer Tricia Guild uses her instinctive understanding of light and space to create dynamic and inspirational settings for contemporary living. Colour can be used to create of change the mood of a room and the six chapters feature an exhilarating mix of moods highlighting the choice of colours with which they are created: Joyful and Vivacious - citrus and cerise.

Ask almost anyone to describe their ideal home, and the chances are that it’ll be spacious and glamorously decorated, as though it has leapt straight from the pages of a glossy magazine. But enviable decor alone does not result in happiness. The days of simply ‘getting the look’ are over; we are now more interested in achieving a contented home life than in considering purely the aesthetics of our interiors.

One of today’s eminent tastemakers, Alex Papachristidis is known for arresting, elegant interiors that meld classical motifs with a modern perspective and sophisticated details. This volume pays homage to Papachristidis’s refined sensibility and celebrates Alex Papachristidis Interiors’ twenty-fifth anniversary. Papachristidis has decorated homes for an international clientele—featured projects range from grand New York apartments to idyllic beach houses in the Hamptons and Cape Cod.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Following on from Global Danish Architecture #1, this volume focuses on housing and presents a panorama of the Danish housing sector today. Global Danish Architecture #2 examines a variety of housing types from blocks of flats to terraced houses to housing for young people and for the elderly from 21 of the most exciting Danish architecture studios. As well as creating inspiring solutions for housing in Denmark, studios including JDS Architects, Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter, schmidt hammer lassen and Studio Ludo are also involved in housing projects around the world.

Cape Town is the third most populous city in South Africa and it is receiving the largest number of tourists of any South African city. It is a vivid aspiring town with a lot of new Hotels and Restaurants. Cape Town's architecture is a fascinating mosaic of Asian, European and African traditions mixed with more and more modern elements. The city's image remains uniquely defined by the majesty of Table Mountain and the surrounding two oceans. Foreign investors, attracted by the temperate climate and spectacular views, have commissioned magnificient homes on the Atlantic seaboard. This book provides an insight to modern architectural projects in Cape Town from the last four years.

The possibillities to design or modify the space in a home can be limited; one faces restrictions on the constructed surface space or the land to build on as well as economic and regulatory limitations. But even so, architects create innovative and original proposals that adapt to the requirements of the owners. The projects presented in this volume are the result of the changes made in private residences. The objective of these interventions is to enlarge spaces, personalize rooms, improve the distribution of space and make its use more rational.

Albumowa publikacja adresowana jest głównie do architektów, studentów architektury oraz osób odpowiedzialnych za kształtowanie śródmieść miast. W książce przedstawionych zostało ponad 70 obiektów z miast całego świata.