Architectural detailing makes a building unique, and an architect outstanding. Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in the development of contemporary residential architecture. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed architects, the book presents more than 50 of the most recently completed and influential house designs. For each house there are colour photographs, plans of every floor, sections and elevations as well as numerous construction details. All the drawings are styled in the same consistent way to allow for easy comparison. There is also a brief de*ive text and detailed captions. The book also features in-depth information for each project, including the location, the floor area, the client, the architectural project team, main consultants and contractors.

Learn how to make the most of available space, set uppractical anti-clutter systems, organize hot spot storage and findstorage space in places you never dreamed of.

No other sport attracts so many fans or arouses such passion. The Encyclopedia of World Football includes profiles of all the great players, teams and coaches, past and present. It features all the major competitions and a wealth of statistics to settle any argument. It is the essential fans' guide to the beautiful game.

Turn your home into a designer showplace without spending designer dollars! This friendly guide shows you how to create stunning rooms by mastering your own personal decorating style. Expert advice and cost-cutting tips will help you create the home of your dreams, whether you want to paint one room or redesign your entire house.

Interior design helps to shape all aspects of our lives andhas now come of age both intellectually and professionally. Thistext sets out to change and clarify the perceptions andmisconceptions about contemporary interior design by examining someof the key issues that define what it is, how it is different fromarchitecture, what specific skills it requires and what designproblems it solves. The book also aspires to provide new creativepossibilities which can help not only to expand and distinguish thediscipline but also elevate its stature and esteem. Provocativelywritten by one of the foremost educators and practitioners in thefield, this book will be essential for all interior design studentsand teachers, as well as appealing to practitioners.

The Pocket Guide to Fishing is an internationaI panorama whicll provides coverage of the various fish species（Salmonidae， Ciprinidae，carrnivorotls fish，etc．）and the appropriate techniques for catching each。The ecology，biology find geographical distributilln of each species are presented in detail，while the fishing methfJds are。xplained by means of illustrations and text。Written by a team of specialists，this guide is aimed not only at the passionate angler but als at thecasual fisherman looking for a good catch at home or abroad。

Darryl Carter is a leader in the design world, recognized forhis restrained, distinguished, and livable environments. Known forseamlessly mixing the modern with the classical, Carter presents acomprehensive guide to creating a home that balances individualcomfort with a timeless aesthetic. Comfort is the essential element of a successful interior, butalso the most elusive. Too often our design decisions are driven byothers. In The New Traditional, Darryl Carter encourages you to betrue to your own lifestyle. More than a stunning book, this is anaccessible resource for making an elegant, inviting home,responsive to the people who live in it every day. A fresh take on American design, Carter’s work has been lauded asthe New Traditional for effortlessly blending classic and modernelements to create personal environments. Patinated furniture,subtle textiles and lighting, and chalky washes of color are amongthe details that transform a house into a home. Carter explains howyou can translate th

The ideal accompaniment to every store's silk floral section, this guide shows crafters and home decorators how to create beautiful and timeless silk floral arrangements that make every holiday even more special. From garlands and table arrangements to door decorations, it features 19 step-by-step projects for a range of festive holidays, including Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Each project includes complete materials lists, numbered steps and in-depth instructions that guarantee gorgeous results. Inspiring beauty shots show every arrangement in glowing detail, and a special "Getting Started" section covers basic techniques and supplies. Best of all, floral styles range from traditional to contemporary, providing the perfect project for every decor.

Open any medicine cabinet and you're nearly guaranteed to find a bottle of aspirin crowded in among the lotions and other pills. Aspirin-like remedies have been used to cure headaches, arthritis, fevers, and inflammation for millennia, ever since ancient healers first began using willow bark to treat their patients. Now, go beyond pain relief with a simple plan proven to dramatically reduce the risk of developing major medical killers such as heart disease, breast cancer,and stroke--and do it without the high cost and often adverse side effects of pre*ion drugs. Aspirin: The Miracle Drug is the first and only book to reveal the wide-ranging health benefits that can be derived from taking just one aspirin a day. Thousands of medical studies have determined that aspirin lessens the incidence of many serious conditions, and that it may even improve fertility for couples using in vitro fertilization. Individual chapters target specific diseases and their prevention and treat-met,including breast,

The limitations on the availability of space force both companies and designers to give priority to an office's functions in the design process. Projects that confront a need to scale down generally share common features. With respect to furnishings, for example, internal partitions are highly important. New materials and light structures have made inflexible cubicles a relic of the past. This book examines the challenges posed by 26 design projects for small offices and examines the solutions reached by various world-famous designers and architects by drawing on their ingenuity and creativity.

This beautiful and unique reference provides an unrivaled mineof inspiration and ideas for anyone wishing to create a colorfulnew look for their home or garden! In this stunningly produced guide, internationally renownedinterior designer Kevin McCloud puts together over 1,000 colorchips arranged in over 80 palettes. Each palette—which includesanywhere from 6 to 16 color swatches—forms a blueprint for a uniquedecorative scheme. A palette based on old Chinese silk, forexample, is seen reinterpreted in a contemporary New Yorkapartment. Plus, each palette features gorgeous photographs that bring thecolor scheme to life, along with invaluable advice and tips forusing the colors to transform a room. Readers will also findmanufacturers’ paint references and numbers, lists of suppliers,and much more. The ultimate color sourcebook! From the Hardcover edition.

Santa Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundredsof thousands have scoured Christine Mather’s previous books, eagerto incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now,in Santa Fe Houses, Mather combines concrete and practicalhome-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of herlongtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an invaluable guidefor anyone interested in building, decorating, or remodeling a homein Santa Fe style. Santa Fe Houses draws inspiration from the four traditionalNative American elements—fire, earth, water, and air—and shows howthey can be used to wonderful effect in kitchens and dining rooms,entry-ways and living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, porches, andpatios. Along the way, Mather showcases furniture, rugs, lighting,hardware, tiles, shutters, and other expressions of the Santa Felook, and ends with a comprehensive directory of sources.

The world of home entertainment is changing rapidly, and consumers have a wide range of options. This book will guide readers through all the aspects of creating a beautiful and comfortable home theatre that elegantly takes advantage of media-related emerging technologies and furnishings. Starting with a "whole interior" approach to home entertaining, the book takes readers step by step through an examination of current technology, space planning, acoustics, functionality, lifestyle, and overall aesthetics with the goal of planning and designing an entertainment system that's right for you. All types of spaces are addressed, from small urban apartments to spacious, multipurpose living areas to full-blown dedicated theatre spaces.

A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people。 A person’s clothing， whether it’s a sari， kimono， or business suit， is an essential key to his or her culture， class， personality， or even religion。 The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically， historically， and artistically。 Founded in 1978， the KCI holds one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide。 With an emphasis on Western women’s clothing， the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments， underwear， shoes， and fashion accessories dating from the 18th century to the present day。 Showcasing a vast selection from the Institute's archives of skilled photographs depicting the clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins， Fashion History is a fascinating excursion through the last three centuries of clothing trends。 The KCI believes that clothing is an es

Japan embodies the fascinating cross-section of a countryendowed with a rich and varied culture, firmly imbued withtraditional knowledge, skill and experience. The book features 50of the best of Japanese interior design trends in Japan indifferent categories such as offices, bars, culture, living andshopping, from traditional tatami to modern minimal. The interiorspresented in this book offer a glimpse into the eastern design andits philosophy of simplicity: the use of neutral and natural colorsto minimize feelings of clutter and the color black to lenddefinition and form; furthermore, it reveals the ingenious,minimalistic way of living and being.

This book examines about 30 bathroom designs from around theworld, each one designed by a notable architect and createdespecially for a specific residence. For each bathroom there is animage of the whole house (placing it in context and providing aflavour of the general design style), images of the bathroom, and afloor plan showing its relation to the other spaces. The pages thatfollow are entirely devoted to detailed drawings showing thearrangement and construction of the bathroom, in particularsections, elevations, and construction details of all the fittedunits and joinery. These drawings are all made to a consistentstyle and to a set number of scales for easy comparison. Dimensionsare also included with the drawings as well as details of fittedunits (baths, showers, basins etc.). The credits for the projectsinclude contact details of suppliers so that the exact materialsand fixtures can be sourced. The projects are arranged intochapters by type of dominant material: glass, steel, stone, etc.The boo

Drawing on her own groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, research psychologist and University of California professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives-in the short term and over the long term. The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves. Using more than a dozen uniquely formulated happiness-increasing strategies, The How of Happiness offers a new and potentially life- changing way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. Beginning with a short diagnostic quiz that helps readers to first quantify and then to understand what she describes as their "happiness set point," Lyubomirsky reveals that this set point determines just 50 percent of hap

The ideal accompaniment to every store's silk floral section, this guide shows crafters and home decorators how to create beautiful and timeless silk floral arrangements that make every holiday even more special. From garlands and table arrangements to door decorations, it features 19 step-by-step projects for a range of festive holidays, including Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Each project includes complete materials lists, numbered steps and in-depth instructions that guarantee gorgeous results. Inspiring beauty shots show every arrangement in glowing detail, and a special "Getting Started" section covers basic techniques and supplies. Best of all, floral styles range from traditional to contemporary, providing the perfect project for every decor.

Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials is a uniquecollection of over 40 attention-grabbing cut-and-fold designs thatwhen printed and illustrated form memorable give-aways to promoteand advertise services and products. The book provides a one-stopsource for novelty promotional materials, many appearing in printfor the first time. Some designs are interactive toys that turninside out or reveal hidden faces when played with, others are morepractical, offering ingenious ways to fold-up letters, brochuresand posters, or to create novelty envelopes and leaflets. All thedesigns will enhance a message or presentation, grabbing attentionin ways that simple printing can never achieve. Following theelegant, easy-to-follow style of Paul Jackson's other titles forLaurence King, Cut and Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials isan essential resource for marketing professionals and designstudents, and an inspirational guide to anyone looking to enhancethe presentation of their product or service.

The bathroom is quite possibly the most overlooked room in the home. Nevertheless, this smaller space is being increasingly upgraded and needs to be functional and attractive, with the right amount of storage. Whether it is being used for a quick shower or long soak in the tub, there are many aesthetic and practical considerations to bear in mind. This is where Plan Your Bathroom comes in. In this follow-up to the very sucessful Color Your Home and Plan Your Kitchen, Plan Your Bathroom uses a similar accessible and innovative format to help with all of the key decisionmaking. After an introduction to bathroom ergonomics and layout, including how to work with what you can't change easily such as plumbing and windows, Plan Your Bathroom looks at the major choices to be made relating to baths, showers, hand basins, and toilets. This is followed by chapters devoted to floors and walls, color, accessories, and gadgets. The final mix and match section contains sample floors, fittings, and walls for endless com

Fortuny-the most beautiful, timeless and unique fabrics in theworld. -Brian D. Coleman Manufactured in Venice, Italy, textiles byFortuny have borne the standard of quality and excellence for ahundred years. For walls, sofas, pillows, draperies, bed coverings,tablecloths, and even napkins, the sumptuous art of Fortunytextiles has been decorating old world and new world homes forgenerations. In Fortuny Interiors, gracious homeowners have openedtheir doors so we can take a peek at these fabulous designs.Through luscious photographs and vivid de*ions, we can almostfeel the weave and smell the dyes. Contemporary modern condos,elegant historic homes, and metropolitan apartments all wearFortuny in luxurious high style. Brian D. Coleman is the author ofBarry Dixon Inspirations, Farrow Ball: The Art of Color,Scalamandré, Window Dressings, Cottages, and Barry Dixon Interiors,among other home design books. He writes for Old House Interiorsand other magazines. He divides his time between New York andSeattle. Erik Kva

This new addition to the 500 gallery-bookseries presents an outstanding and visuallydiverse collection of handmade silver art jewelry by bothestablished and emerging international designers. From time-honoredforging of cuffs and chokers to cutting-edge brooches and rings,silver's beauty is fully revealed in a range of techniques, styles,and forms that will delight readers. 500 Silver JewelryDesigns will inspire jewelers and crafters of all media, andmakes a gorgeous and delightful gift book for women -- and men --who dream of wearing the world's finest jewelry creations.