Название: Wallpaper (Shire Library Book 855)
Автор: Zoe Hendon
Издательство: Shire Publications
Год: 2018
Формат: epub
Страниц: 64
Размер: 88 Mb
Язык: English

We agonise and argue when choosing it; we admire, compliment and criticise it (or keep politely quiet about it); and the rest of the time we don't even notice it. Wallpaper has been the backdrop to our homes for hundreds of years. It can make a house feel cosy or trendy, modern or traditional, and it is one of the key elements of home d?cor through which to express personal taste. Despite the threat from plain-painted minimalism, wallpaper maintains a strong presence in modern domestic decoration. Zo? Hendon traces the history of wallpaper in Britain and its foremost designers, examining how social mobility and new technologies have influenced design trends.

Название: New Architecture in Wood : Forms and Structures
Автор: Susanne Jacob-freitag Marc Wilhelm Lennartz
Издательство: Marc Wilhelm Lennartz
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Размер: 50 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Timber: the old raw material and building material returns. Based on 24 international projects, the book provides an overview of the range of possibilities in wood construction today. Texts, images, and plans document the architectural and constructive qualities of contemporary timber structures from the conceptual design to the structure in detail.

Название: Sustainability in Interior Design (Portfolio Skills: Interior Design)
Автор: Sian Moxon
Издательство: Laurence King Publishing
Год: 2012
Формат: epub
Страниц: 192
Размер: 70.4 Mb
Язык: English

The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense, and this book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn the lessons lost. A comprehensive reference book for anyone wanting to work in interior design, this book introduces ideas of sustainability while encouraging and inspiring readers with positive, creative, and practical alternatives.

Название: New York Behind Closed Doors
Автор(ы): Polly Devlin
Издательство: Gibbs Smith
Год: 2017
Страниц: 224
Язык: English
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 61.8 MB

A look inside the homes of New York’s artists, designers, writers, and social influencers. Twenty-four homes and stories of real New Yorkers who live in small spaces with art, books, collections, treasures, and fabulous, sometimes funky furniture?each space expressing the resident’s unique personality. Bright, captivating photographs throughout pair dynamically with Polly Devlin’s in-depth interviews with the homeowners. Her critiques of their spaces are at once delightful, bold, and irreverent?and always lively and opinionated. From architectural grandeur to streamlined modern buildings, see how individuals turn older apartments and historic structures into places for comfortable living. Houses and apartments are sampled from across the city, including Tribeca, Murray Hill, Union Square, Harlem, Midtown, Brooklyn, and more. This is a visual and literary feast.

Название: Eco Living Japan: Sustainable Ideas for Living Green
Автор(ы): Deanna MacDonald
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
Год: 2016
ISBN: 978-4805312834
Страниц: 241
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 36.3 MB

Japan is equally as well known for its ecologically-sensitive traditional homes as it is for cutting-edge, green technology. With over 250 photos, drawings, plans and lively, informative text, this sustainable architecture book offers a picture of green living in contemporary Japan and provides inspiration and practical ideas for those creating homes in North America and other 4 season climates. Each project presents different aspects of Japan's current movement toward a more sustainable living environment as well as its focus on fine craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology.
The book's content is informative and enjoyable for both professional architects and forward-thinking homeowners. Anyone with an interest in Japanese design and trends in sustainable living will find fresh ideas for their own home projects. These homes work in harmony with their environments and with the people who inhabit them— "green design" at its best!

Название: Timber Engineering
Автор: Sven Thelandersson and Hans J. Larsen
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Размер: 50 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Timber construction is one of the most prevalent methods of constructing buildings in North America and an increasingly significant method of construction in Europe and the rest of the world. Timber Engineering deals not only with the structural aspects of timber construction, structural components, joints and systems based on solid timber and engineered wood products, but also material behaviour and properties on a wood element level. Produced by internationally renowned experts in the field, this book represents the state of the art in research on the understanding of the material behaviour of solid wood and engineered wood products.

Название: Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South
Автор(ы): Marc R. Matrana
Издательство: University Press of Mississippi
Год: 2018
Язык: English
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 18.9 MB

Few things evoke thoughts and memories of the past more than a house from a bygone era, and few places are identified and symbolized more by historic dwellings than the American South. Plantation houses built with columned porticos and wide porches, stout chimneys, large rooms, and sweeping staircases survive as legacies of both a storied and troubled past. These homes are at the heart of a complex web of human relationships that have shaped the social and cultural heritage of the region for generations.

Название: Illuminating: Natural Light in Residential Architecture
Автор: Michelle Corrodi
Издательство: Birkhauser Verlag AG
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The image of open working and living spaces flooded with light has, more than any other, become fixed in our minds as a symbol of modernity and the spirit of the times. While the workplace has always been the focus of ergonomic studies and optimization with respect to a good provision of daylight, large glass surfaces have now become the order of the day for living spaces as well. But does this automatically make for better illumination?

Название: Paradise by Design: Tropical Residences and Resorts by Bensley Design Studios
Автор: Bill Bensley
Издательство: Periplus Editions
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 74 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Eclectic, baroque and sophisticated—such are the characteristics of the lifestyle resorts and extravagant private residences crafted by the renowned Bensley Design Studios in Bangkok and Bali. The 27 resorts and homes featured in Paradise by Design are set amidst resplendent tropical gardens and spread from China to India to Bali.

Название: Buildings across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture Fifth Edition
Автор: Marian Moffett, Lawrence Wodehouse, Michael Fazio
Издательство: McGraw-Hill Education
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 624
Размер: 157.3 Mb
Язык: English

Now in its fifth edition, Buildings Across Time brilliantly explores the essential attributes of architecture by uniquely combining both a detailed survey of western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. This latest edition includes over 450 new photos, a new essay on the vision of Pope Pius II, and updates on buildings in various parts of the world, such as those that have been given new purpose and those that have been damaged by ISIS.