Architecture Books

Book SynopsisFrom the Rust Belt to Silicon Valley, the intersection between architecture and industry has provided a rich and evolving source for historians of architecture. In a historical context, industrial architecture evokes the smoking factories of the nineteenth century or Fordist production complexes of the twentieth century. This book documents the changing nature of industrial building and planning from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Drawing on research from the United States, Europe and Australia, this collection of essays highlights key moments in industrial architecture and planning representative of the wider paradigms in the field. Areas of analysis include industrial production, factories, hydroelectricity, aerospace, logistics, finance, scientific research and mining. The selected case studies serve to highlight architectural and planning innovations in industry and their contributions to wider cultural and societal currents. This richly illustrated collection will be of interest for a wide range of built environment studies, incorporating findings from both historical and theoretical scholarship and design research.Table of ContentsThe Architecture of Industry

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on urban development processes and the dynamics of changing city centres with the context of the emergence of urban entrepreneurialism as a driving force in delivering urban development.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Part 1. The Governance and Policy Context 1. Urban Governance and the Enterpreneurial City 2. The City Centre as a Focus for Policy Concern. Part 2. The Local Framework 3. Manchester's Governance and Emerging Policy Framework 4. Mobilising Regeneration Capacity 5. From Masterplan to Implementation Framework. Part 3. Delivering the Vision 6. Managing Programme Delivery 7. Commercial Competitiveness 8. Creating Urban Quality Within the Core 9. Urban Consumption And Cultural Vitality 10. Enhancing City Centre Access and Mobility. Part 4. New Opportunities and Challenges 11. Continuing City Centre Competitiveness. Bibliography. Appendix 1. Individual Interviews. Appendix 2. Focus Group Meetings Appendix 3. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch your soul and make you reflect on who you are? Could architecture have such power? This was the assumption of generations of architects at the beginning of modernity.Exploring the role of theatre and fiction in defining character in architecture, Louise Pelletier examines how architecture developed to express political and social intent. Applying this to the modern day, Pelletier considers how architects can learn from these eighteenth century attitudes in order to restore architecture''s communicative dimension.Through an in-depth and interdisciplinary analysis of the beginning of modernity, Louise Pelletier encourages today''s architects to consider the political and linguistic implications of their tools. Combining theory, historical studies and research, Architecture in Words will provoke thought and enriTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Character and Expression: Staging Architecture 1. Architecture as an Expressive Language 2. Character Theory at the Theatre 3. Rules of Expression and the Paradox of Acting Part 2: Playacting and the Culture of Entertainment: Architecture as Theatre 4. Theatre as the Locus of Public and Social Expression 5. Theatre Architecture and the Role of the Proscenium Part 3: Language and Personal Imagination: An Architecture for the Senses 6. Taste, Talent and Genius in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics 7. Newtonian Empirical Sciences and the Order of Nature 8. Empirical Philosophy and the Nature of Sensations Part 4: Plotting an Architectural Program: The Space of Desire 9. Staging an Architecture in Words 10. The Narrative Space of Desire Conclusion: The Temporality of Human Experience Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have maintained or lost sustainability and how cities and regions of today might achieve sustainability in the future, it gives a clear definition, and an understanding of the true meaning, of sustainability provides a new conceptual framework for the assessment of the sustainability of cities and regions reveals what options are available for humankind to achieve or loose sustainability identifies research that will allow the systematic establishment of the appropriate indicators for sustainable development in cities and regions. Presenting a framework to guide and direct research in the measures needed to achieve and maintain sustainability, the book will be of considerable help to local authorities and political and Table of ContentsPart 1: The Quest for Sustainable Development 1. United Nations Frameworks for Sustainable Development 2. The EU Debate on Sustainable Development 3. The UK Guidance to Achieve Sustainable Development 4. Best Practice Case Studies 5. ConclusionsDevelopment Part 2: A Scientific Foundation for Sustainable Development 6. Science, Complexity and Sustainability 7. Settlements and Cities in History that correspond to Types 0, 1 and 2 of Sustainability 8. Challenges to Sustainability 9.Availability and Choice of Options

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Book SynopsisGeometric Computation: Foundations for Design describes the mathematical and computational concepts that are central to the practical application of design computation in a manner tailored to the visual designer. Uniquely pairing key topics in code and geometry, this book develops the two key faculties required by designers that seek to integrate computation into their creative practice: an understanding of the structure of code in object-oriented programming, and a proficiency in the fundamental geometric constructs that underlie much of the computational media in visual design.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1.01. Elements of a Computation 1.02. Objects, Types, and Expressions 1.03. Vectors, Points, and Coordinate Systems 1.04. Collections and Control Flow 1.05. Functions 1.06. Lines and Planes 1.07. Transformations and Intersections 1.08. Bureaucratic Types 1.09. Curves 1.10. Surfaces 1.11. The Design of Objects Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIntegral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new model of urban life. Nan Ellin''s model stands as an antidote to the pervasive problems engendered by modern and postmodern urban planning and architecture: sprawl, anomie, a pervasive culture - and architecture - of fear in cities, and a disregard for environmental issues. Instead of the reactive and escapist tendencies characterizing so much contemporary urban development, Ellin champions an ''integral'' approach that reverses the fragmentation of our landscapes and lives through proactive design solutions. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. What is Integral Urbanism? 3. Five Qualities of an Integral Urbanism Hybridity Connectivity Porosity Authenticity Vulnerability 4. Slash City 5. Conclusion References Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable tool for architects and interior designers Based on the International Building Code (IBC), this updated and expanded edition of the industry standard covers today's diverse materials, regulations and requirements, specification formats, and more.Table of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1 Interiors Projects 1 Introduction To Commercial Interiors Projects 1 A Brief History 2 Base Building and Tenant Improvements 7 The Lease and the Work Letter 7 Measuring Commercial Office Space 7 Contract Documents for Commercial and Residential Interiors 9 The Contract for Commercial Construction 9 The Contract for Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment (FF&E) 14 Laws That Affect The Contracts For Interiors Projects 22 Sources of U.S. Law 22 Contract Law and Commercial Law 26 Sales Contracts and Services Contracts 26 Differences Between Contract Law and Commercial Law Warranties 26 Warranties 29 Custom and Standard Contract Document Forms 29 Residential Contract Forms 29 Standard Commercial Contract Forms 30 Specifications 32 Types of Specifications 32 Specification Formats 33 Specification Information Classification 33 Specification Section Organization 33 Specification Page Organization 37 Division 1—General Requirements 37 Chapter 2 Regulations, Codes, and Standards 39 Federal Regulations 39 Building Codes 41 Other Regulations Affecting Interior Design 42 Fire Codes 44 Standards 45 Flammability Standards 47 Flammability Standards for Construction Materials and Assemblies 47 Flammability Standards For Floor Coverings 49 Methenamine Pill Test 49 Flammability Standards For Wall Finishes 52 Room Corner Test 52 Flammability Standards For Wall and Ceiling Or Floor and Ceiling Assemblies 54 Wall or Floor and Ceiling Assembly Test 54 Flammability Standards For Door Assemblies 55 Door Assembly Test 55 Flammability Standards For Furniture 55 Cigarette Ignition Resistance Test for Furniture Composites 55 Flammability Standards For Furnishings 59 Vertical Ignition Test 59 Flammability Standards for Fabric 62 Accessibility Regulations 64 The History of Accessible Design and Civil Rights 64 ADA and FHAA Design Requirements 65 Interior Accessible Routes 65 Accessible Toilet Rooms 67 Plumbing Fixture Standards 69 Accessible Kitchens 70 Chapter 3 Building Systems and Performance 75 Structural Systems 76 Wood 76 Masonry 78 Steel 79 Concrete 81 Heating and Cooling Systems 82 Electric Systems 82 Hydronic Systems 83 Forced Air Systems 85 Thermal Performance of Buildings 86 Methods of Heat Transfer 86 Moisture Considerations In A Building 87 Dew Point and Condensation 88 Acoustic Performance of A Building 90 Sound Absorption 90 Noise Isolation 91 Chapter 4 Materials 93 Sustainable Design 93 Green Design 94 Sustainable Product and Material Selection 94 Green Buildings 101 Metals 104 Dissimilar Metals 105 Metal Finishes 105 Nonferrous Metals 109 Copper 110 Ferrous Metals 112 Wood 114 Solid Wood 116 Pressure-Treated Lumber 120 Wood Composite Panels 120 Sustainability and Environmental Impact 126 Wood Veneer 126 Wood Finishing 129 Plastics 134 The Components of Plastics 134 Thermoplastics 135 Thermosets 137 Sustainability and Environmental Impact 140 Glass 142 Float Glass 142 Heat-Treated Glass 143 Safety Glass 144 Wired Glass 145 Fire-Rated Glass and Glazing 145 Laminated Glass 146 Cast Glass 148 Low-Iron Glass 148 Frosted Glass 149 Antireflective Glass 149 Glass Used as Railings 150 Sealing Glass Joints 150 Sustainability and Environmental Impact 151 Textiles and Leather 151 Fibers 151 Natural Fibers 155 Synthetic Fibers 158 Fabric Construction 161 Fabric Wear Resistance 163 Sustainability and Environmental Impact 167 Leather 167 Leather Surface Treatments 170 Chapter 5 Construction Materials 173 Wall Finishes 173 Gypsum Board 173 Gypsum Board Assemblies 174 Plaster 181 Sustainability and Environmental Impact 183 Paints and Coatings 183 Wallcoverings 197 Upholstered Wall Systems 212 Ceiling Finishes 216 Glass Reinforced Gypsum (GRG) 216 Acoustic Ceilings 217 Acoustic Concerns 219 Floor Finishes 223 Flooring Selection Considerations 224 Ceramic Tile 229 Terrazzo 237 Wood Flooring 241 Plastic Laminate Flooring 246 Bamboo Flooring 247 Stone 247 Vinyl Flooring 254 Rubber Flooring 260 Linoleum 263 Cork 263 Resilient Flooring Accessories 264 Carpet and Carpet Tile 268 Doors and Door Hardware 297 Wood Doors 297 Steel Doors 298 Door Hardware 299 Chapter 6 Furniture and Furnishings 307 Casework 307 Custom Casework 307 Prebuilt Casework 308 Countertops 309 File Cabinets 311 Seating 314 Seating for Work 314 Upholstered Seating 318 Systems Furniture 325 Wire and Cable 327 Window Treatments 331 Shading From Solar Heat Gain 331 Insulation from Heat Loss 334 Blinds 335 Shades 339 Draperies 340 Appendix A AIA Document B171 ID 347 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect For Architectural Interior Design Services 348 Appendix B AIA Document A275 ID 369 General Conditions of the Contract For Furniture, Furnishings and Equipment 370 Appendix C AIA Document A175 ID 383 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Vendor For Furniture, Furnishings and Equipment 384 Appendix D Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2 (Abridged) 391 Glossary 403 Index 415

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Book SynopsisProvides an introduction to the history of American art and architecture from its 17th-century colonial beginnings to the installation and video work. Structured chronologically, this book not only discusses the key artists and architects, art works and buildings, but also defines the characteristics of the different periods.Table of Contents1. Graven Images • 2. Flattened Form • 3. The Grand Manner • 4. Landscape and Sentiment • 5. Art for Art’s Sake • 6. Academic Art 7. Early Modernism • 8. The Rise of Formalism • 9. The Fall of Formalism • 10. Art and Agenda

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Book SynopsisA visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world.NAMED ONE OF JO’S FALL FAVORITES IN MAGNOLIA JOURNALInterior designer Nina Freudenberger, New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges give readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Larry McMurtry, Silvia Whitman of Shakespeare and Co., Gay and Nan Talese, and Emma Straub. Throughout, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own collections.Praise for Bibliostyle“Featuring enviable private libraries and packed floor-to-ceiling shelves, this beautiful volume makes a compelling

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Book SynopsisA captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.''A love letter to contemporary buildings and a fantastic account of recent British history, rich in humour.'' NINA STIBBE''Brilliant, encyclopaedic, funny and often cutting.'' DANNY DORLINGAn eloquent, witty, passionate tour of Britain since the 1980s.' JOHN BOUGHTON''Recounts the stories of our lived landscapes with wit, passion and a shot of anger.' TOM DYCKHOFF ''Grindrod has spoken to everyone and his observations are humane and acute.'' OWEN HATHERLEYWimpey homes. Millennium monuments. Riverside flats. Wind farms. Spectacular skyscrapers. City centre apartments. Out of town malls.The buildings designed in our lifetimes encapsulate the dreams and aspirations of our culture, while also revealing the sobering realities. Whether modest or monumental, th

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Book SynopsisA powerful, visually stunning celebration of Black homeownership, featuring inspiring homes and family histories of notable Black Americans—including chef Alexander Smalls and actor Danielle Brooks.“The most important design book of our time.”—Stacey Lindsay, design editor, Camille StylesJeanine Hays and Bryan Mason invite you into the intimate spaces of actors and musicians, the creative studios of artists and curators, the “boss” homes of entrepreneurs and executives, “off-the-beaten-path” homes that defy the stereotypes of urban living, and places filled with pieces handed down from generations past. Tour the creative and culturally infused Washington, DC, rowhouse of author Jason Reynolds. Take in the bursts of color and layers of memory that fill the Harlem Renaissance–inspired interior of renowned chef Alexander Smalls. And get inspired by the design of actor Danielle Brooks and her husband Dennis G

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Book SynopsisFrom the founders of the HGTV show and Instagram Cheap Old Houses comes a stunning collection of beautiful, affordable homes and inspiration for buying and restoring an historic house.Welcome to the magical world of Cheap Old Houses, where the new American dream comes with zero mortgage and an affordable lifestyle fit for a storybook. Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein have scoured the country to find homes in desperate need of saving?including a $45,000 Victorian in Mississippi, a $25,000 mansion in Indiana, an $82,000 recreational camp in Maine, and more. Cheap Old Houses features the stories of how these homes were acquired and lovingly restored.Within these pages, you?ll discoversprawling Victorian mansions, Italianate-style farmhouses, off-the-beaten-path cabins, and even old churches turned into residences. You?ll meet a couple who camped out on their back porch while they made their 6,000-square foot manor livable, and homeowners who found a free bungalow and moved it seventy miles to their property. Additionally, Elizabeth, a historical preservationist, gives information on the details to preserve in historic houses, from pocket doors that might be hiding in the walls to badly cracked plaster walls that are worth repairing and butler?s pantries that are once again more desirable for storing dishes and small appliances.With hundreds of beautiful photographs capturing these homes in all their glory, you?ll be inspired to find ?the one??a fixer upper to rescue that will rescue you right back.

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Book SynopsisLondon's sewers could be called the city's forgotten underground: mostly unseen subterranean spaces that are of absolutely vital importance, the capital's sewers nonetheless rarely get the same degree of attention as the Tube. Paul Dobraszczyk here outlines the fascinating history of London's sewers from the nineteenth century onwards, using a rich variety of colour illustrations, photographs and newspaper engravings to show their development from medieval spaces to the complex, citywide network, largely constructed in the 1860s, that is still in place today. This book explores London's sewers in history, fiction and film, including how they entice intrepid explorers into their depths, from the Victorian period to the present day.Table of ContentsIntroduction /The Filthy City /Planning the New Sewers / Constructing the New Sewers /Cathedrals of Sewage /Exploring London’s Sewers / Further Reading / Places to Visit /Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an issue of the journal Architectural Heritage.

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Book SynopsisVisions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes.Trade ReviewA superb critical exploration of the underside of utopian thought over the last hundred years and its continuing relevance in the here and now for thinking about possible urban worlds. The treatment of the Situationists and their milieu is a revelation. -- David Harvey [Pinder] is both a wise and imaginative guide through the tradition and counter-tradition of utopian plans and visions. Visions of the City makes several new claims on the reader's attention: a critical consideration of the situationists in the context of twentieth-century urbanism, expecially Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier; a depth of research and a careful historicization of the different situationists at different moments in the movement's history; and an analysis of the situationaists' urbanism specifically in the context of utopia. A superb critical exploration of the underside of utopian thought over the last hundred years and its continuing relevance in the here and now for thinking about possible urban worlds. The treatment of the Situationists and their milieu is a revelation. [Pinder] is both a wise and imaginative guide through the tradition and counter-tradition of utopian plans and visions. Visions of the City makes several new claims on the reader's attention: a critical consideration of the situationists in the context of twentieth-century urbanism, expecially Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier; a depth of research and a careful historicization of the different situationists at different moments in the movement's history; and an analysis of the situationaists' urbanism specifically in the context of utopia.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. INTRODUCTION; An urban adventure; Underground visions; Utopian spaces past and present; In the wake of utopia?; Utopia, desire and the city; Outline of the chapters; 2. RESTORATIVE UTOPIAS; Utopian awakenings; The vision of Ebenezer Howard; Smokeless, slumless cities; The 'master key' to socio-spatial reform; Biologically sound cities and bodies; Securing space; 3. MODERNIST CALLS TO ORDER; Time and space died yesterday; Le Corbusier and the spirit of construction; Spatial purification; Water-tight formulae; Urban surgery; Political authority and the plan; 4. DREAMS OF CITIES AND MONSTERS; Between two journeys; White cathedrals: confronting New York; Of monsters and organic life; Utopian regulation and authoritarianism; Counter-spaces of the surrealists; Destabilising dreams of order; 5. SITUATIONIST ADVENTURES; To build the hacienda; The critique of human geography; Environments of abstraction; Bringing fuel to the fire; Never work; Unchaining the city; In quest of new spaces; 6.THE GREAT GAME TO COME; A science fiction of architecture; Unitary urbanism and the construction of situations; Passionate environments; Living art of the Imaginist Bauhaus; Games with machines; A camp for nomads; 7. LIFE WILL RESIDE IN POETRY; Welcome to New Babylon; Play structures; Paradise on earth; Not yet: utopianism and games to come; For another city and another life; A lived utopianism; Reappropriating cities: urban critique; 8. PARTISANS OF POSSIBILITIES; Dark skies; For utopianism; Re-dreaming modernist urbanism; Spaces and times of the avant-garde; Challenges of utopia; Future paths; Notes; Selected bibliography; Illustration credits; Index.

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Book SynopsisBandstands of Britain is a historical celebration of one of the best-loved features still found in many of our parks, open spaces, squares and seaside towns.

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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 SynopsisA guide to Britain''s churches, which talks about the richness and diversity of over 1500 years of Christian heritage. It also explains the importance of place in the siting of a church, the architectural styles, the layout of the interior in relation to religious practice, the purpose and meaning of stained glass and wall paintings, and more.

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Book SynopsisA short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of The Victorians.Trade ReviewWilson talks with passion and authority about architecture's effect on the populace * Independent on Sunday *What shines through is Wilson's love for the city and his anguish at what he sees as the missed opportunity of the post-war period * Mail on Sunday *A. N. Wilson's contribution is genuinely a short history, with the main text falling just shy of 150 pages, showing his customary lucidity and zest * Times Literary Supplement *His short history of the city ... offers a fresh and persuasive perspective ... With the same verve that we have come to expect from his newspaper columns, Wilson shows us how London has "entered a phase which is completely new" ... Wilson's history ... captures some of the city's energy, which crackles across its pages -- Alastair Sooke * Catholic Herald *Engaging ... As each era superimposes itself on the ones before, he conjures up the vanished human history, hidden like the rivers flowing beneath, that is so much part of London's atmosphere * Irish Times *In his analysis of contemporary London, he elegantly skips from property prices to shopping ... This is a history of London even for people who don't readily venture into history or London * Glasgow Herald *Tantalisingly excellent * Islington Tribune *If you can't face Ackroyd's epic biography of the capital, then this shorter version will be ideal. It's manageable, fascinating and impressively wide-ranging for its size, and doesn't skimp on anecdote * LIVING HISTORY *

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Book SynopsisNahid Massoumeh Assemi is an independent scholar who specializes in the art and architectural history of Qajar Iran. She has published articles in the peer-review journal Iran. She is a Bahari Visiting Fellow at the Bodleian Libraries, 2023-24 and a member of the Contemporary Art Council of the Iran Heritage Foundation. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and an MA in Fine Arts from Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where she was trained as a classical artist. She is also a miniaturist, illuminator and calligrapher working on commission.

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed photographer Richard Berenholtz's brilliant portfolio of New York City skyline photographs.For thirty-five years, best-selling photographer Richard Berenholtz has captured the iconic skylines of New York and all of its buildings and bridges. Skylines of New York wonderfully showcases the city that never sleeps in grand style with this collection of 75 breathtaking skyline images.From the tip of Lower Manhattan, Battery Park, the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park and the Hudson River--and dozens of locations in between--every well-known NYC site is featured here. To really bring the Big Apple home, some of the city's most memorable skyline panoramas are featured on gatefold pages that open to two-and-a-half feet wide. Designed in a handsome yet affordable package, Skylines of New York is the perfect gift for all who love New York.

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Book SynopsisFrom the private to the historic to the state-of-the-art, a lavish tour of some of the most notable stables in the country. A celebration of horses and their lodgings, this exquisite book covers horse country across the United States—from the East Coast to the Bluegrass, the prairie and mountain ranches, and to the Pacific Coast—and traces the origins of twenty-five stunning stables, from their vernacular beginnings in the early nineteenth century to the contemporary designs of today. Included are a farm in the countryside near Saratoga Springs, New York, which bears an 1830s-constructed main barn that originally housed draft horses and now accommodates retired race horses turned polo ponies, and a world-renowned Arabian horse-breeding farm in Santa Ynez Valley, California, that resembles a spa and country club with Mediterranean-style architecture and landscaping and has in the stable courtyard a stone fountain reminiscent of the ubiquitous waterworks in Moorish palaces. UTrade Review"This unforgettable amble through America's horse country offers access to some of the most notable stables and equestrian centers from coast to coast." ~Ablemarle Magazine"...a lavish tour through some of the most notable stables throughout the Unites States..." ~Sophisticated Living Magazine"Stables: Beautiful Paddocks, Horse Barns, and Tack Rooms takes us on an alluring journey through America's horse country." ~Luxist.com

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Book SynopsisExamines the influence of twentieth-century avant-garde movements on the contemporary architectural landscape through the work of “disruptors” such as Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, and Zaha Hadid. With an irregular format designed by celebrated graphic designer Abbott Miller of Pentagram. In Architecture Unbound, noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s, social unrest and cultural disruption opened the way for investigations into an inventive, antiauthoritarian architecture. Explorations emerged in the 1970s, and built projects surfaced in the 1980s, taking digital form in the 1990s, with large-scale projects finally landing on the far side of the millennium. Architecture Unbound traces all of these developments and influences, presenting an aTrade Review"Joseph Giovannini examines 20th-century trends decade by decade and analyzes the work of Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog and de Meuron, and other leading architects to argue that progressive European art movements around World War I led to the styles of today’s buildings. Giovannini’s critical eye also considers the 21st-century digital revolution in architectural form-making in this expansive book." —ALTA MAGAZINE"In Architecture Unbound, noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini takes us to architecture's wilder shores as he traces a century of the avant-garde to transgressive and progressive art movements that roiled Europe before and after World War I, and to the social unrest and cultural disruption of the 1960s…Architecture Unbound tracks complex historical developments and conceptual influences across the century, presenting an authoritative and illuminating history of the twentieth-century avant-garde and its evolution into digital form-making in the twenty-first century." —AMAZING ARCHITECTURE

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the dramatic architecture and design for the largest rail transportation hub in the world, serving a high-speed rail network that connects Hong Kong to major cities in China, with its pioneering, ecofriendly, and socially sound design.The is the first book to document the highly innovative Terminal in Hong Kong, completed in 2018, with a rare glimpse at all stages of plans, design, and construction. Located centrally in Hong Kong, this is the largest below ground station in the world. The high-speed rail terminus station will connect Hong Kong to Beijing with the largest rail network in history, expected to strengthen the city's strategic position as the southern gateway of China.West Kowloon Station enjoys a spectacular location with a panoramic view of the Hong Kong skyline, but when Bromberg's team entered the competition to design it, they encountered a problem the station is mostly 100 feet belowground. His solution was to ensure the stat

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Book SynopsisIn her first book, Elle Decor A-List decorator Ashley Whittaker shares the secrets of her colorful, pattern-filled classic rooms.Trade Review"Ashley Whittaker is another beloved designer that is adding "author" to her multidisciplinary job title in 2021. Her first book is exactly what devotees have anticipated from Whittaker, a celebration of color, comfort, and drama in design. The creative shares a collection of projects that span down the East Coast, along with sage advice for aspiring designers and neo-traditionalists like herself. Plus, you'll find a charming foreword from ceramicist, tastemaker, and Whittaker's neighbor, Christopher Spitzmiller." —VERANDA.COM

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Book SynopsisWelcome to a year of sustainable living with renowned ceramicist Christopher Spitzmiller, with advice and inspiration for seasonal entertaining, gardening, tending heritage chickens, and more.Christopher Spitzmiller is known to his many friends and Instagram fans as the ultimate weekend farmer, who raises his own chicks, grows his own flowers, and puts up his own jam, cider, and honey. In his first book, he treats readers to a full year at his country retreat, Clove Brook Farm. Organized into four sections by season, the book begins with spring: the lilacs and appleblossoms, the dovecote with Indian fantail pigeons, Easter lunch, with daffodils and porcelain, and Spitzmiller's recipe for rhubarb pie. Summer brings hydrangeas, dahlias, readying the chickens for the Dutchess County Fair, and a garden cocktail party. Fall focuses on collecting, cider making, an orchard luncheon and a Thanksgiving table, honey-gathering, and planting bulbs. Winter closes the book with holidaTrade Review"In his literary debut, top tastemaker and lamp-designing luminary Christopher Spitzmiller chronicles sustainable living as a weekend farmer and flower cultivator, organized in four seasonal chapters." —MODERN LUXURY INTERIORS "Divided into four seasons, the book offers advice, information and inspiration on everything from cooking and baking...to planting bulbs, living with animals, flower arranging, stylish entertaining and much more!" —QUINTESSENCE.COM"Best New Design Books roundup: Spend A Year at Clove Brook Farm and witness the seasons shift at the Dutchess County, New York, estate of ceramist and gardener extraordinaire Christopher Spitzmiller." —ELLE DECOR.COM "If we can't visit designer Christopher Spitzmiller's Clove Brook Farm, at least we can bask in its splendor with this must-have coffee table book, which is broken down by season and combines gorgeous photography with Spitzmiller's thoughts on design, entertaining, cooking, and rules for living well. Don't believe us? Spitzmiller's friend and fan Martha Stewart wrote the foreword." —TOWNANDCOUNTRY.COM"Though he makes it seem effortless, a tremendous amount of thoughtful research, intense planning, and actual sweat and tears go into each undertaking, and his knowledge, whether related to pottery, cooking, gardening, or animal husbandry, is clearly reflected in the completed projects. I have enjoyed following the thousands of steps Chris took to conceptualize, create, and finally realize this beautiful book and the life depicted herein, and I am looking forward to the next great steps he takes in whatever directions his insatiable curiosity and hard work take him." — Martha Stewart"Christopher's book captures the essence of Clove Brook Farm and the beautiful life he has created there. I cannot escape the feeling that I have discovered a kindred spirit. Christopher and I share so many passions, from raising chickens to our love of design, gardens, and flowers, and the knowledged that mother nature holds so many lessons and surprises." —Carolyne Roehm"There are few more enchanting places than Clove Brook Farm and now Christopher Spitzmiller shares his home, his gardens, his chickens, and his lifestyle with you. Not only is this a beautiful book but the reader will come away with a richness of information that will make you want to mark up every page. You will need two copies." — Bunny Williams

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Book SynopsisPresenting their new and recent projects, Lake Flato Architects demonstrate the inexhaustible potential of the modern house to enter into a dialogue with nature.Trade Review"In October, leading design publisher Rizzoli is publishing a new monograph on Lake Flato’s residential work. Titled ‘Lake | Flato Houses: Respecting the Land’ the architecture book will feature a wealth of homes, such as Verde Creek Residence that showcase the firm’s careful considerations of place, the environment, and family living." —WALLPAPER"Lake Flato’s architecture offices are in San Antonio and Austin, but they’ve designed homes for clients all over the country. What’s consistent in that wide-ranging oeuvre is a sense of place: In every instance, Flato works to use local materials and employ local artisans. The result is a series of modernist homes that look different from all the others (in a good way) and reflect a city’s roots." —ROBB REPORT"One of our best allies in sustainability is low-carbon construction—an area in which Austin and San Antonio architects Lake|Flato have developed expertise over more than 30 years in the business. Through its work, which often taps into regional materials, the studio has proved that a home that is responsibly made can also be visually stunning. Take Horizon House, a residence in Las Vegas: Marrying steel, glass, and rammed-earth construction, the home is sleek and modern, as well as respectful of the environment and local building vernacular. Fittingly, the longtime sustainability advocate Ed Mazria (author of the 2030 Challenge) penned the foreword to this book, which presents 16 projects builtbetween 2014 and 2020." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST"Engendering a dialogue with the natural world has been central to the practice of Texas-based Lake|Flato Architects since 1984. And like a living thing, the firm has evolved over the years, developing an ever-keener fluency in the language of the environment. The firm’s most recent projects – often spun of local materials worked by local craftsmen – are finely illuminated in Lake|Flato Houses: Respecting the Land (Rizzoli New York, 2021)." —ASPIRE"Take a deeper look at this Texas firm’s most recent residential projects built in partnership with the land, rooted in its particular place, and responding in a meaningful way to the natural or built environment. This approach has served them well for the last 30 years and continues even more so today." —SOCIETY TEXAS"Lake Flato, one of the preeminent sustainable-architecture outfits in the country, is known for high-profile projects including the Austin Central Library and the Pearl Brewery redevelopment as well as for residences, from ranch homes to city-dweller digs, that thoughtfully connect with their surroundings. Lake Flato Houses: Respecting the Land (Rizzoli New York, October 19) unpacks how the pair’s ethos—that architecture ought to be firmly rooted in place, using local resources—has been a constant in their careers." —TEXAS MONTHLY"san antonio and austin-based practice lake | flato architects celebrates the publication of its monograph, LAKE | FLATO HOUSES: RESPECTING THE LAND. for over thirty years, the studio has shaped unique living environments, driven by the belief that architecture should be rooted in its particular place and respond in a meaningful way to its context, whether natural or built. the newly completed monograph focuses on homes built between 2014 and 2020. it highlights the work’s diverse locations and landscapes along with the evolution of client aspirations and construction challenges that the team has overcome. lake | flato makes use of local materials and works together with the best regional craftsmen to introduce homes that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible, and authentic yet artfully crafted." —DESIGNBOOM

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Book SynopsisFollowing an unimaginable year, esteemed designer Victoria Hagan shares her vision for the meaning and significance of home through important and beautiful new projects for homeowners.Trade Review"Inspired by the unimaginable year at home the whole world has experienced, Victoria Hagan's third book celebrates the meaning and significance of home along with the extraordinary beauty that can be found in our everyday lives. Featuring 12 homes from Napa to Martha's Vineyard, Live Now highlights Hagan's penchant for creating light, soothing, and serene spaces that offer refuge from the chaos of life outside."—VERANDA.COM"Inspired by the lockdowns that deepened ourrespective connections to the home, AD100interior designer Victoria Hagan (with writer David Colman) set out to write a book that celebrates the joys and comforts that our dwellings bring us. This story is told throughthe unfurling of 12 recent projects that span locations and styles—including her family’s own Connecticut home. All entries share acertain airiness, liveability, and sensitivity to surroundings that underscore even the designer’s grandest projects. As she introduces each residence, Hagan shares how she made the home sing—and the resulting edition is a master class in creating interiors that are timeless, yet thoroughly contemporary." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

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Book SynopsisBreathtaking houses that are built lovingly with noble materials and heritage methods, always presented in profound conversation with nature.JLF Architects, based in Bozeman, Montana, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, believe first and foremost that architecture should be rooted in its particular place, responding in a meaningful way to the natural or built environment. Using local materials and partnering with the best local craftsmen, JLF Architects seeks to create buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted.   Now more than 30 years since its founding, the firm has grown along with the range and complexity of its projects, and still considers the desire to build in part-nership with the land to be an approach that remains valid and increasingly resonant. JLF Architects’ first projects were houses and these projects excite the firm still.  

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Book SynopsisReaders will respond to the warm and sophisticated work of Hugh and Simon Jacobsen, whose style of architecture and interiors might best be described as American modern vernacular—the place where traditional comfort and modern design meet.Hugh Newell Jacobsen, the legendary architect and late co-founder with his son, Simon, of Jacobsen Architecture, once said “the best house is polite to her neighbors and never shouts.” This statement is a key to the philosophy of the firm, whose houses are suffused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingle elegant, subtle modernism, with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on the outside, on the inside these houses offer dancing symphonies in white. Unmarked by moldings, walls and ceilings express simple volumetric forms composed of solid planes and voids, while, upon floors of burnished wood or travertine, furniture, much of it designed by the firm, allows for serene repose and practical, unfusTrade Review"50 Best Coffee Table Books: In a new book that speaks volumes, father and son Hugh and Simon Jacobsen offer stunning examples of their low-key and sophisticated American homes." —ELLE DECOR"'Unmistakably Jacobsen' is a perfect description, since it captures Jacobsen's unwillingness to be defined by terms like modern or postmodern, contemporary or historical; and it conveys how one recognizes a Jacobsen house at even the briefest glance. These traits continue with the firm Hugh established with his son, Simon, in 2009, and which finds expression in a new monograph published by Rizzoli." —ARCHIDOSE.COM

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Book SynopsisThe first book from decorating duo Drake/Anderson illustrates the award-winning firm's luxuriously modernist approach to design, with interiors that are as unique, delightful, and expressive as they are inviting, livable, and comfortable.Trade Review"Holiday Book Pick: In the first book from Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson, readers are invited to Manhattan apartments, Long Island estates, and homes further afield that display Drake Anderson's elevated and bold style." —ELLE DECOR"Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson, the minds behind design firm Drake/Anderson, add authors to their resumes with the release of their first book, BOLD. Tours of 11 breathtaking residences give readers a full look into the modernist decorating style of the duo." —VERANDA"An essential quality that Drake and Anderson share is an affinity for livable luxury, and it’s evident in every square inch. . . " —GALERIE"Holiday Books 2022: Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson’s New York–based interior-design firm is among the industry’s most celebrated and influential..." —NEW YORK MAGAZINE

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Book SynopsisHeralded as one of America’s most influential interior designers, Suzanne Kasler has always had her finger on the pulse of emerging home style. This completely original compendium of her firm’s new interiors is all about selectivity—a wealth of au courant design ideas that resonate with today’s personally expressive sensibility. Suzanne Kasler is renowned for designing elegant and serene interiors that are always comfortable and welcoming. Referred to as “a designer’s designer,” she creates chic, approachable interiors that appeal to both connoisseurs and enthusiasts alike. Lavishly illustrated, this book profiles Kasler’s most recent work that further establishes her as one of the industry’s leading style makers. Spaces exude elegance and élan, blending colorful and neutral palettes and mixing contemporary furnishings with antiques. Starting with the redesign of her celebrated Regency-style home, Trade Review"Elegant traditional interiors that combine contemporary furnishings with antiques are Atlanta-based designer Suzanne Kasler’s specialty, and this new book is chock-full of them, starting with her own Regency-style home. Though known for her predominantly white interiors, this collection proves she’s a master of judicious splashes of color too." —HOUZZ

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Book SynopsisAfter spending most of the last twenty years photographing people in war-torn places around the world, photographer Bobby Sager trains his gaze upon a UNESCO world heritage site in the Arabian desert to deliver a visual tour de force.Sager traveled to Diriyah, an ancient mud city abandoned by its inhabitants several decades ago. The fragile site has been closed to visitors for over a decade. But during the final stages of a major ten-year restoration, Sager was given unlimited access to capture the soul of this magical place before it was opened to the public. Captivated by the erosion in Diriyah’s mud-brick walls, Sager is drawn to the “faces” he sees within the mud patterns of the town’s architecture. Sager asks us to think of these faces as our hosts and us as their guests as we explore the streets, palaces, mosques, and schools of this three-hundred-year-old city.Desert landscapes and architectura

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Book SynopsisBeautiful, bespoke, environmentally sensitive houses by the award-winning architecture firm known for clean, modern, soulful design. This is the first book on the firm’s work.Modern houses that are timeless, thoughtfully detailed, marked by innovative and environmentally friendly design, and inevitably situated close to nature—by the sea, on the bluff, upon the dunes—are the hallmark of Stelle Lomont Rouhani.From Casa Loma and Lazy Point to House on the Point, mere mention of the homes is enough to inspire visions of some contemporary Xanadu. But it is the specifics, the careful use of materials, the very close attention to place, bespoke furniture and fixtures, and above all a sensitivity to those who will live in the spaces created that make these extraordinary works of architecture such beloved dwellings.With thought to an ultimate experience of comfort, to space and light, to views, and to a way of living beside nature that is consid

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Book SynopsisAstonishing buildings created for casual amusements, the splendid pavilions and garden follies of prerevolutionary France are the glorious productions of an age now past—but they continue to speak to us through the dazzling artistry of Dams and Zega.Spanning 150 years and the reigns of four kings, the pleasure pavilions, garden follies, and châteaux of Ancien Régime France are fascinating for the stories that surround their creation as well as a visual feast and a delight. Typically the realm of scholars, the subject is given extraordinary life at the hands of the authors, through whose historically accurate, meticulously rendered watercolors the reader comes to see the sometimes grand, sometimes playful, always beautiful buildings, sculpture, and ornament as they were meant to be seen.Dams and Zega have devoted much of a lifetime to rediscovering and illuminating these great treasures of world heritage, and this volume is the fruit of more thaTrade Review"Bernd H. Dam and Andrew Zega bring the spectacular châteaux, garden follies, and pavilions of prerevolutionary France back to life in their latest release. Through rendered watercolors, readers can fully learn about the architectural styles of France that reigned during the ancien régime." —VERANDA

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Book SynopsisPresents an overview of the Spanish architecture in the 21st century. This book reflects the geographic and generational diversity of the projects and their architects, as well as a range of scales, from a private house to an international airport.

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