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"150 Best Loft Ideas" offers a glimpse into innovative modern living spaces that reflect the changing views on designing, building, and living in a contemporary home. Featuring diverse styles and different trends, "150 Best Loft Ideas" provides an inspirational source of ideas for those active in the field of design or interested in contemporary residential architecture.
Homeowners are feathering their nests, and the one area of home improvement that continues to grow is sunrooms. As interest grows, so does the variety and style of sunrooms and conservatories. Whether you want to use a sunroom as a dining area, a playroom, an office space, or simply a room in which to relax and let the outdoors in, you need a plan. This book includes exactly what every homeowner is seeking; hands-on, practical information; inspirational images; and templates for each style, ranging from Victorian to Edwardian and from regency to modern-in short, all the information you need to choose a style and design your own sunroom. The book also includes a CD ROM to help design your sunroom, discussion of interior furnishings, sourcing materials, and much more.
Największym wyzwaniem podczas projektowania domów jest zachowanie odpowiedniej równowagi między estetyką a indywidualnymi wymaganiami użytkowników. Choć ważne jest utrzymanie i wdrożenie wizji i stylu architekta, odbiorca-klient musi czuć się tu jak u siebie. Szczególnie ciekawe zatem wydaje się prześledzenie właśnie tych domów, które architekci tworzą sami dla siebie. Przyjmując wówczas zasadę, że domy są odzwiercieldeniem osobowości mieszkańców, domy architektów zdają się pełnić funkcję swoistej autobiografii. Lokalizacja, rozplanowanie, styl, oświetlenie, wystrój wnętrza, meble-każdy szczegół nadaje barwę danej historii.
Theme hotels are architectural expressions of individuality and a unique sense of style. Making them unmistakable and distinguished is an exciting field of experimentation for architects and designers. Imaginative buildings and one-of-a kind interiors combine into works of art that charm, impress and pamper guests. With their unique styles and unusual ambiances, the hotels introduced in this book cater to the wishes of their guests, promising modern-day nomads an unforgettable stay.
The world is merging into one global system of goods, people and information.This book explores the social, cultural, and economic phenomena of globalisation through housing. The Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETH in Zürich examines the last 25 years of housing development through a historical criticism with the built projects as protagonists. Housing typologies have been chosen as contemporary architectural prototypes.
In the ryokan, the traditional Japanese guesthouse, building and landscape are melded in harmonic unity. The customs, art, and history of Japan become a vivid, personal experience. - Richly illustrated articles discussing art forms, ways of life, and traditional rituals in ancient Japan: architecture, painting, color woodcuts, ceramics, ikebana, select foods, clothing, no theater, martial arts, seasonal festivals, and more - Extensive glossary of terms relating to Japanese culture - High quality pictures by the internationally recognized photographers Narimi Hatano and Klaus Frahm A stay in a ryokan is far more than an overnight in a Japanese hotel - it is a journey through time that allows you to become a guest in Old Japan.
Prefabricated and modular homes are essentially buildings whose components are built at a factory, then shipped and assembled on site on a foundation that has been constructed in advance. These homes were once viewed as nothing more than modest, inexpensive shelters, lacking in any design aesthetic and offering only the basics required for habitation. This is no longer the case. Prefab design has emerged as a way for the design - and cost - conscious generation to achieve the dream of home ownership.
As cities have grown, housing has had to be provided to accommodate the increasing population. Driven primarily by the need to provide housing as cheaply and efficiently as possible, the ideas developed by the early Modernists have informed housing schemes worldwide.
Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has been home to some of the most compelling architecture - from the large-scale and otherworldly civic structures of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer to the more intimate work of Mexico's Luis Barragan. In her new book "Latin American Houses", historian Mercedes Daguerre shows that this tradition of architectural innovation lives on in the work of such contemporary architects as 2006 Pritzker Prize-winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Brazil), Mathias Klotz (Chile), Angelo Bucci (Argentina), and LBC Arquitectos (Mexico), among others.Focusing on one-family houses that have been built over the past decade, this lively new title explores the elegance and innovation with which today's Latin American architects evolve their modernist heritage.
Urban land is an increasingly precious commodity, particularly in the centre of major cities. Every spare corner of land is in demand, however small, inaccessible or awkwardly shaped. For architects the challenge is to optimize these sites while simultaneously negotiating the web of planning regulations, to create homes suited to today’s lifestyles.
Every house included in this volume reveals a unique dialogue with the landscape, whether it is designed to merge with its surroundings by integrating water into the home or conceived as a platform from which to appreciate the stunning views of a boundless bleu blanket of water.
In recent years the lines that define the characteristics of the modern house have lost the severity that distinguished them in the past. Although the uses that a home must fulfil – cooking, relaxation, personal hygiene, interaction with other people, etc. – remain the same as ever, the solutions for tackling them are now very different and diverse.
The pressure exerted on cities in recent decades is extremely evident. There is no need for one to consult offi cial statistics to realize that cities are turning into the place where most of the population prefers to live and work. Residing downtown or in inner city areas, where business and cultural activities are to be found, is very practical and with more advantages than those that were to be had in suburban areas only a few years ago.
Making houses that are liveable. "Family Houses" presents a compilation of examples of the emerging residential architecture, which are linked by the manner in which they propose innovative and experimental solutions. Refinement in the selection of finishes, restraint in the distribution of rooms, and pains taken in integrating these spaces into their surroundings represent just some of the skills exercised by their designers.
