Indeks: CONTEMPORARY LIVING WITH ANTIQUE
An aesthetic founded on the sheer thrill of pushing to the limits of technical and economic viability "Modern architecture is not a new branch of an old tree - it is an altogether new shoot rising beside the old roots." .
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.
Książka wydawnictwa teNeues zabiera nas w podróż po najwspanialszych ogrodach świata. Zawarte w niej zdjęcia przykładowych rozwiązań ogrodowych stanowią niebywałą ucztę dla oka. Znajdziemy tu ponadto odpowiedzi na pytania dotyczące wpływu klimatu, terenu, działania cieni i światła. Każdy z przedstawionych w książce ogrodów jest unikatowy, żywym dziełem sztuki. Zaprezentowano tu ponad 30 najwspanialszych współczesnych ogrodów świata. Garden Design jest niezbędna dla wszystkich miłośników ogrodnictwa-amatorów i profesjonalistów.
Architect Louis Kahn discovered late in life how to transform the ruins of ancient Rome into modern buildings. His pursuit of an ideal geometric order was informed by a keen sense of history. Based on platonic shapes, his buildings, at once monumental and human in scale, marked the end of the international style and opened the way for a revival of vernacular and classical traditions. These themes are documented in a lavishly illustrated retrospective survey which accompanies a traveling exhibition. Brownlee, associate professor of art history, and DeLong, professor of architecture, both at the University of Pennsylvania, track Kahn's prodigious career in intimate essays followed by a 160-page pictorial section analyzing 14 key projects.
