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Balconies are an architectural accent of a special kind. Forced to looking up from below while passing by on the street the balcony serves as an eye-catcher. However, regarded down from the perspective of the balcony it is providing a refuge. It shields off the chaos of city life, but also offers an urban panorama from within. Thus, balconies are an elegant or elementary, representative or simple coming together of urbaneness and closeness to nature. Captivating detailed photographs portray a wide spectrum of forms and styles on a journey through Europe’s most fascinating cities.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Richard Meier, one of America's most influential and widely emulated architects, began his career in the early 1960s designing private residential projects, whose elegant modernist style and white facades have become icons of modern architecture. Renowned as the designer of large-scale works around the world, including the Jubilee Church in Rome and the Getty Center in Los Angeles, Meier has set an international style all his own based on the purity and power of his unique vision.

The spectacular transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. The booming cities of China are evolving at a speed which is hard to comprehend, and their skylines have seen a profusion of new architectural styles. An economic metamorphosis and an invasion of Western culture have created a dynamic environment for architecture and construction, both at the public and the domestic scale.

An accessible and affordable overview of 100 iconic Modernist houses from around the world, ranging from the early twentieth century to the present day Traces the history of this revolutionary movement, from early Bauhaus architecture experiments to more recent interpretations of Modernism Features a wide range of houses from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois, USA, 1929) and Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye (Poissy, France, 1931) to Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1951) and çlvaro Siza’s House in Pego (Sintra, Portugal, 2007)

Dostępność: na zamówienie Kompletne wydanie - reprint - 363 kolorowych plansz od Braun/Hogenberg i wycieczki po mapach miast, ich widokach, mapach i terenach - Europy, Afryki, Azji i Centralnej Ameryki z dziesiątkami nietypowych detali, dwie większe mapy oraz wybrane części z oryginalnych tekstów oraz komentarze. Pierwsze wydanie tej książki pochodzi z okresu lat 1572-1617. Ponad cztery wieki po pierwszym wydaniu w Kolonii, wspaniała kolekcja map miast Braun/Hogenberg ponownie ujrzała światło dzienne dzięki wydawnictwu TASCHEN.

The new Home Series from Beta-Plus invites you to take a fascinating journey through the most beautiful and inspiring interiors. The thirty volumes in this series are thematically divided by room (living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and so on), and also by style (including designer homes, country houses and contemporary interiors). The reports in these books combine to create a unique voyage of discovery through modern trends in decoration and architecture, reflecting the lifestyle and outlook of people who live in these beautiful homes.