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| 40: Landscapes Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) ISBN: 1592230962 |
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James Grayson Trulove |
| 40 Landscapes brings together forty stunning gardens designed by leading landscape architects. From a country meadow in Massachusetts to a manor farm in England to a Spanish tropical garden in Southern Florida, this gallery of nature-based work is shown through 400 full-color photos, artists’ sketches, and inspirational text. Insights on landscape design including climate, lighting, integration of pools, tennis courts, and more are offered in this beautiful book... | ||
| The Classic House Hardcover 120 pages Publisher: Images Publishing Group ISBN: 1920744681 |
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Windy Hill Ken Tate, Nelson Graves (Editor) |
| The first in Images' new series of building monographs, The Classic House takes an in-depth look at one of Ken Tate's magnificent classicial homes. Testament to Tate's faithful attention to period details, Windy Hill appears to have evolved over centuries, rather than just a few years, and is a spectacular example of the power of classical architecture when combined with the talents of skilled specialists including landscape architects, interior designers, and master craftsmen. Exquisite detailing is captured in close-up photography. No detail escapes the camera's critical eye, from the grand scale of the home and its surroundings gardens, to the minutiae of architectural details. Through detailed site, floor, and architectural plans, the various components of the house, its outbuildings, and landscaped gardens are revealed to the reader. Superbly rendered drawings add an artistic dimension to a book already brimming with impressive detail. | ||
| Tropical Houses Hardcover:
252pages |
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Living in Nature in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Java, Bali, and the Coasts
of Mexico and Belize Tim Street-Porter |
| The ambient warmth of the tropics causes architectural
distinctions between indoors and out to evaporate, along with the
walls that divide them. Houses expand into the landscape, while
the sights, sounds, and scents of nature waft through living spaces.
Indeed, one of the pleasures of living in the tropics is an awakening
of the senses that brings us closer to nature.
Internationally renowned photographer and writer Tim Street-Porter has spent more than ten years traveling through Bali, Java, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Belize, and Jamaica. This book's 272 stunning photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning of the enviable dwellings he found in his journeys. It may be the outdoor bath, a sybarite's delight, with sun filtering through a frangipani tree . . . the deep-eaved verandah, where one sips coffee while contemplating the neighboring valley shrouded in early morning mist . . . or the thatch-roofed palapa, its main supports local tree trunks wrapped in strangler vine. These wonderful expressions of vernacular architecture many the
products of the world's finest architects and designers nest in
jungles, perch over volcanic cliffs, stand placidly beside lagoons,
and exist always in harmony with the nature that envelops them.
These are real places where people really live, but each seems
suspended in a setting that is at once dreamlike |
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| Imagining Ground
Zero : Official and Un-Official Proposals for the
World Trade Centre Competion HardCover: 224 pages Publisher: Thames and Hudson ISBN: 0500342016 |
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By- Suzanne Stephens, Ian Luna |
| Ever since the devastation and tragedy of the events of 11 September 2001, the architectural community has been thinking imaginatively about the large, vacant site consisting of 16 acres in Lower Manhattan. This has encouraged innovative ideas about architecture and urbanism that have not been seen in decades. This book reports on and analyses the developments, taking a panoptic but concentrated look at the state of architectural creativity and problem-solving today. | ||
| Sketch Plan Build : World
Class Architects Show How It's Done HardCover: 500 pages Publisher: Collins Design ISBN: 0060749717 |
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By- Alejandro Bahamon |
| This book brings together the drawings, sketches, and finished photographs of more than thirty prestigious international architects. With its 500 fully-illustrated pages, Sketch Plan Build is a diverse graphic tour that starts with the sketch, extends to drawings, and concludes with finished photographs -- providing the reader with a profound insight into the design process of today’s most respected architects... | ||
| Material ConneXion: The Global Resource of New and Innovative Materials for Architects, Artists and Designers HardCover: 288 pages Publisher: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 0500512442 |
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By- George M. Beylerian, Andrew Dent, Anita Moryadas (Editor) |
| Materials are the single most important element underpinning all that is most innovative in 21st-century architecture, interior, product, industrial and fashion design. The profusely illustrated 'Material ConneXion' identifies the key trends in this fast-moving area, giving the reader a full understanding of materials' potential and applications. The 'X' in ConneXion is the perfect symbolic crossroads: this is a book that connects materials to designers, for whom it will be an essential read. | ||
| 10 Critics 10 X 10 - 100
Architects HardBack: 468 pages Publisher: Phaidon Press ISBN: 0714843792 |
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By- Haig Beck, Jackie Cooper |
| This is a comprehensive view of contemporary architecture, presenting the work of 100 exceptional international architects. It provides an opportunity to see a diverse, inspirational collection of recent work, selected by 10 of the world's best informed architectural critics. The architects are presented in A-Z order, with four pages allocated to each practice, including an accompanying text by one of the ten critics.. | ||
Healthcare
Spaces Vol 2 HardBack: 432 pages Publisher: Visual Reference ISBN: 1584710454 |
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By- Roger Yee |
| The editor of Hospitality and Restaurant Design No. 2 and Corporate Interiors No. 4, Yee has assembled a catalog of 100 medical and fitness facilities recently completed in the United States by 34 top design firms. The photos are glossy, and the text is upbeat. The complete package, however, recalls Stephen Verderber and David Fine's condemnation of "coffee-table books [that] tend to provide scant narrative on planning and design and tend to eschew critical analysis" (Healthcare Architecture in an Era of Radical Transformation, Yale Univ., 2000)... | ||
Boutique
Hotels Paperback: 239 pages Publisher: Page one ISBN: 981245201X |
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By- Page OnePublishers |
| Although most people consider the home the place where they get the best night's sleep, people who have stayed at the hotels in this book might disagree... | ||
| 50 Great Adventures (Architecture) Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: 3791334344 |
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By- Jonathan Lee |
| Why do we travel? To Rest & Recharge? Certainly.., but increasingly,we are looking for inside into different culture, new way of thinking & more often then not for adventure. This 50 stories are starting point for such adventure, how to get there, is up to you. |
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100
Most Beautiful Cities of the World Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Chartwell Books ISBN: 9036614856 |
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By- Manfred Leier (Editor), et al |
| A journey accross the five continent.. a must recommended for each and every person to read... | ||
Sky
High Living Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Images Publishing Group Language: English ISBN: 1864700947 |
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By- Georges Binder |
| Reviewer: A reader I thought that the book was very informative. I am using it as a resourse. Good images, charts and descriptions as well! I reccomend it to ANYONE that is even remotly interested on architecture! |
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