Architecture - Buildings - Residential

Fallingwater Rising is a biography not of a person but of the most famous house of the twentieth century. Scholars and the public have long extolled the house that Frank Lloyd Wright perched over a Pennsylvania waterfall in 1937, but the full story has...

In her critically acclaimed, ingenious memoir, Sarah Messer explores America's fascination with history, family, and Great Houses. Her Massachusetts childhood home had sheltered the Hatch family for 325 years when her parents bought it in 1965. The will of the house's original owner, Walter...

Villa Wolf in Guben (now Gubin), built between 1925 and 1927, was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's first decidedly modern building. The residential building was destroyed at the end of the Second World War and in the immediate post-war period. The building practice of...

What Architectural Drawings Reveal about North Korea Housing and urban planning constitute a key element of the material foundation of North Korea. In the post-war era, the country attempted to socialize all types of living spaces based on political ideology, from small apartment rooms...

Work by over 30 leading architects of the Spanish Revival movement in California during the 1920s and '30s is featured in this beautifully illustrated book. Drawn from the era's leading architectural journals, these case studies document the "best of" residential design during this influential...

The title Eastern Block Stories features dozens of articles and over 60 unique hand-picked images about mass housing estates in former communist states. This book aims to address the blind spots to take a closer look at the major challenges for post-socialist housing estates...

The Banco de Londres y Am rica del Sud in Buenos Aires was built between 1959 and 1966 through the efforts of a large team of designers and engineers, headed by the collaborative offices of Sepra and Clorindo Testa. Long admired by connoisseurs of...

Author: Ulrike WietzorrekISBN-10: 3034606141ISBN-13: 9783034606141Publisher: BirkhauserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2013Pages: 456Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.40lbsSize: 12.40h x 9.20w x 1.50d

Heralded as one of America's most influential interior designers, Suzanne Kasler has always had her finger on the pulse of emerging home style. This completely original compendium of her firm's new interiors is all about selectivity--a wealth of au courant design ideas that resonate...

The first book from award-winning interior design and architecture firm Workshop/APD with projects ranging from sleek Manhattan apartments to Shingle Style getaways. Since its founding by Andrew Kotchen and Matt Berman, Workshop/APD has perfected a unique amalgam of traditional warmth and contemporary simplicity. All...

The first book from Drake/Anderson illustrates the award-winning firm's opulent modernist design with interiors that are as unique and expressive as they are inviting and livable. Principals Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson delight in creating imaginative rooms that emphasize the precious alongside the everyday....

A vibrant new collection of the best maximalist interiors from today's top designers. Rooms of jewellike color and glorious pattern. Enchanting lacquered ceilings and geometric floors. Brilliantly massed collections of furniture, objects, and art. Although maximalism has always had a place in interior design--practiced...

From a peak era in American domestic architecture comes this survey of homes from across the country. Its wealth of styles features both new American designs and traditional European-inspired buildings of wood, stucco, concrete, brick, and stone. The 130 captioned black-and-white illustrations and 55...

This magnificently illustrated book reveals the architectural and decorative details of life at the top in Manhattan. More than 100 line drawings of floor plans and over 100 black-and-white photographs as well as fascinating mini-histories detail the vital statistics on 73 of New York...

Robert Swain Peabody and John Goddard Stearns Jr. led one of the most popular and prolific architectural design firms in the Northeast, securing more than one thousand commissions and building a vast and vibrant repertoire, from warehouses and town houses to retail stores, banks,...

The first book to focus on California architect Gregory Ain's housing projects, which featured open kitchens, movable walls, and other design innovations. The Southern California architect Gregory Ain (1908-1988) collaborated with some of the most important figures of midcentury design, including Rudolph Schindler, Richard...

This book presents the work of 100 leading international interior designers--some established professionals, others young and promising creative talents--and 1,000 ideas and tips on interior design. By introducing readers to these designers and their most important works in the field of interior architecture for...

- Studio William Hefner's treatise is to create homes that inspire, nurture, and transform the lives of the families who inhabit them- Each home concept is fine-tuned to fulfil the client's dreams and caters to each individual's unique idiosyncrasies- The practice produces a strong...

20 innovative houses designed by 20 leading architects.Author: Mercedes DaguerreISBN-10: 1780750080ISBN-13: 9781780750088Publisher: Phaidon PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2012Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.20lbsSize: 9.30h x 11.70w x 1.00d

The first monograph of the California firm whose regional sensibility and early attention to sustainable design anticipated the prevalent trends in residential architecture today.A generous look at the San Francisco Bay Area architects' pioneering approach to sustainable houses, ranging from the vineyard regions of...

- The principals on the project showcase their highly refined work for a Houston-based luxury penthouse, set atop the stunning Arabella building- Writer Saxon Henry provides detailed narratives on each space, including wonderful anecdotes with each of the multitude of artisans and craftspeople commissioned...

The old saying 'safe as houses' is being challenged around the world like never before. Over recent decades homeowners have experienced the devastating effects of defects like asbestos, leaky buildings, structural failings, and more recently the combustible cladding crisis. The provision of safe and...

Storybook style, fairy tale, Disneyesque, Hansel and Gretel--these are all synonyms for what is surely the most delightful residential style of the twentieth century. With their romantic evocation of faraway lands and eras, storybook homes were created by architects and builders with a flair...

Houses on the side of a mountain, on rocky terrain, or on cliffs by the sea--a perfect blend of contextual architecture and interior design that channels our shared desire for peace and tranquility. Whether because of their impossible location in many cases, or the...

In the ingenious projects presented in this book, planners make creative use of construction techniques, often artisanal, to create flexible-use living environments that optimize the use of space. Some recurring elements in this type of planning are enclosures that integrate and conceal furnishings, new...

In modern architecture, natural stone is now thought of as material that provides both elegance and sustainability, which can transform both residential and commercial buildings and is a first choice for both its durability and ecological qualities. The houses in this volume have been...

For the first time the domestic architecture of the whole Arab region is being considered. An extensive analytical part is supported by a collection of more than 200 examples from thirteen countries.Author: Friedrich RagetteISBN-10: 3932565304ISBN-13: 9783932565304Publisher: Axel MengesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2003Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.97lbsSize: 12.00h...

This enlightening, lavishly illustrated architectural and historical tour explores the unique flavor of Scotland's great houses. Written from a perspective that is at once personal and scholarly, this unique book examines Scotland's distinctive country-house architecture. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, drawings and plans,...

Between 1924 and 1936, Austrian architect Josef Frank built five holiday homes on the Falsterbo Peninsula in southern Sweden. Conceived as summer houses for friends and relatives of Frank's Swedish wife, the Falsterbo Villas constitute a key part of Frank's architectural work and demonstrate...

"Less is More" is one of the most frequently quoted and most influential principles of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It demands abstraction, functionality and clarity. The minimalist design approach applies to space and light, rhythm and texture, shape and color. "Less is more"...

Some architectural endeavours require more than designed beauty. Their purpose, in and of itself, requires repose, serenity, poetry. Estudio Ramos' Figueras Stables is just such a place; a respite from the everyday possessed of a deep-seated relationship with its environment and an intuitive sense...

We wanted the house to lie amid the woods. Landscape, esthetics, and common sense are the three axes that direct the work of Argentine architect Luciano Kruk. This book illustrates in great detail one of his most representative works: his own summer house. And...

- Jennifer Post Design has been featured on the AD100 list many times- This is her second monograph- Features works at some of New York's most lavish real estateModern is the second monograph on Jennifer Post, the AD100 designer best known for her sleek...

-Features an autobiographical account of Connecticut-based architect Mark P. Finlay's heritage and historic overview of his 30-year design practice -Provides compelling and intimate illuminations of Finlay's process on 12 beautifully designed country residences -Showcases how Finlay navigates both environmental and historic contexts, as well...

This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about 'other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the...

Most people in the UK live in an old house built before the age of modern building regulations and energy-efficiency standards, and one in four UK residents lives in a house that is at least a century old. However, it is possible to upgrade...

'Patio, channel of sky/The patio is the window/Through which God watches souls/The patio is the slope/Down which the sky follows into the house/Serene' - Jorge Luis Borges Bedmar & Shi's Chancery Lane is the apotheosis of their ongoing interaction with a new language of...

Architecture is the most transformative of the arts. It surrounds us, envelops us, caresses us. Despite being located in Miami's lush urban oasis of Coconut Grove, Max Strang's iconic Rock House transports its occupants across oceans and realities, into a magically sublime alternative full...

We have built the most radical house we have ever made, an in nite plane facing the in nite sea. A house facing the Atlantic Ocean, at the water's edge on a beach of Cadiz, like a piece of earthly paradise, where the Romans...

Norfolk is a county sadly rich in "lost" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. The country houses lost from the landscape since the late nineteenth...

A complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, Terence Conran provides all the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and improve the quality of your life. There is a great...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Tune in to HGTV, visit your local bookstore's magazine section, or flip to the 'Homes' section of your weekend newspaper, and it becomes clear: domestic spaces play an immense role in our cultural consciousness. The Domestic Space Reader addresses our collective fascination with houses...

The Clichy-Batignolles stand as a new urban landscape liaison element, an essential urban portal along the peripheric territorial arc, just by the historic city. The site thus becomes an important urban platform, a place of exchange in the relational-spaces web organization of Paris. It...

This masterfully designed and printed monograph on Salvatore LaRosa's design work is marked by sensitivity to environment and a love of metaphor. After completing two volumes that depict, in very clear terms, his utilization of techniques, LaRosa felt the need to go inside many...

For the past decade, the Los Angeles architect Michael Maltzan has designed multiunit housing in a city known for its proliferation of single-family residences. Working with the Skid Row Housing Trust, these projects advance new forms of supportive housing that address the services and...

This is a book about contemporary architecture like no other. The authors have worked on many high profile projects all over the world and their lively and informal text both entertains and informs the reader. The photography throughout is stunning and this is both...

The Vintage Journal Court of the Orient pocket journal features an illustration of oriental court building. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where...

The Vintage Journal State Capitol, Sacramento pocket journal features an illustration of State Capitol. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where a handy...

A compendium on the history and development of subsidized housing in Europe of the twentieth century. Social housing has a long tradition in Europe. Since the early twentieth century, these often anonymously built and unappreciated structures have arisen all across the suburbs of Europe's...