You will be captivated by an impressive compilation of photographs in a wide range of very diverse hotels, giving you a glimpse of the quality time you could expect when staying in these interiors, created with great vigour and imagination.

This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For this fourth edition Kenneth Frampton has added a major new chapter that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years, the rise annd rise of the celebrity architect, and the way in which practices worldwide have addressed such issues as sustainability and habitat. The bibliography has also been updated and expanded, making this volume more complete and indispensable than ever.

Get the comprehensive guide to the sustainable design ofschools. The elementary and secondary school buildings and campuses builttoday are the schools of the future. Sustainable SchoolArchitecture is a guide to the planning, architecture, and designof schools that are healthy, stimulating, and will conserve energyand resources. Written with the needs of architects, constructionprofessionals, educators, and school administration in mind, thebook provides a road map for sustainable planning, design,construction, and operations. By its very nature, a school is often the centerpiece of itscommunity and, therefore, well positioned to take the lead ininfluencing environmental awareness. Building on this point,Sustainable School Architecture shows how eco-friendly practicesfor school construction can create an environment that youngstudents will emulate and carry into the world. Written by expertson sustainable school design, this book: Focuses on the links between best sustainable practices and thespecific need

Interiors: Creativity and Innovation is anilluminating look at how interior designers succeed in reinventingor adapting classic styles to fall in line with current designtrends. It also describes the different ways in which designersapproach decorating projects, and how they make use of existingspaces and architectural elements to create comfortable livingareas. The projects Illustrated in the book are the work of topinterior designers, decorators, and architects from around theworld, and serve as both inspiration and an example of the qualitythat interior design has reached in the international arena.Combining form and function, these highly original spaces surpriseand delight the reader while offering the owner an irresistibleinvitation to enjoy the finished product. Featuring more than 150gorgeous full-color photographs, Interiors: Creativity andInnovation is a design sourcebook that is at once practical andinspirational.

In the era of e-books and online shops, when the classic book trade has come under increasing pressure, the success of a bookshop is by no means a foregone conclusion. Booksellers confront these new challenges with very different economic strategies and conceptual measures. Spatial concepts, furnishings and design are indispensable ingredients of a successful sales strategy for newer as well as more tradition-steeped bookstores. People like to linger and buy where they feel comfortable. This volume is dedicated to the most beautiful bookstores in the world. The old and the new, classical and innovative, giant stores and paradises in miniature for bibliophiles: What they all have in common is that they create a desire for books and prove that the bookshop as institution will always fulfil a need and without a doubt enjoys a future.

Today it is no longer a matter of taste as to how and whichcoffee we drink, as it is even more important where we enjoy it. Amultitude of new cafés, coffee shops and coffee houses around theworld honor a centuries old tradition, setting thereby new designtrends. The task is to create communicative and inspiring locationsand spaces, which at the same time measure up to the functionaldemands. The design solutions are as varied as the concepts, thetransitions to lounge, club or restaurant are flowing. After aninformative introduction, Coffee Time presents current projectsthat show the exciting conceptual and stylistic breadth of cafédesigns today.

教学程序和由此产生创造性的思维的关系是《型和现代主义》的中心所在。它也是在对理论和教学实践两方面深入研究的一个成果。这个研究建立了一个试验的基本框架，并通过“形的构造”设计组的学生合作而完成。建筑设计实践和建筑教育实践是两个不同事情。在工作中我越来越相信，前者属于过去，而后者面向未来。当前建筑教育的问题之一是羞于或不敢提倡建筑教育的学术性。许多学校囿于现状，或者在过时的思想库里翻箱倒柜，或者重复过去培养专业人才的做法。这种状况应该改变。学校实际上提供了一个一般实践领域无法提供的对建筑学本身执著探求的环境，学校应领导建筑学，而且责无旁贷。

《X Space》汇集全球饭店室内设计，收录国际*代表性的室内设计代表作，包括亚洲、美洲和欧洲等*设计地区的*设计师和设计团队的成功佳作。 本书内容涵盖酒店空间、餐饮空间、品牌空间和休闲空间四大类别，主要的目的是藉由真实客观的方式呈现出国际室内设计界的发展与*趋势，将室内设计师的概念通过实景拍摄、平面设计图、施工图和手稿等不同的表现方式，全面展现出一流的饭店设计。本书具有高度实用性与参考价值，能提供业界亦或是设计爱好者详细也充实的资源与赏析。

本书为高等院校土木工程专业的学科基础课教材，内容包括概论、材料的基本性能、结构构件以概率理论为基础极限状态设计方法的基本原理，以及受弯构件、受压、拉构件、受扭构件、预应力混凝土构件的性能分析、设计计算和构造措施。 本书对混凝土结构构件的性能及分析有充分的论述，概念清楚；有明确的计算方法和详细的设计步骤，以及相当数量的计算例题，有利于理解结构构件的受力性能和具体的设计计算方法。每章有小结、思考题和习题等内容；文字通顺易懂，论述由浅入深，循序渐进，便于自学理解，巩固深入。书中还给出了部分专业术语的英文表述。 本书可作为高等院校土木工程专业的教材，也可供有关的设计、施工和科研人员使用。

In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin tracesthe history of western architecture from the earliest times inMesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-firstcentury. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of theClassical language of architecture, underlining the continuitybetween, say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens andthat of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York.Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fifthedition has been expanded to bring the story of westernarchitecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapteron twenty-first century developments, including computers andarchitecture, and sustainability and the environment.

This volume features different styles of kitchens and baths, up-to-date materials, colors, and the most recent technology-in short: a broad variety of inspiring ideas.

Cooper, Robertson & Partners was founded in 1979 on the ambitious premise that the pursuit of excellence in both architecture and urban design could best serve its clients' needs while meeting its own professional goals. The New York-based firm provides design, programming and development advisory services for private clients, cultural and academic institutions, public agencies, entertainment companies and developers of new communities. Recent projects include the plan for Hudson Yards in Manhattan, the new Battlefield Museum and Visitor's Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, master plans for the medical centres at John Hopkins, and Columbia Presbyterian, and waterfront master plans for Detroit, Chula Vista, Miami and Memphis. This monograph examines the firm's architectural and urban design projects, clearly demonstrating why it is the first and only firn ever to receive the National American Institute of Architects Award in both architecture and urban design in the same year.

Francis D.K.Ching brings his trademark presentation to thestructural design studio with this major new work co-authored byBarry Onouye and Douglas Zuberbuhler. Taking a new approach to strucural design, Ching and his co-authorsshow how structural systems of a building -- as an integratedassembly of elements with pattern, proportions, and scale -- arerelated to the essential aspects of architectural design: formaland spatial composition, program fit, coordination with otherbuilding systems such as enclosure and mechanical systems, codecompliance, etc. No other work by Francis D.K. Ching brings together so many aspectsof architectural design as an integrated reference. Designers,builders, and students alike will gain a new understanding ofstructural principles and planning, without the need formathematics. Using Ching's trademark presentation, Structural Patterns isillustrated throughout with line drawings to present the essentialpresence of structural systems in buildings, but also helps thereader make

Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th century's great visionaries, both in the fields of furniture design (he created the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, for example) and in architecture. Among his greatest accomplishments are monuments that shaped architecture in postwar America and became icons in themselves: Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York, and the 630-foot high "Gateway to the West," the Arch of St. Louis. Marrying curves and dynamic forms with a Modernist aesthetic, he brought a whole new dimension to architecture.

London is swinging again. The latest design trends, the best musicals, the most innovative plays and films are born in the capital of Cool Britannia. What catches on in Notting Hill, Soho and Hoxton now influences taste as far away as the North Cape and Tierra del Fuego. At the same time, the city on the Thames, one of the most cosmopolitan on the planet, is home to people from every corner of the world and has assimilated many of their traditions and tastes. With over 300 pages of rich color photographs, London Interiors takes an intimate look at more than 40 private residences, among others the Indian-inspired hideaway of musician Talvin Singh and an amusing houseboat moored in Kew. From a 1930s penthouse at Highpoint Two, landmark of British Modernism, via the eccentric home of a Royalist living among Lady Di memorabilia to a loft crammed with sexy kitsch.

“室内软装设计与项目管理”是高等学校环境设计专业的专业必修课程，是环境设计专业重要课程组成部分。通过本课程的学习，是学生对室内软装设计，特别是软装设计的概念、发展、意义、实施和管理有一个系统、清晰的认识，并且通过室内软装设计理论学习和项目设计实践的解析，掌握软装设计的设计要素、设计流程、招投标流程、方案设计与文本制作，以及设计理念和要素选择、产品采购制作、项目管理与布场等内容的设计原则和实施方法，为软装项目操作和实施奠定扎实的基础。 本书本着实用、系统、详实、创新的原则，力求全面体现艺术设计类教材的特点，图文并茂，案例新颖，集理念性、知识性、实践指导性、启发性与创新性于一体。本书在传统理论教材模式的基础上有所突破， 加贴近学生的阅读习惯和学习特点，以培养学生的求知和专业项目

The evolution from yesterdayss bathroom to todays wellnessoasis continues to open new frontiers. New spa areas as such canhardly be distinguished at first glance, and could as easily betaken for lounges, meditation rooms or even museums for modern art.Bath design will be increasingly marked by the identity of theuser. The deployment of new technologies and materials, thetreatment of light and color creates dream-worlds, in which it paysto immerse oneself. With its international selection of projects,Bath Spa represents the spectrum ranging from small andintimate baths to wide open spa landscapes, all with their owninvitation to immerse, relax and let go. With a multitude of designconcepts this volume presents the coming together of solid andfluid elements in architecture and interior design.

The second installment of Angelika Taschen's round-up of the world's most exceptional hotels and retreats is packed with awe-inspiring photos and tantalizing de*ions of the world's greatest getaways. While few will visit them all, this collection provides a dizzying array of exotic destinations for the armchair traveller. Highlights include a California inn where Liberace would have felt right at home, and shabby-chic bungalows on Highway 1 in Big Sur. Choose from luxurious residences nestled on the Ubud hillside overlooking the Ayung River in Bali, or oceanside bungalows on a Brazilian archipelago. Go camping in "royal style" in the Indian desert, or opt for a luxury tented camp on an island in the best game-viewing location in Botswana. Relax in a hand-woven banda on Zanzibar, a hotel-museum full of contemporary art on the Sicilian coast, or a sumptuous Proven al spa retreat in the south of France.

"Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" (The Wall Street Journal )about the controversial construction of New York's beloved originalPenn Station and its tunnels\ As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and DavidMcCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated withthe grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at theclose of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates theriveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to buildPenn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that wouldconnect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail.Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarlingplutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed withthe most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York.

This book is a mouthwatering tour of 20 of Italys mostbeautiful and finely appointed country villas and palazzos,captured by the lens of renowned architecture photographer MassimoListri. Italy attracts visitors from all over the world thanks toits sun-drenched landscape, rich history, enticing traditions andwelcoming lifestyles. Listri's stunning photographs vary betweensweeping panoramas of the houses in their glorious settings toclose-ups of specific rooms, furniture and design details. Thesehouses provide glorious fodder for dreaming as well as a concretesource of inspiration for creating one's own personal style.

Large-format hardcover edition at a new low price. The sights, smells and sounds of India draw legions of travellers every year in awe of the changing terrain and countryside, but to truly experience the range and diversity of this huge country one needs to gaze into the many spectacular residences, as rich and eclectic as the landscape that surrounds them. Indian Interiors provides a longing glimpse into these exotic abodes. India's visual culture is ruled by bright colours, religious decoration and the unrelenting heat of the sun, and designers have responded to this challenge in many ways over the centuries. With this book as guide, you can wander into the restored splendour of ancient Maharajas' palaces, enjoy living in houseboats on the lotus-covered lakes of Kashmir, or cool off in imposing colonial buildings built for British rulers wilting in the tropical heat. This is truly a world of contrasts, as we move from simple but beautifully hand-painted tribal huts to the L.A. influenced h