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.

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This book guides you systematically through the whole processof designing and building your own house. It offers practicalassistance from the moment you begin thinking about the kind ofhouse you want. It helps you focus your ideas and translate theminto working plans. It shows you how to estimate costs. Then, stepby step, it shows you how to construct the house -- explaining andillustrating every step systematically so that you can proceedconfidently from beginning to end. Here are complete, clear instructions on everything you need toknow, including: -- How to decide what you want the house to be like -- inside andoutside, and in relation to the environment and neighborhood -- How to translate your ideas and decisions into workingdrawings -- How to deal with all the components of a house: structural(roof, floor, walls, columns, foundations), mechanical (plumbingand heating), electrical, interior and exterior finishingmaterials -- How to establish the exact dimensions of e

Demonstrates how architects have incorporated green features to create memorable residences.

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.

The pressure exerted on cities in recent decades is extremely evident.There is no ,need for one to consult official statistics to realize thatcities are turning into the place where most of the population prefers tolive and work. Residing downtown or in inner city areas, where business and cultural activities are to be found, is very practical and with more advantages than those that were to be had in suburban areas only a few years ago. Employment is also concentrated in urban areas, and this explains the progressive population decline in rural areas of developed, countries.

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。

The Rustic Home explores the mythical and romantic Westthrough the architecture and artistry of its residents. It revealshow the romance, lore, passion, and history of rugged old cabins,settler shelters, and mountain shacks have influenced and shapedmodern Western architecture.

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

《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。

Tectum Publishers makes a reduced version of the Apartment Bible. Smaller, handier but with the same impressive content, the captivating stills of the diverse interiors will be feeding inspiration and imagination for whomever is interested in exclusive Apartment decoration.

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

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.

Argentina considers itself the most European of South American countries, and with good reason. The Argentineans are highly cultivated people with a strong connection to the old world; their achievements in design, filmmaking, literature, music, and art place them firmly in today s global culture spotlight. When it comes to decorating, they have a great talent for bringing together the old and the new, with subtle touches of color and rich textiles, and incorporating the country s beautiful landscapes in their architectural palette. Editor Angelika Taschen invites readers to pore over this selection of houses, apartments, ranches, polo grounds, and more, including an opulent century-old opera house where Maria Callas sang as well as the homes of Francis Mallmann, the country s most famous chef, Xul Solar, painter and close friend of the great Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges, and Juan Gatti, graphic designer for Pedro Almod var.

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