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A long overdue survey of the worlds most inventive contemporary apartment buildings, which explores how to make our dwellings comfortable and suitable for 21st-century living.

Builders and woodworkers can turn to explanations about selecting grain and anticipating shrinkage of various woods. A remarkable tool used to lay out precise joints is described in detail. Various sources are given for materials, including where to find a contemporary version of the distinctive, traditional earthen plaster.

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Presents twenty-five houses by Jacobsen Arquitetura, one of Brazils leading architectural practices.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

The Case Study House program is a landmark of American architecture. Its driving force, John Entenza, was a champion of Modernism who gathered some of history's greatest talents, including Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen. This retrospective revisits all 36 prototype homes through comprehensive documentation, photography,...

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Diezmar Eberle, Wiel Artes, Jacob Van Riijs, Juan Herreros, Pepe Morales, Anne Lacaton, and Jan Neutelings locked themselves in a one week workshop with a group of 35 international architects and students, on the creation of collective housing. Each chapter is illustrated with a project and the workshop results of architecture students.

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(Hardback)

A very personal story of a lifetime spent cultivating an eye for French style and bringing it to life in the home.

Refreshingly informal and anecdotal text details the history of the houses and of the people who built and lived in them

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Transports us to the private spaces of artists, writers, naturalists and eccentrics from across the globe. Each page invites us to hide away, to imagine, to dream and to reclaim the magical and secret corners of childhood. Includes addresses of the locations.

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An awe-inspiring collection of contemporary homes designed to foster a connection with the essential elements of landscape

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The bungalow as we know it was created when British colonial administrators adapted a classic style of Indian architecture to build their summer retreats.

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From the author's fateful year-long sabbatical in Spain, where he decided to make treehouses his sole enterprise, to the founding of Treehouse Point near Seattle, this book documents the beginnings of this new journey. It also features an illustrated record of his travels, discoveries and epiphanies.

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This monograph represents over a dozen houses selected from the last 30 years, from one of the pioneers in sustainable architecture.

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With cost and space often at a premium, small but perfectly formed buildings are a popular architectural challenge. From world-famous names such as Toyo Ito and Zaha Hadid to the best in new international talent, architects around the world showcase the creative possibilities of compact dimensions.

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Over the course of his distinguished career, architect Arthur Erickson (1924-2009) designed numerous houses, each an exercise in transforming the needs of his clients into tangible form in the context of site and place. Artists Gordon Smith (1919-) and Marion Smith (1918-2009) of Vancouver were the only Erickson clients to commission him to design

With its pastel green and yellow interior, its dazzling collection of Impressionist paintings, and long, low sofas that look like vintage Cadillac convertibles, Sunnylands was a Versailles for the Space Age. Illustrated and with a foreword by an Architectural Digest contributor, this book is suitable for every fan of midcentury design.

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From Olympic training pools to relaxing spas, child-friendly swimming complexes to private bathing facilities, this title introduces a global array of private and public pools, many representing experimentation with location, form and material, pushing the boundaries of creativity and functionality in the design of distinctive facilities.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Havens of imagination, the tree houses in this book may come in different shapes and sizes, but all require a commitment to climbing high. Inspiring photographs of 50 different dream structures sit alongside verdantly green illustrations by artist Patrick Hruby and detailed background information on each house, complete with a short biography...

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From a small and elegant dwelling on a remote island to a luxurious holiday residence set in a spectacular landscape from Brazil to Florida, from Bali to Singapore, this title features houses that embrace the tropical lifestyle with open-air rooms, shady courtyards, sunny patios, and cool stucco walls.

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(Hardback)

A comprehensive, full-color handbook, packed with hundreds of photographs that showcase the latest in beautiful, welcoming, and efficient kitchen design.

150 Best New Kitchen Ideas offers an in-depth look at exemplary new kitchen designs from todays most renowned architects and designers.