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How can we understand the design of interior spaces in prisons, forensic psychiatric hospital and special residential youth homes? These spaces are unfamiliar to most people, though we have “visited” prison cells and patient rooms through documentaries and films. For some reason we tend to take the design of them for…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år: siffror och räkning Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
With gentle rhyming text and eye-catching, brightly-coloured illustrations, this interactive board book introduces some amazing animal homes. Simply put your finger on the disc and move it along the trail to trace the shape on each page. Perfect for developing hand-eye co-ordination.
Kategorier: Arkitektur Arkitektur: bostadshus Arkitektur: konstruktion och design Konst Särskilda arkitekter och arkitektfirmor
Lifestyle Architecture is a dedication to the work and process of Affiniti Architects which showcases their fluidity of design.
Kategorier: Heminredning Hus och hem Hushållstips Livsstil och stilguider Livsstil, hobby och fritid
A fascinating glimpse into the evocative, eclectic and carefully curated homes of artists, designers and other creatives.
In Creative Homes, photographer Anna Malmberg and stylist Mari Strenghielm visit 12 unique creative homes belonging to artists, designers, photographers and more, many of them never before…
Kategorier: Heminredning Hus och hem Hushållstips Livsstil och stilguider Livsstil, hobby och fritid Renovering och tillbyggnad
The Nordic colour palette has seen a dramatic shift in recent years – plain white walls and monochrome tones have been replaced with rich, complex and vibrant hues.
As well as discussing the theories behind this shift and analysing the most popular colour schemes, in Nordic Homes in Colour Antonia af Petersens offers…
Kategorier: Egendom och fastigheter Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Finansväsen Finansväsen och redovisning
For years, mobile home parks have been the butt of jokes – and definitely under the radar of most real estate investors. Yet for a small but growing group of savvy investors, they have become a tremendous asset. How can you turn an empty lot into profit-making property? The answers are all in Zalman…
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…
Mountains, oceans, cliffs, rivers — don’t many of us want to live above the treetops? Aside from soaring views and dramatic vistas, these hillside homes designs offer practical and attractive solutions to the increasing demand for and scarcity of level land. Here are over 50 stunning hillside homes located…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
Explore fifty-six innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures into modern family homes, apartments, and condominiums. Includes more than 290 images and plans. The accompanying text describes how each historical, industrial, or agricultural structure was spared the wrecking ball, and transformed from derelict to…
Those solid, sensible homes of New England have been studied for their architectural merit and as reflections of popular styles in this comprehensive picture book, now in a newly expanded second edition. A wide variety of homes of Colonial, Georgian, Federal and Victorian influence, found in Maine, New Hampshire,…
The doors are wide open and you’re welcome to wander through. Don’t worry about the carpets as you enter through stately doorways, cozy up to colossal fireplaces, and climb poetic staircases.
For those who love the old homes of the New England area, this is a chance to enter and inspect the window sills and…
Building a green home or redesigning an existing home to be green is more than energy efficiency and preservation of natural resources. It is about integrating cost-effective design and materials to better the well being of inhabitants. Explore the many ways architects have achieved sustainability, incorporating…
A vacation home is a dream for many of us, responding to our need for recreation and respite, revitalization, and refuge. The ideal vacation home is one where we escape yearly, weekly, and, eventually, permanently. This book looks at planning a second home to eventually inhabit year-round; a home that will age nicely…
This incredible collection of stunning images will inspire anyone who dreams of creating their very own timber-frame home. Thirty-eight custom-built homes are featured, inside and out, complete with floor plans. Packed with 275 gorgeous color pictures, this book provides furnishing and decorating ideas, including…
In 1913, a Chicago architect compiled this wonderful portfolio of American homes and buildings that he said embodied ”the back to nature” movement of the times. Today, this faithful reprint is a treasure of Craftsman bungalow and Prairie house styles, including work by the venerable Frank Lloyd Wright and…
The California Revival style of home design is a new movement, an indoor-outdoor design that uses vintage furnishings, art pottery, tile, paintings and decorative arts from California’s Spanish Revival period of the 1920s to 1940s. Carole Coates and Annie Dietz take you inside ten “real” homes and share secrets from…
If you’re thinking about building a new home, you’ll want to start here. This introduction to insulating concrete form (ICF) construction will open your eyes to the future. ICF construction combines man’s best building materials – concrete and steel, with high-tech insulation – bringing…
There is something about antique homes and their hard-working barns that captures the imagination. Maybe it’s their pleasing proportions, maybe they remind us of a simpler time, or maybe we sense that these venerable old survivors that were built when our country was young have seen it all. But how many of us…
Go behind-the-scenes of the art world as you tour the homes and studios of 86 international artists. Some studios are large, with lovely high ceilings and oversized skylights. Some are modest, even cramped. Some are amazingly pristine and carefully ordered with drawing spaces, painting galleries, and meditation zones.…
The South is known for its preserved mansions but many more beautiful twenty-first century houses preserve that same sense of ambiance. In over 400 full-color images, twenty Southern design professionals with varying architectural styles exhibit their award-winning work, ranging from classical Georgian symmetry to…
Forty-one historic Florida houses built in the Victorian era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are brilliantly captured in all their beauty, character, and detail, and accompanied by fascinating tales of their original (often famous) owners. Come along and visit twenty-one cities in the great…
Block and solid wood make up one of the oldest construction methods and one that ever more people are opting for when building their homes. Not only are contemporary log homes environmentally sustainable and planet-friendly, they provide comfortable and healthy living. In addition, many of these buildings use…
Shingle Style homes began in New England in the late 1800s. They were the vacation “cottages” for the wealthy who summered in resorts along the Atlantic coastline. The style lasted only a short time during the late 1800s, but its impact on the future course of architectural history was significant.
In the mid-20th…
Nothing matches the serenity and beauty of waterfront living. This book offers an insider’s tour of more than sixty waterfront homes. You’ll hear from twenty notable architects and designers from around the country as they describe their homes, inside and out. Featured are multimillion dollar castles,…
Award-winning photographer Roger Wade takes you on an intimate tour of more than two-dozen exquisite top-end log and timber frame homes. Over 350 color images provide stunning details and sweeping overviews of these impressive residences, individually crafted from beautiful white cedar. Explore dozens of private…
Homes in a Box – Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck is a facsimile reproduction of the Sears Modern Homes catalog. It gives a nostalgic look at the more than one hundred home kits sold by Sears Roebuck in the early 1900s. These homes were offered either as simple kits with only the blueprints and bill-of-materials…
The Victorian architecture of San Francisco is known the world over for its distinctive look and charm. More than 200 color images show broadshot views of homes tightly stacked together along steep streets, as well as close-ups of details. The text provides a historic background of the architecture that has helped…
Explore more than 25 finely crafted timber frame homes, inside and out. Guided by floor plans, this photographic journey takes you from an overall look at the exteriors of stately, custom-built homes, through the interiors. Whether designed to be warm and cozy, or awesome and impressive, these homes are inspiring. Pass…
Explore a golden age in architecture when architects, builders, and homeowners let their imaginations run wild. If you are thinking about renovating, remodeling, or building a Victorian home, this book will show you how the architectural features characteristic of turn-of-the-20th century architecture were used. Here…
Barns strike a sentimental chord among the populace, perhaps as reminder of our nations agricultural heritage, most definitely as symbols of solid and imposing timber frame forms. While many of these architecturally significant buildings are succumbing to neglect and development, others are getting a new lease on life.…
When this book first came out, in 1908, it was touted as the ”largest single book of house designs ever published.” Here are 252 renderings of Arts and Crafts period homes produced by the Radford Architectural Company to satisfy a mushrooming turn-of-the-century market. These houses were designed by…
Wonder at amazing widths of log that stretch the lengths of walls, and soar to cathedral ceilings amidst exposed timber framing. This is an inspiring book for any would-be homebuilder or interior designer who wants to incorporate the wood look of our ancestral folk architecture in a modern home. Take a tour of more…
Almost 400 color images treat readers to dazzling holiday visions that leading designers have realized in their own homes—scenes usually reserved for family and friends. Be inspired by their decorating strategies and hands-on ingenuity while gleaning insider tips for preserving trees—both fresh and artificial—and…
Kategorier: Konst
What is burlesque? Who better to ask than burlesque performers themselves? With this question in mind, the author traveled over 14,000 miles across the United States visiting today’s burlesque performers, photographing them in their homes, and asking them: “What does burlesque mean to you?” Their answers and 104…
Affordable housing for the masses has been an age-old problem that some of the best minds in the world have tried to solve. Never was it more critical than after World War II, when many cities and economies were wiped clean and the world–quite literally–needed to be rebuilt. It was during this time that modern ideas…
Heres a wonderful opportunity to tour 28 beautiful new log homes without leaving your lounge chair. Sumptuous photographs bring the houses to life, while floor plans act as your guide to every part of the home. This is a tool for anyone who dreams of building a log home, with hundreds of ideas to sift through. These…
This wonderful book takes you on an architectural tour into the lives of over 100 early demi-Gods of the Silver Screen. Preserved on postcards, these images are as collectible today as they were when first bought by tourists who flocked to the burgeoning film capital of Hollywood. Then, as now, visitors paid to ride…
Tour the homes of great movie stars of the silver screen, from early silent films to the Technicolor years. Over 360 postcards and photos display the residences of Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lionel Barrymore, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Falk, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Sonny…
Discover a diverse selection of beautiful Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket homes from a dozen of the top architects practicing in this region. Breathtaking landscapes and water views abound throughout this area, providing a powerful backdrop for the homes that are situated there. With more than 40 projects,…
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 for theater, a love of fine…
Jeffrey Milstein is fascinated with how similar forms repeat themselves in distinctive ways. Here, he examines classic Palm Springs trailer park homes, each composed of the same basic units—the box-like ”house,” the flanking carport, and the patio shelter. Photographing each one from exactly the same…
Good homes are places where lives can unfold, families grow up, dogs jump on sofas, friends share your hospitality. They should also be places where you can find some solitude a quiet corner to read a book, have a Saturday afternoon nap. In short, they need to be able to sustain you, inspire you and tell your…
At last, the long-awaited sequel to Wisdom in the Stars. Simon Bentley, Principal of the White Eagle School of Astrology, offers us his ‘homes in the heavens’.
This book is both highly accessible for the non-astrologer and insightful for those already familiar with the subject. It provides a practical and spiritually…
Kategorier: Juridik
This book deals with the explorative elaboration of a legal analytical tool for critical substantive validity testing of legal norms within a certain legal order. It is applied to the example of homes for care or residence. The tool consists of five steps with operations and working operations. The first step is the…