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From the idealism of Moore’s “Utopia” to the ease of Gauguin’s Tahiti, islands fuel the imagination. Indeed, who hasn’t day-dreamed of an unique slice of paradise? Editor Farhad Vladi presents the many types of private islands in this compelling volume, featuring everything from Canadian lake isles to Pacific atolls. Within its chapters you will discover a world of islands with castles as well as properties owned by celebrities like Johnny Depp and Ricard Branson. However, islands are not just for the wealthy; they are as much affordable for those who want to spend less.
Dostępność:na zamowienie Well-known author Leslie Geddes-Brown traces the history of the decorative use of water in the garden, from the tinkling fountains of ancient Persian enclosures to the most avant-garde creations by twenty-first century designers. Thematic chapters present water gardens of all types, from Islamic and Oriental to romantic and formal, and from landscape gardens to town gardens.
Dostępność:na zamowienie Vertical gardens are an exciting means of bringing life and greenery to a bleak courtyard, a grey city street or a cold modern building. This is the first book to present a collection of the most important examples of this emerging trend. Those who create vertical gardens apply the principles of hydroponics (a technique of growing plants in water containing dissolved nutrients) and use ingenious framing systems that allow luxuriant plant life to colonize the exteriors of buildings.
Urban design involves the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, with a particular focus on public spaces such as parks, squares and gardens as well as infrastructure and privately owned spaces. The design of these public spaces has become increasingly important to the long-term development and well-being of communities, and can provide towns and cities with a unique identity.
Landscaping is the design of open spaces, using both live and inert elements to transform and order nature. However, the landscaping of residential gardens and areas can address different criteria to that of their larger, public counterparts. Ideas such as privacy and concepts that take the family into account prevail over other considerations. It is as if the garden becomes another room of the house, lived in and used on a daily basis.This book presents more than 30 examples of urban garden designs by Ignasi and Xavier Bisbe (Arboretum).
Dostępność:na zamowienie This book is not just a collection of articles on authentic, tastefully restored houses. It is primarily the reflection of the passion of men and women who, one day, fell in love with a ruin in Tuscany: a pieve, or parish church, with origins in the fifth century, an eleventh-century fortified tower, an eighteenth-century casa colonica, a castle with Etruscan origins, an ancient farmhouse...
Dostępność:na zamowienie Tańsza, miniaturowa, kieszonkowa wersja "The Garden Book", to prezentacja najbardziej znanych, interesujących, starannie wybranch ogrodów i krajobrazów na świecie. To ogrody ze starożytnej Persji, z czasów dynastii Mogołów w Indiach, zakładane wokół chińskich pałaców, a także współczesne z Europy i Ameryki. Zarówno ogrody pałacowe, jak i te małe, przydomowe, zakładane przez amatorów, oddają najważniejsze trendy w sztuce kształtowania pejzażu.
Dostępność:na zamowienie The English Garden" is an illustrated survey of 100 iconic, significant and beautiful gardens in England, from the sixteenth century to the present day. This accessible and informative source book includes an unrivalled range of gardens by designers, makers, patrons, artists, architects and literary figures - from Sir Edward Phelips Montacute House (1590), to today's award-winning designs and large-scale environmental creations, such as Nicholas Grimshaw's Eden Project in Cornwall (2001).
The Contemporary Garden A survey of 100 contemporary gardens, from the early 1920s to the present day. Conceived and edited by Phaidon Editors An accessible and affordable overview of 100 contemporary gardens from the early 1920s to the present day Traces the history of the contemporary garden, from the experimentations of the early 20th century
Dostępność:na zamowienie * Provides a response by practicing landscape architects to Thomas Sieverts’s concept of urban sprawl * Gives indispensable coverage necessary for a deeper understanding of contemporary trends in landscape architecture and city planning Landscape architecture is a discipline that can bring order to the chaos of contemporary urbanism. It can also give shape and structure to the dispersed city, offering solid answers wherever the debate over the cityterritory and urban sprawl – with good reason – looks set to monopolize the attention of urbanists and architects for a long time to come. As yet, there are very few landscape architecture agencies in Europe that are both deeply involved in the territory and committed to a clear method of work.
Terraces and balconies have always been essential architectural features - they are effectively the continuation of a dwelling outdoors. Terraces are mostly related directly to the landscape surrounding a building. They can frame a view - for instance, through canopies or side walls - they can imitate particular landscape elements on their own more human scale, or they can enable the landscape to be perceived and experienced in a different way.
From Dickensian charm to modern cool, London has it all–and this guide will help you find it. With a selection of stylish hotels, from classic to designer; antique markets, vintage stores and the hippest boutiques; and all the best of the capital's restaurants, bars, tea rooms and pubs, Angelika Taschen's compact compendium is a must for the discerning traveller.
Owning your own swimming pool is a dream that is coming for true for more and more people. So, for the first time in this series of lifestyle books, we are devoting a volume to swimming pools and everything related to the subject: pool houses, bathing spaces, saunas and hammams, and also garden designs, materials used for cladding the pool, terraces, furniture and so on. This book is divided into three chapters. The first section concentrates on outdoor swimming pools and pool houses.
