JeanProuv 的经济优雅 法国出生的让 普鲁维（JeanProuv ，1901-1984）是二十世纪的领先建筑设计师，是一位自称 建筑师 ，负责监督巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心的设计的陪审团成员。作为设计师，他抓住了创新、扩张和成长的中世纪精神，开发出将简单、引人注目的美学与实用、具有成本效益的材料和装配相结合的技术。 从庞大的临时展览馆到手持式开信刀，模块化建筑系统到室内照明，普鲁维的设计都以简单和低调的优雅高效地装配了他们的功能。普鲁维被世界各地的设计师、建筑师和工程师们所感染，留下了丰富而充满灵感的遗产，与这本小册子完美地契合，巧妙地总结了他的生活和作品。 French architect and designer Jean Prouve (1901-1984) was one of the most important constructors of the 20th century. Prouve's design innovations included cleverly-shaped metal parts for building prefabricated structures; he designed buil

Virginia Woolf was right. Women–and men, it turns out–yearnfor a room of their own. But instead of a little nook beneath the eaves, that room is nowa shed. Today’s sheds, however, are not dusty shelters for plantsand tools. Lace curtains have replaced cobwebs, charming antiquesstand where shovels and rakes once rusted, and instead ofcorrugated walls, you will find cedar shingles and window boxes.Sheds are stylish and elegant and offer a hassle-free andaffordable way to create more space without undergoing a majorrenovation. They function as artists’ studios, writers’ retreats,yoga dens, entertaining pavilions, children’s playhouses, gardenrooms, or serene hideaways for any personal pursuit. In Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, Debra Prinzing andWilliam Wright showcase twenty-eight innovative and beautifullyimagined spaces from New York City to East Hampton, from Seattle toSan Diego, and from Atlanta to Austin to Santa Cruz. Some areelaborate and luxurious; others are delightf

Growing numbers of us work not only from home, but from anywhere; job flexibility has become a key requirement for employers and workers alike. This, in turn, has created new challenges for architects and designers many of whom themselves start out working from home who are tackling demand head on with innovative solutions that allow clients to transform their spaces to suit a wide range of needs, from multifunctional studios to homes that seamlessly combine work and family life. Divided into five thematic sections, this book explores the exciting variety of ways that the workplace can be integrated into the domestic environment. From stand-alone multifunctional furniture to mobile room dividers and dynamic solutions that fold out or pop up to create new work areas, each design addresses the unique needs of the space, client and working practices for which it was required, and tackles new questions about the rapidly evolving relationship between work and domestic life in the 21st century. This es

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from theacclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and TheWar America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as theDeclaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent andsacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, butfor everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative,Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the parkidea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valleythat would become Yosemite and the creation of the world’s firstnational park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recentadditions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundredsites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intensepolitical battles behind the evolution of the park system, and theenduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture theimportance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala inHawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali

Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators, debates about a project's section are common and often intense. Until now, however, there has been no framework to describe or evaluate it. Manual of Section fills this void. Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis have developed seven categories of section, revealed in structures ranging from simple one-story buildings to complex structures featuring stacked forms, fantastical shapes, internal holes, inclines, sheared planes, nested forms, or combinations thereof. To illustrate these categories, the authors construct sixty-three intricately detailed cross-section perspective drawings of built projects many of the most significant structures in international architecture from the last one hundred years based on extensive archival research. Manual of Section also includes smart and accessible essays on the history and uses of section.,

Many people think roses are difficult to grow. Peter Schneider puts that fear to rest by showing you that when it comes to roses, it?s all about location, location, location. The right rose will thrive when planted in the perfect spot. Right Rose, Right Place is an inspiring yet practical book that encourages both new and experienced gardeners to make the most of roses in hedges and privacy screens, on trellises, in flower beds, as container plants, and in many more ordinary yard settings. Gardeners in colder climates will find ample information on hardy shrub and heritage roses, the backbone plants of the author's own garden in Ohio, where he grows 1,200 different roses. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions and more than 400 beautiful full-color photographs make Right Rose, Right Place a joy to read and implement. ,The author describes 359 rose varieties that he has grown in his Ohio garden and explains where they are to be located in a garden for maximum growing success.,