Название: Great Interior Design Challenge Sourcebook: Practical Advice from Series 1&2 for Your Tailor-Made Home
Автор: Tom Dyckhoff, Sophie Robinson
Издательство: Pavilion
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 37 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The way you design your home says just as much about you as the clothes you wear. This great new book is packed with practical advice on how to achieve the look you want, for a budget you can afford. Before you begin any kind of home-decorating project you need to make sure your canvas is in good order. We include a handy checklist of common problems to look out for and how to fix them – including cracks in walls, creaking stairs, damp patches, draughts, leaking roofs or blocked chimneys. Doing it yourself is fun and economical, so we include step-by-step instructions on how to achieve a variety of home improvements. Of course it is not always possible (or safe) to do everything yourself – sometimes the decision needs to be made: DIY or GSI (get someone in!)? Getting the builders in can be stressful, but we include plenty of advice on finding the best workmen for the job, and how best to brief them and keep to budget.

Название: Plus: Large-scale Housing Development
Автор: Frederic Druot
Издательство: Gustavo Gili
ISBN: 8425221633
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 264
Размер: 13,7 МБ
Язык: Английский, Французский, Испанский

In the 1960s and 70s many communal housing complexes were built in France and throughout Europe which, while they managed to relieve the pressing postwar need for housing, present serious shortcomings today. Frédéric Durot, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal confront this set of problems from a new angle and propose the radical transformation of such housing in order to adapt it to current lifestyles.

Название: Japanese Architecture: A Short History
Автор: A. L. Sadler
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 480531043X
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 288
Размер: 11,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

A. L. Sadler's invaluable study of Japanese architecture first appeared in 1941. Considered a classic in its field, unequaled in clarity and insight, Japanese Architecture A Short History is a lucid and uncomplicated introduction to this important aspect of Japanese culture.

Название: Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder
Автор: Adnan Morshed
Издательство: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Размер: 31 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and '30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heights, Adnan Morshed examines the aesthetics that emerged from this valorization of heights and their impact on the built environment. The lofty vantage point from the sky ushered in a modernist impulse to cleanse crowded twentieth-century cities in anticipation of an ideal world of tomorrow. Inspired by great new heights, American architects became central to this endeavor and were regarded as heroic aviators.

Название: British Gardens in Time: The Greatest Gardens and the People Who Shaped Them
Автор: Katie Campbell
Издательство: Frances Lincoln
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 42 Мб
Язык: английский / English

British Gardens in Time takes four iconic gardens, each a product of its age, and provides a fascinating window into the creators and events that shaped them. The stories of their creation include obsession, escape, social ambition, political intrigue, heartbreak, bankruptcy and disaster. In unravelling these remarkable stories we reach back over the centuries to see these great gardens through fresh eyes. From the magnificent landscape garden at Stowe created by Bridgeman, Kent and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown; the Victorian masterpiece of Biddulph Grange; the romantic Arts & Crafts retreat at Nymans; and Christopher Lloyd's plantsman's paradise at Great Dixter, you will hear of adventure, innovation and visionary individuals who changed the way we create our gardens and the plants we grow.

Название: Home with Rue: Style for Everyone
Автор: Kelli Lamb
Издательство: Ten Speed Pres
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 149 Мб
Язык: английский / English

No matter your location, your style, or your budget, beautiful design should be available to all. As a pioneer in the digital magazine industry, Rue has inspired thousands since establishing their business in 2010. Now Rue’s editorial director, Kelli Lamb, has created this incredible collection to carry their style and advice into book form. Home with Rue is a compendium of inspirational and accessible ideas to help anyone imagine, plan, and create their ultimate living space. Written in the signature Rue voice and full of beautiful images of real homes lived in by real people, it features thoughtfully curated advice, how-to information, and resources.

Название: Appropriated Interiors
Автор: Deborah Schneiderman, Anca I Lasc
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Размер: 51 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Appropriated Interiors uncovers the ways interiors participate explicitly and implicitly in embedded cultural and societal values and explores timely emergent scholarship in the fields of interior design history, theory and practice. What is "appropriate" and what is "inappropriate" now? These are terms with particular interest to the study of the interior. Featuring thirteen original curated essays, Appropriated Interiors explores the tensions between normative interiors that express the dominant cultural values of a society, and interiors that express new, changing, and even transgressive values. With case studies from the late-eighteenth century to the twenty-first century, these historians, theorists, and design practitioners investigate the implications of interior design as it relates to politics, gender, identity, spatial abstraction, cultural expression, racial expression, technology, and much more.

Название: Designing and Creating a Winter Garden
Автор: Sally Gregson
Издательство: The Crowood Press Ltd
ISBN: 0719840252
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Размер: 43,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

To create a garden that gives pleasure throughout the year is the goal of every garden-maker. The greatest designers maintain that it is the garden in winter that sets the scene for the remainder of the year. Designing and Creating a Winter Garden takes the reader through the process of designing a new garden from scratch or re-working an existing garden, with winter as the key, formative season.

Название: Plain Simple Useful: The Essence of Conran Style
Автор: Terence Conran
Издательство: Conran
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 199 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Terence Conran always believed that objects - and surroundings - that are plain, simple and useful are the key to easy living. By being practical and performing well over time, they are as much the antidote to superficial styling as they are to the shoddy and second-rate. Applied to the home as a whole, this discerning approach results in interiors that are effortlessly stylish, confident and timeless, with plenty of room for the expression of personal taste. Plain Simple Useful is organized according to the main activities that take place at home. Inspirational interiors, many of which are Conran's own, and a number of projects designed by him exclusively for this book, provide all the guidance you need to tailor-make your own storage. The book also features iconic examples of classic designs that will enhance any home, as well as a peek behind the closed doors of those well-ordered cupboards, larders and other stowing spaces that contribute so much to easy living.

Название: The Women Who Changed Architecture
Автор: Jan Cigliano Hartman, Amale Andraos
Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 100 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in The Women Who Changed Architecture, which sets the record straight on the transformative impact women have made on architecture. With in-depth profiles and stunning images, this is the most comprehensive look at women in architecture around the world, from the nineteenth century to today. Discover contemporary leaders, like MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, spearheading sustainable design initiatives, reimagining cities as equitable spaces, and directing architecture schools. An essential read for architecture students, architects, and anyone interested in how buildings are created and the history behind them.