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Lynch Geoffrey: Manhattan Classic: New York's Finest Prewar Apartments

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The Dakota. The Apthorp. The San Remo. The names of these legendary New York apartment buildings evoke images of marble-lined lobbies, uniformed doormen, and sunlit penthouses with sweeping Central Park views. Built from the 1880s through 1930s, classic prewar apartments were designed to lure townhouse dwellers reluctant to share a roof with other families. Billed as private mansions in the sky,…

Waxman Nach: The Chef Says: Quotes, Quips and Words of Wisdom

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: »Clean plates don't lie.» Dan Barber. Great chefs are not self-effacing or meek — there's no room for indecision in the professional kitchen, where the slightest stumble can send an entire restaurant into the weeds. So it follows that even in quieter moments, what chefs have to say is usually opinionated and always illuminating. The Chef Says invites readers to the ultimate food-lover's dinner…

Vettese Maria: A Year of Mornings: 3191 Miles Apart

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day commences is the perfect time to pause and enjoy a sense of renewal and vitality. On the morning of December 7, 2006, Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes each took a digital photo of everyday objects randomly arranged on their kitchen tables and, unbeknownst to one another, uploaded them to the website Flickr. A Year of…

The Architect Says

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This is a book of quotations by and about architects, and architecture. One quotation per page, the quote on the left and right side of the spread will in some way respond to each other. The Architect Says will resemble a dinner party, with an architect from the eighteenth century sitting next to one practicing today, or two contemporary architects talking to each other: complimenting, competing,…

The Designer Says

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Designer Says will resemble a dinner party, with a graphic designer from the eighteenth century sitting next to one practicing today, or two contemporary designers talk to each other, complimenting, competing, disagreeing, Occasionally, a critic will add his or her two cents to the mix.

Skurman Andrew: Contemporary Classical: The Architecture of Andrew Skurman

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A high-end residential architect practicing in San Francisco and Paris, Andrew Skurman has built his practice on creating genuinely contemporary classical homes for his clients. Divided by region, this book looks especially at the details of the work, concentrating on the exploration of craft and authenticity in the classical tradition. Focus is on process and detail, with an emphasis on…

Fili Louise: Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In the 1980s Louise Fili raised the bar on book cover design, creating more than two thousand inspiring jacket designs as art director for Pantheon Books. With her own firm, Louise Fili Ltd., founded in 1989, she has set a new standard for restaurant and food packaging design. Fili is recognised for her intense attention to detail, fresh re interpretaion of vintage sources and her passion for all…

Cornell Alex: Breakthrough! 90 Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: All of us struggle at one time or another with creative block. Always striking at the worst moment, it can leave you feeling completely paralyzed. Take solace in knowing that you are not alone. It happens to everyone and is actually and inevitable part of the creative process. Breakthrough! Is a lively compilation of strategies and personal tips for combating creative ruts offered by leading…

Jenny Peter: Drawing Techniques

Скачать книгу (размер 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 167) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Jenny Peter: Figure Drawing

Скачать книгу (размер 947 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 187) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Jenny Peter: The Artist's Eye

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Jari Jetsonen: Alvar Aalto Houses

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Over the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) designed nearly one hundred single-family houses. Aalto, who is also known for his furniture and glassware, worked in a unique style that blended modernism and traditional vernacular architecture. Authors Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen (Finnish Summer Houses) present twenty-six of…

Descottes Herve: Освещение архитектурных объектов: игра света и пространства (на английском языке)

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Architectural Lighting, the latest addition to the Architecture Briefs series, provides both a critical approach to and a conceptual framework for understanding the application of lighting in the built environment. The key considerations of lighting design are illuminated through accessible texts and instructional diagrams. Six built projects provide readers with concrete examples of the ways in…

Skrdla Harry: Призрачные руины: забытые строения Америки (на английском языке)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Ghostly Ruins shows you both the life and death of thirty structures, from transportation depots, factories, and jails to amusement parks, mansions, hotels, and entire towns. Author, Harry Skrdla gives a guided tour of these marvelous structures at their peak of popularity juxtaposed with their current state of haunted decrepitude. Like a seasoned teller of ghost stories, Skrdla's words and…

Fioriglio Joseph: В студии художника (на английском языке)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: »Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work». Chuck Close Inside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings there are the end products of a process involving not only creative inspiration, but also plenty of physical and logistical details. It is these «cruder», more mundane aspects of a painter's daily routine that motivated Brooklyn artist Joe Fig to…

Bloszies Charles: Old Buildings, New Designs: Architectural Transformations

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Increasingly, architects are hired to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the movement to reuse buildings presents a variety of design challenges and opportunities. Old Buildings, New Designs is an Architecture Brief devoted to working within a given architectural fabric from the technical issues that arise from…

Steven Harris: True Life: Steven Harris Architects

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Effortless and inevitable are architect Steven Harris's two favorite words. With sensitivity to the surrounding landscape, Harris designs homes custom-made to his client's daily-lived experience. His dining rooms are not aggrandizements of tradition, they are places to eat, to gather, or even work; his entry halls are not the primary places of arrival, but rather the final segments of a long…

Keith Moskow: Small Scale: Creative Solutions for Better City Living

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Think big, design small. This is the rallying cry of a new generation of architects and artists who aim to improve the lives of city-dwellers through small-scale public design projects. Using the city as an open-source platform for ideas, these visionaries create urban interventions to address problems specific to urban life. Small Scale presents fifty ingenious yet simple projects ranging from…

Julie Decker: Modern North: Architecture on the Frozen Edge

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The geographic region around the North Pole is a raw and exotic area of untouched nature and inescapable beauty. Unique among the Earth's ecosystems, it includes both a vast, ice-covered ocean and a treeless region of tundra. Building in this extremely cold climate requires an advanced degree of ingenuity and resolve. Ecological conditions including high winds, snowdrifts, and permafrost,…

Lovell Jenny: Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Far from being just a simple outer wall or decorative element, the building envelope, or facade, determines a building's structural stability, climate control, and degree of energy performance. There is an urgent need for architects and allied professionals to gain a greater understanding of how materials and technologies can be applied to meet both aesthetic and performance requirements.…