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Water and Architecture first addresses the symbolism of water as a design element, then examines specific applications in all kinds of structures and settings worldwide, from classical to postmodern. Charles Moore's lively and instructive text also looks at basic design principles and environmental issues.

Documentary illustrations and plans accompany the text and each section is complemented by a portfolio of spectacular colour photographs bringing the locations and ideas discussed vividly to life.

302 full-color photographs and 18 drawings

Want to make a big splash in your landscape? Add a water garden -- a bubbling urn, soothing fountain, naturalistic pond, or cascading waterfall. Water Garden Idea Book brings these ideas to life, with more than 300 creative examples for any type of landscape. Sage advice on design and placement ensure your water feature will look at home, either as a striking focal point or subtle addition in the landscape. Instruction on how to install simple water features makes this a complete visual sourcebook.

Since Roman times, water has been a life-enhancing adjunct to buildings, intensifying their meaning and impact. Water architecture is beginning to enjoy a renaissance of popularity in both residential and public buildings. Though previously seen as environmentally wasteful, the designs in this book have been selected for their sustainability as architects have increasingly begun to incorporate social concerns such as this into their designs and planning. Whether it is the integration of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or incorporating aesthetic touches such as pools or fountains, all these aspects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban planners, but are also commercially fashionable. This book reveals the extensive variety of potential for using water as an innovative element in architecture and landscape. "The Landscape Series" is a compilation of volumes featuring projects that show a strong ecological conscience and innovation in working with the landscape in order to produce architectural structures that are both beautiful and sustainable.

The book showcases 46 of the very latest projects of waterfront landscape design. Each project responds to a different design challenge with a commitment to provide responsible and innovative solutions. Illustrated with professional design drawings and detailed texts, the book offers readers a large variety of methods and visions for approaching waterfront landscape design.

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An escapist visual sourcebook of modern interiors in a range of waterside settings, from the creative duo behind Mediterranean Modern and Mountain Modern

From the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean and the tropical idylls of Southeast Asia, this book takes an international trip to the world’s most stunning waterside homes.

Photographs of each house reveal its architecture, interior design and surroundings, while plans provide an additional layer of information. Dominic Bradbury tells the story of how the dwelling was sited to make the most of its location, how construction innovations were introduced, and how such solutions provide a comfortable space from which families can enjoy the great outdoors.

All of these houses – created by leading international architects and designers – offer dazzling inspiration, wherever you are.

Weekend Retreats is a celebration of the intimate narratives of retreat and relaxation - from charming coastal New England houses to restive woodland retreats. Lifestyle meets design know-how and inspiration in this thoughtful collection of design influences and singular approaches to well-lived style that will inspire all those wishing to style their country homes. Whether your idea of serenity abounds in rustic antiques or a plethora of well-curated oil paintings and designer throw pillows, the homes featured are distinctively enjoyed and the histories of design decisions are unraveled in savvy detail. This collection features not only beautifully styled rooms but also playful gardenscapes where the owners entertain and enjoy their retreats away from the inconveniences of modern life. Every space is a playground for the owners, and their tastes and whimsies are reflected in their unique colors, textures, and designs. The book includes modern country style interiors with glimpses of vintage antiques and casual elegance. From objects collected from travels abroad to artifacts of the good life, Weekend Retreats will provide escape from the ordinary.

About the Author

Susanna Salk is a leading design maven, stylist, and author of A Privileged Life: Celebrating Wasp Style. Salk is also contributing editor for Bon Appetit magazine, 1stdibs.com, and ivillage.com, as well as regularly producing lifestyle segments for NBC’s Today Show.

Weekend Retreats is a celebration of the intimate narratives of retreat and relaxation - from charming coastal New England houses to restive woodland retreats.

Lifestyle meets design know-how and inspiration in this thoughtful collection of design influences and singular approaches to well-lived style that will inspire all those wishing to style their country homes. Whether your idea of serenity abounds in rustic antiques or a plethora of well-curated oil paintings and designer throw pillows, the homes featured are distinctively enjoyed and the histories of design decisions are unraveled in savvy detail.

This collection features not only beautifully styled rooms but also playful gardenscapes where the owners entertain and enjoy their retreats away from the inconveniences of modern life. Every space is a playground for the owners, and their tastes and whimsies are reflected in their unique colors, textures, and designs.

The book includes modern country style interiors with glimpses of vintage antiques and casual elegance. From objects collected from travels abroad to artifacts of the good life, Weekend Retreats will provide escape from the ordinary.

A new theme in the thematic series of Beta-Plus home series: wellness in all its aspects.

This inspirational photo source book showcases tens of designs of spas, hammams, indoor pools and luxury bathrooms.

When Art Meets Design offers an exciting view into artist Hunt Slonem’s fantastically decorated and meticulously restored homes such as his two Southern mansions in Louisiana, named Albania and Lakeside.

Pairing vintage furniture with contemporary art, including pieces by Alex Katz and Andy Warhol, Slonem creates spectacular spaces. Vivid and expansive interior photography reveals how the artist combines antiques and artworks, offering an exciting view into his unique world.

As the most individualized civil architecture, buildings for cultural events are the best stage for architects to practise their dreams, to express their perceptions to architectural art and ambitions. When culture meets architecture, some memories, some scenes or an attitude will find its medium to exist as a real and touchable thing. Besides those architectures that record a history or provide information, such as museum, library, memorial, archives centre and the like, more and more multi-functions cultural centres were built in cities, where people gather together for social event, entertainment, or sports, and they are also the new plaza where people can impress their sense of the city's identification deeper. Selected buildings for culture around the world are included in this book, with an invitation to witness the meeting between culture and architecture.

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The most used color in interior design, white can open up a space, add dimension, and invoke a sense of romance, elegance, peace, and possibility. White Rooms is devoted entirely to decorating with this versatile color, offering inspiration and options for every room in the house—from bedrooms to bathrooms to living and eating areas and beyond. Featuring houses from around the world, it offers advice on all aspects of decorating with white and its various shades, including furniture, structural elements, objects d'art, wall coloring, and more.

The Vienna Workshop and the "total work of art"

Founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waemdorfer, the Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshop") was a collective of architects and craftsmen which aimed at fusing architecture and interior design into a Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. Experimenting with various materials (gold, precious stones, and papier mâché, for example), the artists of the Wiener Werkstätte created buildings and objects which combined classical elegance with streamlined functionality.

Though the workshop lasted only thirty years, its influence is still strong today.

William Burges (1827-81) was arguably the greatest of all Victorian architects. But he was more than just the creator of a modest number of fabulous, and fabulously expensive, buildings. He dreamed of hundreds more, designed dozens, and in addition created some of the most remarkable furniture and jewellery of all time.

He was an art-architect. Rich, clever, well connected and short lived, he was uncompromising, profoundly learned, skilled in every process of design and explosively inventive. A brilliant talker, pungent critic and hilarious companion, he was one of Victorian London's great eccentrics and networkers, though he was bewitched by the Middle Ages.

The great buildings that he completed include Cork Cathedral, Cardiff Castle and the even more eccentric Castell Coch, the great Yorkshire churches of Skelton and Studley Royal, the magnificent country houses of Knightshayes in Devon, and Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, and his own astonishing Tower House in Kensington. His furniture, fabric and jewellery designs and his unrealised projects were also hugely influential, and the former are now enthusiastically collected.

This book was a landmark in Victorian studies when first published in 1981 and is now completely revised and re-illustrated substantially in colour.

William Morgan began his architectural education at Harvard in 1948. In recognition of Morgan's record of excellence in architectural design, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated him to fellowship in 1975, and shortly after he was elected chairman of the AIA Committee on Design. For Morgan, architecture has integrity when it is inextricably anchored to its place and time, while simultaneously being ordered by principles both universal and timeless. These attributes allow us to characterise his architecture as being at once ancient and modern. The depth of Morgan's historical grounding, derived from first-hand experiences documenting ancient sites, is unequaled among his practicing peers, being more typical of professional archaeologists and architectural historians.