Architecture: residential Books

Book SynopsisLearn to make your own quiet place somewhere with this inspiring journey inside tranquil cabins and handmade homes, from the creators of the wildly popular Cabin Porn phenomenon. Cabin Porn began as an online project created by a group of friends to inspire their own homebuilding. It has grown into a global phenomenon, attracting thousands of submissions from fellow cabin builders and a passionate audience of millions interested in simple, efficient homes and the beauty of nature. Cabin Porn: Inside invites readers into these handmade homes to discover rooms of warmth and simplicity, connected by the universal desire to bring a simple building to life in harmony with the land around it. Each of these tranquil getaways is a lesson in living simply and joyfully.Here you will find hundreds of examples of what makes a cabin: the small details that enable their dwellers to live pleasantly

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the need for an in-depth study into design quality in new housing. The wider implications of policy and design are examined through a series of case studies of new housing projects in the UK and the Netherlands. Dutch interdisciplinary design and modern methods of construction are widely considered to be of the highest quality from which much can be learned and understood. This new guide offers architects the best practice for the design, policy and construction of new homes. The author considers proposals for the Thames Gateway and government incentives to create better quality housing, including the 60,000 house and design reviews. The wider implications of skills and training of architects, planners, design professionals and those parties involved in housing are also addressed. Table of ContentsPart 1: Design Quality in the Netherlands 1. Design Quality in Dutch Housing 2. Case Studies of New Housing in the Netherlands Part 2: Design Quality in the United Kingdom 3. Design Quality in Housing in the United Kingdom 4. Case Studies of New Housing in the UK 5. Low and High-Rise Doll's Houses and Dan Dare Steel and Glass Towers? Design Quality in the Thames Gateway Part 3: Learning from the Netherlands, Design Quality in New Housing in the UK and the Netherlands 6. Findings and Recommendations of Design Quality in the UK and in the Netherlands

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Book SynopsisA major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent.Trade Review'[A] stunning portrait of the country’s new modernism … much more than a glossy picture book – even though the glossy pictures are exceptional' - Wallpaper*'This book will leave you feeling confident that Indian architecture in the 2020s and beyond is in safe hands' - House & GardenTable of ContentsIntroduction – A conversation with B.V. Doshi; Reflections of today’s practitioners • Chapter One: Urban Living – Radhika Villa, Vastushilpa Consultants; Jenga House, Matra Architects; Kaleka Residence & Studios, Matra Architects; Brick House, Romi Khosla Design Studios; Collage House, S&PS Architects; Lattice House, Sameep Padora & Associates; House of Secret Gardens, Spasm Design • Chapter Two: Remote Villas – Belavali House, Studio Mumbai; Wood House, Matra Architects; Flying House, Romi Khosla Design Studios; House Cast in Liquid Stone, Spasm Design; Retreat in Sahyadris, Khosla Associates; Tala Treehouse Villa, Architecture Brio • Chapter Three: New Settlements – Broacha House, Samira Rathod Design Associates; Villa in the Palms, Abraham John Architects; House on a Stream, Architecture Brio; Shadow House, Samira Rathod Design Associates; House at Alibag, Malik Architecture; Lagoon Residence, Malik Architecture; House of Three Streams, Malik Architecture • Chapter Four: Improvisation – House of Balls, Matharoo Associates; Fissured Living, Matharoo Associates; Stripped Mobius, Matharoo Associates; Moving Landscapes, Matharoo Associates • Architects’ biographies • Project credits • Directory

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Book SynopsisIts garden squares distinguish London most clearly from other great cities. All have their ceremonial and market squares, but none the quantity, quality, and variety of residential squares that sets London apart.

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Book SynopsisDIY enthusiasts, tiny house-lovers, and van-lifers will find inspiration and step-by-step instructions in Tin Can Homestead, the ultimate resource for living small in your own Airstream paradise. The Airstream trailer is the ultimate symbol of vintage wanderlust-and the classic touring vehicle''s resurgent popularity has dovetailed with the tiny house movement, resonating with design-minded individuals looking to live small. Tin Can Homestead, based on the popular Instagram of the same name, is the ultimate resource for these would-be DIY-ers, and the perfect coffee-table addition for anyone looking for streamlined, modern lifestyle inspiration. Part practical how-to, part lushly illustrated design inspiration, Tin Can Homestead follows the story of one couple as they build themselves a new life in an old Airstream. Through personal stories and down-and-dirty checklists, this book guides readers through all stages of creating their own Airstream homes-from buying a trailer to plumbing and electrical work. With a hip, bohemian aesthetic and a fresh authorial voice, the authors pair their DIY knowledge with lifestyle advice-including dÃr, design, and entertaining-and abundant illustrations, from in-process photographs to hand-drawn illustrations.

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Book SynopsisFrom the stately Gothic Revival and Regency-style houses of Savannah to the majestic, multicolumned plantation homes that punctuate rolling farmlands throughout the state, David King Gleason presents a splendid pictorial record of Georgia's fines pre-Civil War residences.

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Book SynopsisThis classic volume, now back in print in a new format and at a reduced price, offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm  In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler’s Royal Poinciana Hotel. In the 1920s, Palm Beach’s extravagant lifestyle reached its height, and grand Mediterranean-style mansions abounded. Palm Beach Houses details the building and design of more than thirty great houses and public buildings on the “American Riviera.” Public and private structures designed by some of the style-setting early architects are depicted, including works of Addison Mizner, Joseph Urban, and Maurice Fatio, as well as those of anonymous designers, whose feats of imagination rivaled the most celebrated professionals. The photography has been taken to respectfully document these superb homes, many of which have never before been published.

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Book SynopsisA presentation of micro-scaled contemporary residences that demonstrate domesticity can be both compact and beautiful. How we live in cities—smaller, denser, smarter—is at the heart of Tiny Houses in the City. Urban areas across the globe are experiencing a renaissance, with once-forgotten downtowns and neighborhoods becoming increasingly popular for redevelopment. This book looks at the tiny house movement through the lens of metropolitan life. Tiny Houses in the City features an international collection of more than thirty homes that exemplify compact living at its best. The houses, apartments, and multifamily buildings and developments included make great architecture out of challenging locations and narrow sites. Focusing on dwelling spaces all under 1,000 square feet, Tiny Houses in the City illustrates strategies for building tiny in urban areas that include urban infill, adaptive reuse, transforming and flexible living spaces, and micro-unit builTrade Review"The notion of how we live (think 'smaller, denser and smarter') in a large city is the basis of journalist and critic Mimi Zeiger's new book Tiny Houses in the City. Citing the tiny house movement in once-forgotten urban neighborhoods all over the world, the author compiles the spaces of more than 30 houses, apartments, and multi-family dwellings under 1,000 square feet. . . Unique, economical, creative, and practical, compact living via tiny houses may be the wave of the future." -ARRAY MAGAZINE

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a close look at seven houses designed by Steven Holl, considered one of America's most influential architects. It offers the reader unprecedented access to the thought processes and work of this groundbreaking, cutting-edge architect through his own words and watercolors--and more than 100 photographs.This volume features seven of his residential houses and looks at his approach to modernist suburban residences, including two new homes finished in 2017. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Holl's prodigious genius through lavish and striking photographs as well as Holl's own descriptions. Considered one of America's most important architects, Holl is recognized for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to utilize the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design. Time magazine declared Holl America's Best Architect for his buildings that satisfy the spirit as Trade Review"Holl has masterfully advanced that luminist vision architecturally through large-scale civic projects marked by lyrical sweeps of seemingly sculpted light. This invaluable and impeccably designed monograph concentrates, instead, on his homes, similarly enlightened. The Ex of In House ingenuously creates a 918-square-foot house, geothermally and solar-powered, with no bedroom, yet with inviting space to sleep five. A poetic understanding of site as a home’s foundation informs Holl’s masterful alchemy of wood and glass. These houses transcend being objects and are experiences of how Holl’s understanding of site and light enliven our sense of what “house” can mean." —ArchNewsNow.com"Sub-subtitled "Luminist Architecture," this handsome, slipcased book documents seven Steven Holl houses completed over the last twenty years, some of them on the architect's own property north of New York City." —Archidose "But his residential work, also steeped in structural energy-saving methods, is really a testament to his love of nature and his creativity in mining the gifts of natural light, as illustrated by the seven houses he features in his new book, Steven Holl: Seven Houses, from Rizzoli New York." —New York Magazine

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Book SynopsisHighlighting thirty-five spectacular recently completed houses overlooking sea, lake, river, and ocean, selected for beauty and variety across the globe, Houses by the Shore features homes that demonstrate the extraordinarily diverse ways that today's leading architects and interior designers build and design homes on the water and new approaches homeowners are taking to life on the shore.Frequently elegant and uncluttered, these houses serve as models of smart and often exquisite design with lots of ideas for homeowners who don't necessarily live in a waterfront home, but who wish to have something of that appeal and sensitivity in their own space.A range of projects encompassing myriad geographic and cultural inspirations show some of the world's most inviting residences, built in stone and glass, in wood and steel and concrete. The houses vary in size and style, though all within the realm of the modern, from open plan homes that include terraces and rooms that fTrade Review"Tour 35 Spectacular Houses in this Beautiful Newly Released Book!" —My Design Chic

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Book SynopsisThe first book on the architect's custom-built residences in California, tailor-made to the highest specification one could ask for.This collection of visionary residences takes us on a tour of the height in luxury, designed to accommodate all amenities available--from the indoor gym and hair salon to the movie theater, champagne vault and wine cellar, cigar room, and wellness room. California Living looks at McClean's rise to prominence, from his first Bird Streets home in the Hollywood Hills to houses that drew attention from the likes of fashion designer Calvin Klein and the record-setting Bel Air home of Beyoncé and Jay Z. In addition to incorporating water in all of his designs, he makes extensive use of glass to eliminate the barrier between the indoors/outdoors. His sleek designs seamlessly integrate the outdoors taking advantage of the spectacular views and landscapes.After an illustrated introduction, the portfolio section of twenty-four magnificeTrade Review"What I love about the book is that he explains his process, including working with clients, city building regulations and restrictions, the evolution of the project, and what the ultimate focal point is. I didn’t realize how restrictive certain areas are in the Hollywood Hills when it comes to building guidelines, but it makes sense because no one wants to lose their multimillion dollar view." —WHERE ART INSPIRES BEAUTY"We try to create spaces that are uplifting but do not dominate, strong enough to engage with the site and the landscape, but quiet enough not to get in the way of everyday life," as McClean notes in McClean Design: Creating the Contemporary House, a cool new coffee table book out this week from Rizzoli and now available on Amazon." —AIROWS.COM"In his new book, McClean Design: Creating the Contemporary House, the Irish-born architect takes us behind the scenes of twenty-four of his ultra-modern homes completed in the past fifteen years. The reader is granted access to McClean’s vision for each project, from design strategies to sketches. McClean’s stunningly luxurious homes grace every page of this 240-page book, allowing readers to be swept into a world of not only sleek contemporary architecture, but also of lavish features such as champagne vaults, wine cellars, cigar rooms and movie theaters." —FORM: PIONEERING DESIGN

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Book SynopsisThis book showcases recent houses by the world-renowned Japanese minimalist architect, offering unprecedented access to his thought process through more than 100 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans.Tadao Ando is one of the best-known and most influential contemporary architects with a minimalistic aesthetic and love of natural materials like glass and concrete--proof that less is more. This volume features ten houses and examines his approach to these designs. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Ando's prodigious genius through lavish and striking photographs. Characteristics of his work include large expanses of unadorned architectural concrete walls combined with wooden or stone floors and large windows. He uses simple methods to solve complicated and small spaces and turns them into spaces with breathtaking landscapes.With precise and beautiful photographs accompanied by Tadao Ando's sketches, drawings, and pTrade Review"Tadao Ando, the Pritzker prize–winning architect known for poetic concrete buildings, gets a new look in this book highlighting 10 of his most recent projects." —ELLEDECOR.COM"...a beautiful, clarifying book..." —THE SLOWDOWN"While he designed many museums, housing complexes, and public buildings, it is the residential house which has become the touchstone of Japanese architect Tadao Ando (b. 1941). It is his distinctive style, the use of concrete, glass, and natural light, unadorned walls, interplay of solid and void, minimalism, and sophisticated interiors that have become synonymous with his signature and influential across the globe." —DANIELLAONDESIGN.COM

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Book SynopsisLiving in Paradise brims with the best of tropical residential designs. Architecture and interior design experts Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter have selected unique interiors that will inspire readers to create their own paradises.The stunning venues in lush settings profiled here range in style from the environmentally sustainable utilizing indigenous materials, such as thatching and bamboo, to breezy courtyard spaces. These homes take into account the dramatic natural landscapes--some are surrounded by tropical plantings, while others open onto dramatic sun-drenched beaches. The interiors incorporate organic textures such as cane and bamboo furnishings, some covered in exotic Indonesian fabrics, including ikat- and batik-style textiles. Pool pavilions with decorative roof details are perfect for outdoor entertaining, and infinity pools are presented as a striking and organic part of the landscape.Beautifully photographed, this will inspire readers witTrade Review"The pages of Living in Paradise teem with the imaginations of Balinese, Javanese and Thai homeowners who build their homes without the worry of a cold season. The interiors are often open to the outside, with indigenous architectural styles that are made all the more interesting for the local materials—bamboo, Indonesian textiles, rattan—that give them form." —BUSINESSOFHOME.COM"With spring travel cancellations and social distancing in full swing, Living in Paradise provides a welcome virtual escape to exotic faraway destinations." —COURTNEYPRICE.COM "Beautifully photographed, this will inspire readers with design ideas that can be gleaned from these breathtaking dwellings." —ENTREE TRAVEL NEWSLETTER "Want to get away from it all to find a serene oasis? This book brims with the best tropical residential designs in Bali, Java, and Thailand for both travelers and interior design lovers alike." —SOCIETY DIARIES "Architecture and interior design experts Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter share some of the most beautiful residences in Bali, Java, and Thailand." —SPLENDID SASS “In Annie Kelly’s seductive sweep of verandas, pointy Hansel & Gretel roofs, and finely carved fretwork, the idea of an exotic Eden is reinforced…The real star of the book is bamboo—in fine grassy blinds or thick joists—and its apotheosis is the stunning six-level Sharm spring by (and for) designer Elora Hardy; a butterfly-meets-petal fantasy with teardrop doors, suspended beds and stunning views over tropical jungle.” —WORLD OF INTERIORS

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Book SynopsisThe first monograph illustrating the high-end contemporary residential design of Barnes Coy Architects.Throughout their twenty-five-year commitment to modern design, Barnes Coy Architects have specialized in one-of-a-kind dream houses designed for those who prefer to live in highly spatial and modern ways. Assembled in Light is the first exclusive look at this firm's previously unpublished body of high-end residential work.These leisure homes gleam in the sun like sleek, finely tuned machines. Everything has been custom designed, custom made, custom treated. The houses are tastefully furnished with one-of-a-kind artisanal pieces (by Wendell Castle, Chris Lehrecke, etc.) and museum-quality collections of contemporary art hanging on the walls (such as works by Anselm Kiefer, Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman). They feature infinity pools, outdoor and indoor kitchens, roof decks, temperature-controlled wine cellars, and numerous guest rooms, as well

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Book SynopsisA tour of country estates and urban dwellings designed by Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, renowned for their classic style and attention to detail and craftsmanship, and featuring the work of such interior designers as Bunny Williams, Michael S. Smith, and Victoria Hagan. From the moment a project is launched, the team at Ferguson & Shamamian work in close collaboration with the world’s leading decorators, landscape designers, and artisans to create contemporary houses anchored in tradition and regional character. Distinguished by their dedication to craftsmanship and creativity, the firm’s residences balance artistic integrity, historic precedent, and the latest innovations in design, but always with a sense of comfort and innate elegance that endures for generations. The captivating stories behind these singular homes are revealed through gorgeous photography and texts narrating the genesis and evolution of each property. Working

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Book SynopsisDesign luminary Vicente Wolf, master of a restrained, elegant, and global aesthetic, distills his decades of experience into an essential guide to interior design.In this book, celebrated AD100 designer Vicente Wolf shares the expertise he has honed over forty plus successful years in the business. Wolf’s work is characterized by a passion for integrity and simplicity; a sophisticated sense of space, color, and ease; masterful handling of furniture, fabrics, and art; and the use of rare antiques and exceptional handcrafted pieces (many acquired on annual globe-trotting adventures). This new volume distills his knowledge into wide-ranging and easily applicable recommendations. Organized topically and illustrated with Wolf’s own photographs, the design principles are engaging, absorbing, and above all practical—from coping with the challenges inherent in life transitions to overcoming space and budget limitations to working with art and other collections Trade Review"Designer Vicente Wolf introduces his latest book Interior Creative Solutions (Rizzoli, $60). Known for his keen eye for color, fabrics and art, Wolf fills each page with decorating recommendations alongside his very own photographs. An in-depth look into the designer’s New York City loft is also featured as well as the inside scoop on how he designs for himself." —ATLANTA HOMES & LIFESTYLES "Creative Interior Solutions embodies themes of timeless visual culture. The book explores the interior designer’s prolific body of work and provides practical design advice and inspiration. Wolf’s own voice is intensely present throughout; his writing functions in conversation with the images and themes presented in the text, resulting in a logical and smooth reading experience. Wolf tells stories, recalls particular clients, and speaks with frank transparency about his practice and its history. The beauty of the book lies predominantly in this demystification of process. Readers are encouraged to deeply consider and understand how taste, style, and space can come together to create something beautiful. He sees design as an investment in one’s comfort, productivity, and happiness. Vicente Wolf’s “Creative Interior Solutions” does what it sets out to do and more, like Wolf himself. " —MUSEE MAGAZINE"If you are looking for a new essential guide to interior design, look no further than Vicente Wolf's Creative Interior Solutions. Featuring Wolf’s own photographs, the designer's newest book offers wide-ranging and applicable advice on how to handle any decorating occasions from reimagining outdated spaces to working with art in a room." —VERANDA.COM

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