Perkins+Will, a global architecture and design practice, releases the first volume in a series of publications showcasing the talent of its teams and scope of their projects.

In HOME Kelly Hoppen explores the entire process of creating home that meets all your needs - one that is as functional and versatile as it is beautiful and nurturing. Giving a clear picture of her design approach at every stage - from the conception of the idea, though the planning and decision-making, to implementing the work and achieving the reality - she reveals how to get the most from your living space. Kelly's skill in understanding how a home works and what gives it its individual look is illustrated by a portfolio of projects from the UK, USA, Israel and Switzerland. Alongside the stunning photographs by Vincent Knapp, room boards and architectural plans and drawings help explain how to reconfigure space and make design and layout choices, as well as illustrating how to transform ideas into workable schemes. Insightful text offers advice and inspiration, with checklists, practical tips and information from expert consultants. Case studies incorporating plans and room boards summarize key topics

More than ever before, interior design is a global affair. And more than ever, Westerners are eager to try out elements of Asian design. This book is the ultimate resource for professional and amateur designers seeking to recreate the mysterious elegance, balance, and beauty of Asian design. Through the magic of Masano Kawana's beautiful full-color photography, "New Asian Style "explores more than 30 stunning contemporary houses and homes from Singapore, all of which stand as examples of decorating and style that transcend their Eastern origins. In an effort to help designers pick up Asian ideas for their own settings, Jane Marsden's essays examine what elements make Asian style and how they might be captured in new settings anywhere in the world.

A rich heritage of Japanese tradition meets the best of international trends in Tokyo's cutting-edge boutiques and stores. As you?d expect from a dynamic and forwarding-looking city, the shops in Tokyo have an innovative flair unequalled anywhere else. If you?re looking for the quirkiness of Tokyo's youth culture, or the understated elegance of Asia's business capital, you?ll find it all in this Japanese metropolis. This comprehensive guide leads you to the very best shopping this remarkable city has to offer.

American architecture generally conjures up great names like Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi,Richard Meier, and Peter Eisenman. The young contemporary architecture scene in the United Statestends to be less well known. With small yet ambitious projects, these young architects demonstrate theirinspired handling of the influences of different schools and regions and the traditions of othercultures. This book presents the most important representatives of the new generation of architects and- in anintroductory essay- examines what contribution the United States has to make to international devel-opments in architecture today.

This book features a comprehensive selection of trade show stands created by outstanding international architects and designers, who have transformed this extraordinary face of retail design into a fully-fledged art. Each one of the projects included in this volume has been carefully chosen according to a criterion of originality, creativity and innovation. Full-color glossy photographs, rigorous graphic documentation, and explanations by the authors themselves accompany the selected stands. All of this, combined with detailed de*ions of how the design processes developed, make this work an exciting and essential tool for architects, designers and students, as well as for all professionals wishing to extend their knowledge in the field of retail space design and the architecture of trade show stands.

Living in the country means enjoying peace and calm far away from urban stress. The country retreats we create for ourselves reflect this difference. A measure of the value we place on our rural sanctuaries is the attention paid to every aspect of their design and construction. Today's rural retreats are far more luxurious, with a greater emphasis on rich and exceptional materials. Yet these dwellings are still quite different from their city counterparts. The houses featured in these pages embody a simpler yet no less stylish attitude towards life. Country houses all over the world have been selected for their distinctive architecture and interiors. ? A lavishly illustrated, round-up that spotlights the best house designs for country settings ? Inspiration and ideas for all who would like to upgrade a country retreat, as well as for those who would like to create one.

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A new breed of public interactive installations is taking root that overturns the traditional approach to artistic experience. Architects, artists and designers are now creating real-time interactive projects at very different scales and in many different guises. Some dominate public squares or transform a building’s fa ade – others are more intimate, like wearable computing. All, though, share in common the ability to draw in users to become active participants and co-creators of content, so that the audience becomes part of the project. Investigating further the paradoxes that arise from this new responsive media at a time when communication patterns are in flux, this title features the work of leading designers, such as Electroland, Usman Haque, Shona Kitchen and Ben Hooker, ONL, Realities United Scott Snibbe. While many works critique the narrow public uses of computing to control people and data, others raise questions about public versus private space in urban contexts; all attempt to offer a

Available again in paperback, this first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, from the most ideal to the most utilitarian. More than seven hundred illustrations illuminate the text.Both Europe and America have been covered with examples chosen largely from the nineteenth century, the crucial period for diversification. Included are national monuments, libraries, theaters, hospitals, prisons, factories, hotels, and many other public buildings; churches and private dwellings have been excluded for practical reasons. The author is concerned not only with the evolution of each type in response to social and architectural change, but also wi