Architecture Books

Book SynopsisAt the formation of the new Republic of Ireland, the construction of new infrastructures was seen as an essential element in the building of the new nation, just as the adoption of international style modernism in architecture was perceived as a way to escape the colonial past. Accordingly, infrastructure became the physical manifestation, the concrete identity of these objectives and architecture formed an integral part of this narrative. Moving between scales and from artefact to context, Infrastructure and the Architectures of Modernity in Ireland 1916-2016 provides critical insights and narratives on what is a complex and hitherto overlooked landscape, one which is often as much international as it is Irish. In doing so, it explores the interaction between the universalising and globalising tendencies of modernisation on one hand and the textures of local architectures on the other. The book shows how the nature of technology and infrastructure is inherently cosmopolitan. BeginninTrade Review’Rather than the monuments, places and things that dominate most accounts of architectural modernity, Infrastructure and the Architectures of Modernity in Ireland shifts attention to less visible networks, systems and connections. Emphasizing the effects of Ireland’s rurality, and of its position midway between Europe and the USA, the essays here make the case for stuff like electrification, telephone networks, highways, airports, and data storage as being most symptomatic of the Irish experience of the modern. This is fresh research, and the book is a valuable new addition to the now growing number of alternative narratives of modernity.’ Adrian Forty, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations, About the Editors, About the Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Negation: The General Post Office and a Collapsing of Time, 2 Power: Are You Getting the Light? Ardnacrusha, the Rural Electrification Scheme and Illuminating Ireland’s Peripheries, 3 Health: Sanatoria and the Search for an Irish Paimio, 4 Bus Transportation – Córas Iompair Éireann and Michael Scott, 5 Media: America at Home – The RTÉ Television Centre, 6 Aviation: Into the West – Rineanna and the Jumbo Jet, 7 Education: ‘My father has got a tractor shed like this’ – The Doyles, the Concrete Frame and the Democratisation of Education, 8 Telecommunications: Infrastructural Adhocism, 9 Roads: ‘We must have motorways’ – Ireland, the Highway and Modernity, 10 Data: Clouds and Precipitation, Index

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Book SynopsisStephen Kite is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK. His previous publications include Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture (2012), Adrian Stokes: An Architectonic Eye (2009), and An Architecture of Invitation: Colin St John Wilson (2005, co-authored with Sarah Menin).Trade ReviewA meticulously researched, sensitive and intellectually stimulating enquiry into architecture’s darker side. * The Burlington Magazine *Shadow-Makers is a thoroughly enjoyable read, a dense, evocative, and insightful reminder of qualities essential to the physical and intellectual enjoyment of architecture. -- Elizabeth Musgrave * Architectural Theory Review *Providing an important exploration on how shadows have been used for a variety of purposes (religious, psychological, spatial), Kite looks at architecture from the Baroque, through 19th-century Gothic revival, to early and late modernity … This book abounds with black-and-white illustrations supporting and highlighting the nuances of Kite's ideas. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *Kite gathers an interesting ensemble of architects and architectonic works ... [he] creates a rich picture of the subject, almost like a mosaic. * Arkkitehti *Kite’s is a searching mind – genuinely curious, fascinated and enthusiastic; attuned to the allegorical values of tectonics ... [Shadow-Makers is] a network of ideas drawn from politics, aesthetics, philosophy and cultural history, but always pivoting on the central narrative of architectonics wrought from darkness, shadow and shade. * Fabrications *Table of Contents1. Shadow Beginnings 2. Primordial Shadows 3. ‘The art of Shaddowes’: the Baroque of Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh 4. Shadows of the Sublime 5. Gothick ‘Gloomth’ 6. John Ruskin and Shadows of Power 7. Shadow Carpets 8. Shadows of the Unconscious: the Venice of Adrian Stokes and Aldo Rossi 9. Louis Kahn and the ‘Treasury of Shadows’ 10. Shadow Futures Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Rooms, award-winning architect Declan O'Donnell shows us how we can release our inner designer to create a home that works for the way we live.Trade ReviewDeclan covers everything ... in a light, clear style ideally suited to the enthusiastic amateur. And the fabulous photographs will provide all the inspiration you need for a New Year, New Home * Irish Independent *

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Book SynopsisExplores how Islamic art and architecture were made: their materials and their social, political, economic and religious context

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Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated volume with many images previously unpublished in colour collects 25 articles by Bernard O'Kane on a wide variety of topics pertaining to Persian architecture in its widest sense. His analyses range from historiography and tilework to the development of the domes of Iranian mosques.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of philosophical texts, Andrej Radman brings together a collection of 11 of his essays, published over the last decade, to show that when a society manipulates its matter it is not a reflection of culture; it is culture.

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Book SynopsisThe superb classic memoir from a dazzlingly eccentric and endlessly fascinating author and feminist icon - a woman very much ahead of her time - including her time spent on the glorious island of Skiathos''A happy, hilarious book'' Daily ExpressNancy Spain was one of the most celebrated - and notorious - writers and broadcasters of the 50s and 60s. Witty, controversial and brilliant, she lived openly as a lesbian (sharing a household with her two lovers and their various children) and was frequently litigated against for her newspaper columns - Evelyn Waugh successfully sued her for libel... twice.Nancy Spain had a deep love of the Mediterranean. So it was no surprise when, in the 1960s, she decided to build a place of her own on the Greek island of Skiathos. With an impractical nature surpassed only by her passion for the project, and despite many obstacles, she gloriously succeeded. This classic memoir is infused with all Spain''s chaotic brilTrade ReviewFull of fun, and that zest of intelligence that never left her after she had become famous and a "name" ... Sharing her own feelings of happiness was Nancy's art and privilege, a rare one in this day and place * SUNDAY TIMES *It is a happy, hilarious book ... N Spain, as she liked to call herself, loved to make people laugh, very often at herself * DAILY EXPRESS *Rumbustiously she rattles from childhood memories to TV gossip, anecdote, wisecrack, name-dropping and travelogue ... a high-spirited projection of the admired and lamented image * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Nancy's great qualities were her zest for life and her warm, North-country heart * TATLER *Have you ever read a book with this for a side-heading to a chapter: "put that angel down, you don't know where she's been"? No? Well, start right now * ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS *A gay, generous autobiography-cum-travel book which the author finished only a few hours before her tragic last flight * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Some people thought her merely bohemian, but others were grateful to have so engaging a role-model * INDEPENDENT *As funny and warm and clever as Nancy herself. You can hear her voice in every line -- Frank Muir and Denis Norden

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Book SynopsisSomewhere, between character and caricature, there exists an authentic—a truly unique—urban place, that blends global and local, old and new. Yet, in a dramatically changing world dominated by crises of climate change, maintaining public health, and social justice, finding such places—and explaining their relevance—may be easier said than done. Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character accepts that challenge, and provides a comprehensive method for assessing how and why successful places come to be, with an explicit emphasis on context: Authenticity, culture, character, and uniqueness are words with meanings that depend on who is using them and in what contexts. Through text interwoven with 160 full-colour photographs by the author, and select illustrations by others, this book addresses how to enact blended and contextualised urban change, using the past and the status quo as catalysts rather than castaways. It provides resources and examples for the context-vetting process and for understanding how one era, object, or generation informs the next.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first in which current societal themes revolving around urbanism, architecture, and city planning are put forth solely through female perspectives. It reveals the importance of having female lenses on certain societal debates.Trade ReviewOne of the great things about the Athena Talks in Stockholm is that it is such an intensely organized event with an impressive diversity of ideas and an amazing efflorescence of urban approaches and perspectives. This lively assemblage of leading female urban scholars will have long-term consequences in regard to future debates on architecture and urban design, surely providing a vigorous discussion at the present. -- Michael Sorkin, distinguished professor of architecture of the City University of New York, architectural critic, writer, urbanist and president of TerreformTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionSECTION I – Politicised Spaces and Beyond Doreen Massey On SpaceDoreen Massey Cities of Capital – The Indifferent City: Learning from Doreen MasseyChristine Boyer Unequal Cities, Divided Spaces – The Search of EqualityFran Tonkiss Why Public Space MattersSetha Low Landscape Literacy and Design for Ecological Democracy: The Nature of Mill Creek Ann Whiston Spirn Planning, Design, and the Just CitySusan Fainstein Comparative Urbanism in Gentrification Studies: Ongoing DebateLoretta LeesSECTION II – Contemporary Urbanism Grounds The New Design With Nature Nan Ellin Retrofitting Suburbia for 21st Century Challenges Ellen Dunham Jones The Ecosystem of Local Shopping Streets and the Architecture of Difference Sharon Zukin The Meta-Principles of Good UrbanismEmily Talen Can Architecture Survive Our Global Housing Crisis?Dana CuffLeading with Landscape: Investing in Green Infrastructure for Resilience Nina-Marie Lister SECTION III – New Urban Social Geographies Feeling the Past: Heritage, Encounter and Engagement Emma Waterton Memorials as Spaces for Engagement: Design, Use and Meaning Karen Franck Health in the City Anne Vernez Moudon From Housing Projects to Healing Gardens: Reflections on a Career Considering the Psychology of Place Clare Cooper Marcus Enriching Places for Longevity: Does a Gender Perspective Make a Difference?Ann ForsythHow Does Body Conscious Design Contribute to Urbanism?Galen CranzSECTION IV – Collective City Futures – Dwellings and CulturesEveryday Urbanism: Public Spaces and BeyondMargaret CrawfordEdges and Eddies: Learning to be a High-Rise Society in Post-Independence Singapore, 1960-1995Jane M. Jacobs and Belinda YuenThe Right to Housing Adele Santos Story Telling with the Shapes of Time: Place, Poetry, and Local HistoryDolores Hayden The City as a Collective GoodSaskia SassenThe Empathy Gap: Digital Culture Needs What Talk Therapy OffersSherry TurkleList of ContributorsIndexAbout the Editor

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Book SynopsisSmall Spaces is about living comfortably and using space wisely, and where better to find ideas on that subject than Japan, one of the world's most urban and densely populated countries? Tokyo resident Azby Brown, a distinguished architect and designer, has assembled dozens of creative solutions to space and storage problems, illustrating them with photographs and plans of actual living environments in contemporary homes. The key to his approach is what might be called The Three Cs '-compact, comfortable, and convenient. Use of space is reconsidered, with'Trade Review"This book is an elegant jewel box of ingenious design ideas for close-packing the elements of comfortable, even luxurious, living." —Stewart Brand"Azby Brown's book presents an attitude toward designing space that inspires creative solutions....He shows us ways to bring order and tranquility back into our lives." —Fine Homebuilding"Small Spaces has some dazzling answers: most simple and colorful, all imaginative and practical. Invaluable." —House & Garden

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Book Synopsis75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes. Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated townhouse in the city to a Santa Fe ranch. The designs include site drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, section drawings, perspective drawings, and exploded views. A brief introduction to each home describes its setting, the philosophy behind the design and its intended use, materials used, recommended landscaping, and more. Many of the homes come with money-saving and environmentally sound features such as solar panels and water heaters, wood stoves, ceiling fans, airlock entries, wind power alternatives, and natural gas heaters.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing forty rooms at Winterthur, The Well-Dressed Window is an important resource in documenting the design and detailing of window treatments. The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur is a unique compendium of design and textile history and an invaluable resource for designers and homeowners alike. Today Henry Francis du Pont, the force behind the transformation of Winterthur from a family house to the premier museum of American decorative arts, is recognized, along with Henry Davis Sleeper and Elsie de Wolfe, as one of the early leaders of interior design in this country. Working with architects, curators, and antiques dealers, du Pont created some 175 room settings within the house. He assembled his rooms using architectural elements from historic houses along the East Coast and filled them with an extraordinary collection of American furniture and decorative arts. Du Pont’s unique talent was his ability to arrange historically related objects in a beautiful way, in settings that enhanced their shape and form through the choice of color, textiles, and style. Du Pont paid particular attention to the design of the curtains, and The Well-Dressed Window surveys his achievement, explaining how the fabrics were selected as well as their relationship to the architecture and other decorative elements in the rooms. Forty rooms are presented, each specially photographed to show the overall space in addition to details of fabric and trim. A series of stereoviews taken in the 1930s as well as other period photographs reveal the evolution of the window treatments and upholstery over nearly sixty years. Of particular interest is du Pont’s seasonal changing of the curtains, which were rotated throughout the year as the lighting and colors in the surrounding garden shifted.

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Book SynopsisHudson Modern showcases stunning new houses in the Hudson River Valley that embrace the dramatic settings and cultural bounty of this popular region. As the birthplace of American landscape painting, the Hudson River Valley has long been a refuge from the city and a laboratory for new aesthetic expression. Today, thanks to its ascendant reputation as a weekend utopia, architects are extending that tradition into the built environment. Designing residences that revere local climate, landscape, and history in a distinctly modernist language, these talents are sowing a new Hudson River school of architectural thought. Hudson Modern surveys this emerging domestic architecture, featuring nearly twenty houses that integrate with site and region through composition, scale, and materials, and which strike a balance between innovation and rootedness. A reconstructed midcentury house accented in cedar, walnut, and bluestone by Joel Sanders and landscaped by the late Diana Balmori blurs the edge of habitation and nature. KieranTimberlake revises the classic vision of a glass box by cladding a home on a rocky site in Pound Ridge in a tapestry of steel, aluminum, copper, and glass. In Rhinebeck, Steven Holl experiments with a radical form that has both ecological and social dimensions. Author David Sokol presents these and numerous other examples of design-forward residences that are responsive to terrain, building vernacular, and cultural legacy. Together, the new Hudson Valley houses point a way forward for rural living in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"In Hudson Modern: Residential Landscapes David Sokol highlights 18 homes in the Hudson River Valley of New York, revealing how the bucolic region that inspired landscape painters now supports forward-thinking design. For the LM Guest House in Dutchess County, for instance, Katherine Chia and Arjun Desai created a wood-paneled master bedroom that practically seems to levitate within the foliage, while Robert Siegel designed his House 432 in Katonah with a rooftop courtyard that resembles a living room with the ceiling sliced clean off - a novel way to watch the seasons change." - The New York Times "Hudson Modern: Residential Landscapes takes us inside the Hudson Valley's most beautiful homes for a healthy dose of envy and inspiration. Accompanied by the words of David Sokol, you'll feel a comparable sense of escape and breathing room leafing through these pages - just as these lucky home-owners do every weekend." - Conde Nast Traveler "A peek into the most beautiful modernist residences that dot the region - proof that architects like Steven Holl, Kiernan Timberlake, and Joel Sanders are just as likely as the artists to fall prey to the charms of this unique region." - Galerie "As a whole, this book shows us something very different than similar publications: 18 recent designs that are relatively unpretentious, all highly respectful of their environment, and without a McMansion in sight." - Interior Design "This book features sophisticated homes inspired by modernism that merge effortlessly with the beauty of New York's Hudson River Valley.... The unobtrusive beauty of the Hudson Valley might seem like a poor choice for decidedly modern homes against the backdrop of nature and vernacular architecture. Yet each home - "unique, but not out of place" - brings these elements together to enrich an already beautiful area." - Shelf Awareness

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Book SynopsisA compelling survey of Texas houses that draw both on the heritage of pioneer ranches and on the twentieth-century design principles of modernism. Helen Thompson and Casey Dunn, the writer/photographer team that produced the exceptionally successful Marfa Modern, join forces again to investigate Texas modernism. The juxtaposition of the sleek European forms with a gritty Texas spirit generated a unique brand of modernism that is very basic to the culture of the state today. Its roots are in the early Texas pioneer houses, whose long, low profiles express an efficiency that is basic to the modern idiom. This Texas-centric style is focused on the relationship of the house to the site, the materials it is made of - most often local stone and wood - and the way the building functions in the harsh Texas climate. Dallas architect David R. Williams was the first to combine modernism with Texas regionalism in the 1930s, and his legacy was sustained by his protégé O'Neil Ford, who practiced in San Antonio from the late 1930s until his death in the mid 1970s. Their approach is seen today in the work of Lake/Flato Architects and a new generation of designers who have emerged from that distinguished firm and continue to elegantly merge modernism with the vocabulary of the Texas ranching heritage. Twenty houses are included from across the state, with examples in major urban centers like Dallas and Austin and in suburban and rural areas, including a number in the evocative Hill Country.Trade Review"Dunn’s photos are inviting and supremely confident, and Thompson’s choices are revealing and fascinating. For anyone intrigued by architectural modernism (or for anyone purchasing a home who needs to steal some great ideas!)." - Kirkus Reviews "Two years after releasing Marfa Modern, a book on the interiors of homes in Marfa, author Helen Thompson and photographer Casey Dunn are at again. This time, the Austin duo details modernism in Texas in Texas Made/Texas Modern. Using 19 projects from around the state, the book examines the relationship of the house to the site, the materials used and how structures function in the harsh climate." - Austin Home "A gorgeous display of modernist architecture and interior design that's particularly Texan." - Shelf Awareness

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Book SynopsisThe first book to present great landmarked interiors of New York in all their intricate detail, Interior Landmarks is a visual celebration of space that captures the rich heritage of the city. Since 1965, the New York City Landmarks Law has preserved for generations to come a remarkable number of significant spaces in New York City's cultural, social, economic, political, and architectural history. Not only do the exterior facades of these buildings fall within the law's purview, but many of their stunning interiors as well. Newly updated with current information, this book tells the stories of forty-six interior landmarks from the widely celebrated - Radio City Music Hall, the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central Station - to others that are virtually unknown. A catalogue of all 120 interior landmarks, with names of their architects and locations, is also included. Readers will learn about their original construction and style, their exceptional design features, materials, and architectural details, as well as the challenges to preserving them - whether they were unanimously accepted or hotly contested in legal battles - and the preservationists, philanthropists, politicians, and designers who made it possible. The book also includes updated details on the restorations or re-imaginings that took place. Combining strong visuals and thorough research, this valuable reference work will fascinate all readers with an interest in the city's history. This paperback edition is updated with current information, including the 2017 addition of The New York Public Library's historic Rose Main Reading Room to the list of protected landmarks.Trade Review"This updated paperback edition doesn’t compromise the quality of Larry Lederman’s original photographs, nor does the addition of a gorgeous, glossy two-page spread spotlighting the luminous celestial ceiling mural of the New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room. A must for lovers of architecture, history, and design and for anyone - tourist or native - who’s ever marveled at the marble, metal, wood, stone, plaster, and glass adorning the sanctuaries of New York’s notable buildings." - Kirkus Reviews "Hidden inside New York City’s skyscrapers and low-rises are architectural gems carefully protected and preserved by dedicated patrons. A new book - Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York - aims to raise awareness of these spaces and encourage appreciation for their art and design by offering a glimpse at 46 spaces recognized by the Landmarks Preservation Commission." - amNewYork "Lovers of New York history should make space on their shelves for this comprehensive volume." - Luxe Interiors + Design "Forty-seven tales of interior landmarks in New York are highlighted in this book, capturing a slice of history and indoor space. Gura and Wood write with attention to detail about their picks, from the celebrated Grand Central Terminal and the infamous Tweed Courthouse to the dark corners of the Pierpont Morgan Library..." - Metropolis "While preservationists have saved many New York City facades from the wrecking ball, interiors have proven harder to protect. Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York spotlights 47 preserved beauties, like Radio City Music Hall and the fantasy architecture of the Loew's Paradise Theatre in the Bronx." - Elle Decor "A living, breathing city can neither afford to exist as a museum nor lose its past. And in a city that changes as fast as New York, Interior Landmarks is a reminder that a fight for the right balance is never done and always necessary." - The Atlantic's "CityLab"

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the design process of James Huniford, who is renowned for his skill in juxtaposing opposites - contemporary with traditional, rustic with refined - to create a timeless whole. James Huniford, universally known as Ford, explores his design process thematically, with chapters on approaching a room, considering scale and proportion, selecting materials and art, using color effectively, and marrying form and function. His goal is to create "a modern sensibility of calm." Of special interest is his ability to create artworks out of found objects, compositions of tools, baskets, or metalwork that become compelling wall sculptures or freestanding pieces. Examples are drawn from a rich variety of projects - elegant Upper East Side apartments to raw lofts on the Lower East Side to contemporary condominiums in new "supertall" towers in Manhattan, country houses in Connecticut, Upstate New York, and Martha's Vineyard, and across the country in Nashville and Marin Country, California. Special insight into his process can be gleaned from his own homes, a loft in Tribeca and a historic house in Bridgehampton that he readily admits are laboratories for his ideas.Trade Review“[Features] dazzling projects from around the country . . . explores the concept of interior design thematically, with sections dedicated to scale and proportion, selecting materials and art, and using color in design.” - Architectural Digest “[A] must-have book for the coffee table.” - Elle Decor “If spending so much time at home has you thinking about a redesign, pick up this book on James Huniford's designs and get inspired. Learn about how to approach a room, select materials, use color strategically, and create that sense of inviting calm we are all craving. From elegant Manhattan townhouses to sprawling country homes in Nashville, Huniford's projects will show you a vision of what could be.” - Town & Country “Flipping through James “Ford” Huniford’s latest book, readers may be struck by the range of projects inside. . . . The interior designer’s portfolio, taken in all together, is impressive in its breadth. . . . In each chapter, one small piece of the designer’s approach-whether color, material, or proportion—is unpacked in greater detail, resulting in a book that’s both educational and inspirational.” - AD Pro “Possibly no design monograph has been more aptly titled than James Huniford’s latest tome, At Home. True, the pages are filled with his sophisticated residential interiors, but the book also reflects the fact that the author is perfectly at home with who he is, how his fashionable clients choose to live, and why he prioritizes purpose over panache when it comes to designing any given space.” - Galerie Magazine “At Home is a testament to Huniford’s vision—one that reveals his creativity and imagination, and one that pushes both his clients and his readers to rethink the possibilities of what design can be.” - Elle Decor “In this book, the designer pulls back the curtain on his process, touching on factors like color, light, and scale to give viewers a glimpse at how he pulls together contrasting elements to create warm, inviting homes.” - House Beautiful “...the designer digs into his process, with advice on how to create aesthetically driven, functional spaces using his tool kit of color, proportion, and more.” - Domino “From city lofts to country houses, James Huniford makes every space feel like home.” - 1stdibs Introspective “Those with a penchant for beautiful design can always appreciate a gorgeous new coffee table book. If that’s you, you’ll want to crack open the newly released James Huniford: At Home . . . this monograph is far from all dessert and no entrée.” - Luxe Interiors + Design “A master at mixing, New York designer James Huniford‘s latest book At Home illustrates his talent at blending pieces plucked from disparate cultures and centuries as well as turning a seemingly benign objet into a work of art - all while whipping up a space that feels at once refined and personal.” - Schumacher's The Edit “With an innate sense of scale and proportion, perhaps Huniford’s greatest gift is marrying pieces from wildly disparate eras - and doing so with aplomb. The end results are timeless, unpretentious rooms that defy easy categorization - yet comfort reigns supreme. It’s that sort of original thinking that will have you feeling “at home” within this 232-page book, as well.” - New England Home “Interior designer James “Ford” Huniford does not do predictability. He does not do generic, either. Or forgettable, for that matter. . . . Now, with this book, his inspired ideas are available to everyone.” - Air Mail “[One of] our favorite interior design books now . . . breaks the rules of interior design books and presents his ideas by design element rather than individual project, with eight different sections laying out his aesthetic ideas for the reader.” - Chairish “Stylish and oh-so-elegant, here’s an in-depth look at the design process of Huniford, who is renowned for his skill in juxtaposing opposites like contemporary and traditional, rustic with refined...to create a timeless whole.” - Society Texas “A new decorating tome showcases an array of design styles.” - Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles “[A] richly photographed coffee-table book . . . features his A-list design projects - from Upper East Side penthouses to country homes in Connecticut to his own residences, a loft in Tribeca and a historic house in Bridgehampton.” - New Orleans Times-Picayune "Really inspiring." - Bevy Smith “Ever wondered how best to style vintage objects or artwork in the home? This is the book for you. James Huniford’s interior portfolio seamlessly blends elements of old and new, rustic and contemporary or traditional, to gorgeous effect.” - Robb Report “From sleek city apartments to a rustic island retreat, the many featured homes all demonstrate Huniford’s expert design approach.” - New England Home

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Book SynopsisImagining the Modern explores Pittsburgh's ambitious modern architecture and urban renewal program that made it a gem of American postwar cities, and set the stage for its stature today. In the 1950s and '60s an ambitious program of urban revitalization transformed Pittsburgh and became a model for other American cities. Billed as the Pittsburgh Renaissance, this era of superlatives - the city claimed the tallest aluminum clad building, the world's largest retractable dome, the tallest steel structure - developed through visionary mayors and business leaders, powerful urban planning authorities, and architects and urban designers of international renown, including Frank Lloyd Wright, I.M. Pei, Mies van der Rohe, SOM, and Harrison & Abramovitz. These leaders, civic groups, and architects worked together to reconceive the city through local and federal initiatives that aimed to address the problems that confronted Pittsburgh's postwar development. Initiated as an award-winning exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2014, Imagining the Modern untangles this complicated relationship with modern architecture and planning through a history of Pittsburgh's major sites, protagonists, and voices of intervention. Through original documentation, photographs and drawings, as well as essays, analytical drawings, and interviews with participants, this book provides a nuanced view of this crucial moment in Pittsburgh's evolution. Addressing both positive and negative impacts of the era, Imagining the Modern examines what took place during the city's urban renewal era, what was gained and lost, and what these histories might suggest for the city's future.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2021 Society of Architectural Historians Exhibition Catalogue Book Award "[The] Modernist boom - in all its glory, hubris, and conflict - is the focus of Imagining the Modern, an in-depth dive into that era and the buildings that defined it. Richly detailed and full of historic maps, drawings, and photography, it offers a wealth of information for any enthusiast of Modernist architecture or Pittsburgh itself. (It should also be noted that editors Chris Grimley and Michael Kubo helped write Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston.)" - Metropolis "Rami el Samahy, Chis Grimley, and Michael Kubo paint a vivid picture of the mixed emotions evoked by the changing urban landscape in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city heralded as a role model of rustbelt reinvention. The book functions as an introduction to a complex moment in the city’s history, looking at Pittsburgh as a case study in a broader moment of urban renewal in many U.S. cities. Imagining the Modern includes a wonderful array of high-quality images and well-designed diagrams—from archival documents to photographs to city maps, the stunning visual display is captivating and invites the reader to explore “the manifold ways in which the modern was imagined in Pittsburgh.” Instead of staking claims about the history of Pittsburgh’s modernism, Imagining the Modern showcases the debate that optimistic work by designers and planners continue to provoke. At a time when cities across the U.S. are working tirelessly to reverse the effects of urban renewal…this book asks readers to take a closer look at a few urban visions through a mix of historical essays, sexy images, riotous press clippings, enlightening diagrams, insightful interviews, and informative project descriptions that offer everyone an entry into a fraught urban and architectural moment." - The Architect’s Newspaper "It’s been decades since the phrase “urban renewal” enjoyed anything but obloquy. Except in a few rare cases, salvaging even an ember of positivity from the term is nigh impossible….Imagining the Modern, which sprang out of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2014, achieves a greater polyphony than such accounts usually do, containing essays, news clippings, archival photography, and promotional materials, which buttress the book’s other contents, namely profiles of key buildings and interviews with their designers." - Metropolis "After presenting the story of Pittsburgh’s twentieth-century Modernist wave in an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in 2014, Chris Grimley and Rami el Samahy of Boston design firm OverUnder and architectural historian Michael Kubo have turned their research into a book.[Imagining the Modern] takes what the trio learned from curating the Carnegie exhibition and displays it in a compelling collection of interviews, salon transcripts, and archival materials to make better sense of the built and unbuilt ideas that transformed Pittsburgh." - CityLab "There is rigorous research and analysis here from an eminently qualified team….Imagining the Modern is a must-have for Pittsburghers and Modernists in architecture, landscape, and planning more broadly." - Pittsburgh City Paper "Imagining the Modern is a gorgeous book about a period that not everyone thinks is beautiful: the postwar design of Pittsburgh….Scrupulously factual about the matter, [the book] is a valuable collection of stunning visual evidence and dispassionate analysis." - Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine

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Book SynopsisAn immersive photographic tour of the legendary Chelsea Hotel, whose residents share their stories and reveal the delirious history of this landmark. Jackson Pollock, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Bob Dylan, Arthur C. Clarke, Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs, Janis Joplin, Eugene O'Neill, Rufus Wainwright, Betsey Johnson, R. Crumb, Thomas Wolfe, Jasper Johns - these are just a few of the figures who at one time occupied one of the most alluring and storied residences ever: the Chelsea Hotel. Born during the Gilded Age and once the tallest building in New York, the twelve-story landmark has long been a magnet for artists, writers, musicians, and cultural provocateurs of all stripes. In this book, photographer Colin Miller and writer Ray Mock intimately portray the enduring bohemian spirit of the Chelsea Hotel through interviews with nearly two dozen current residents and richly detailed photographs of their unique spaces. As documented in Miller's abundant photographs, these apartments project the quirky decorating sensibilities of urban aesthetes who largely work in film, theater, and the visual arts, resulting in deliriously ornamental spaces with a kitschy edge. Weathering the overall homogenization of New York and the rapid transformation of the hotel itself - amid recent ownership changeovers and tenant lawsuits - residents remain in about seventy apartments while the rest of the units are converted to rentals (and revert to a hotel-stay basis, which had ceased in 2011). For the community of artists and intellectuals who remain, the uncertain status of the hotel is just another stage in a roller-coaster history. A fascinating portrait of a strand of resilient bohemian New Yorkers and their creative, deeply idiosyncratic homes, Hotel Chelsea is a rich visual and narrative document of a cultural destination as complicated as it is mythical.Trade Review"...A heartfelt celebration of the Chelsea as it is today." - Aimee Farrell, T: The New York Times Style Magazine "...A big, colorful celebration of more than two dozen residents, their living spaces and their stories." - Katherine Roth, Associated Press "A behind-the-scenes look into the hotly contested battle to preserve one of New York’s most storied residences." - Geoffrey Montes, Galerie Magazine "The book beautifully captures around half of the remaining residents and their apartments, many of which feature layers of fabrics, art, wallpaper, textures, and a life lived - a maximalist aesthetic you might expect to find there, and a storied tapestry you would never find at a regular hotel. These are the apartments of New Yorkers - collectors of life, eccentric devotees of the city, haters of a cookie cutter. Their homes will soon live in stark contrast to the hotel rooms being built around them for tourists." - Jen Carlson, Gothamist "An ode to the Gilded Age residency in the new millennium." - Sara Rosen, Feature Shoot "While times have changed, Mock and Miller discovered through documenting the intimate lives of these stalwart residents that the hotel's bohemian spirit still prevailed. Their book, Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven, opens a window into this world, featuring the quirky décor and style of these New York aesthetes with their equally colorful and eccentric lives." - Laura Powers, "...Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven, is part love letter to the bygone spirit of the hotel and part awareness campaign, offering insight into the complicated socio-economic dynamics of the hotel’s current iteration." - Julia Brenner Forbes

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Book SynopsisMaster of the Midcentury: The Architecture of William F. Cody is the first, long-overdue book on this key Palm Springs architect, abundantly illustrated and detailed. Of the architects who made Palm Springs a crucible of midcentury American modernism, William F. Cody (1916-1978) was one of the most prolific, diverse, and iconic. Directing a practice ranging from residences to commercial centers and industrial complexes to master plans, Cody's designs are so recognizable that they provide visual shorthand for what is widely hailed as "Desert Modern." While his architecture was disciplined and technically innovative, Cody did not practice an austere modernism; he imbued in his projects a love for social spaces, rich with patterns, texture, color, and art. Though the majority of Cody's built work was concentrated in California and Arizona, he had commissions in other western states, Hawaii, Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba. From icons like the Del Marcos Hotel (1946), to inventive country clubs like the Eldorado (1957), to houses for celebrities (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney), Cody's projects defined the emerging West Coast lifestyle that combined luxury, leisure, and experimental design. Cody also pushed the boundaries of engineering, with beams and roof slabs so thin that his buildings seemed to defy gravity. Master of the Midcentury is the first monograph devoted to Cody, authored by the team that curated the acclaimed exhibition Fast Forward: The Architecture of William F. Cody at the Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles: his daughter, Cathy Cody, design historian Jo Lauria, and architectural historian Don Choi. Replete with photographs of extant and now-lost structures, as well as masterful color renderings and drawings for architectural commissions and plans for vanguard building systems, Master of the Midcentury is the authoritative resource on Cody.Trade Review“Photographs of extant and now-lost structures mingle with renderings and drawings for architectural commissions and plans for vanguard building systems in a tome replete with insights into beloved structures and a retrospective of those we miss.” - Palm Springs Life Home+Design “A pivotal new title celebrating Cody’s career.” - Aesthetica “A legendary architect.” - Sunset Magazine “Celebrate[s] the many vibrant facets of California design.” - Luxe Interiors + Design

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Book SynopsisFusion: The Performance of Architecture explores the work of award-winning, Boston-based architecture firm Payette, a leader in the design of complex settings for science and healthcare. Payette’s work embodies the integration of design and performance that is essential to the creation of humane and sustainable buildings of any type. To achieve this integration amidst the programmatic intricacy, technological complexity, and intense energy use of hospitals and laboratories, the firm draws on its almost ninety-year history of progressive innovation. It draws, as well, on an inclusive, collaborative, research-oriented culture that is a model for the profession. Fusion presents Payette’s philosophy and traces the firm’s contributions through concise histories of laboratory and hospital design. It explores the core principles that underlie its work - Identity and Transformation, Materiality and Craft, Taming Complexity and Measuring Performance - and digs deeply into seven of the firm’s most recent projects. Other chapters describe the process of nurturing the design excellence and practice culture that earned Payette the 2019 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The monograph’s 400 diagrams, drawings, and photographs reveal the firm’s principles and methods, along with the open-source tools it has developed to enable it to design, not “by the numbers,” but with the numbers. A gallery of architectural “fingerprints” presents plan views of more than 100 of Payette’s projects, drawn to a common scale. With a preface by Z Smith, Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at EskewDumezRipple, and an introduction from Kevin Sullivan, President of Payette, Fusion includes essays by Sullivan and partners James Collins, George Marsh, Leon Drachman, Andrea Love and Peter Vieira, as well as a critical reflection by Mark Lee, Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.Trade ReviewNamed one of Architectural Record's top 12 Design Books of 2020

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Book SynopsisThis inspiring collection of compelling and characterful interiors will have city and country dwellers alike dreaming of carving out a personal haven far beyond the big city. Through two hundred newly commissioned photographs and engaging profiles of twelve unique, personal, and creative interiors on both sides of the Hudson, Upstate features a variety of spaces - from tranquil minimalist retreats to exuberant small-town residences. Among them are a farmhouse of globetrotting food photographers, a lavender-hued Victorian brimming with eclectic curios, a striking cottage with modern furnishings and elegant Georgian bones, and the country-house-on-acid of an artist and art director, complete with giant mushroom side tables and permanently installed party streamers. Shared by these distinctive spaces is a common approach to decoration that centers on collections gradually accumulated, delights in the handmade, embraces the beauty in imperfection, and values comfort and character above all.Trade Review“Upstate: Living Spaces With Space to Live, featuring gorgeous photography by Sarah Elliott, is an extension of Lisa’s lifelong fascination with interiors, lifestyles, and the emotional concept of ‘home.” - Architectural Digest “. . . document[s] some of the rural region's most thoughtfully designed, not-so-country homes.” - Martha Stewart Living “. . . instantly inspiring: page after page of gorgeous interiors, all from homes in Upstate New York.” - Goop “Rich jewel-toned pages are filled with inspiring photos of 12 upstate New York residences, along with small profiles of the owners - a lesson in storytelling by way of objects and furniture.” - Business of Home “Whether you are fixing up an old farmhouse or just looking to bring some of that woodsy charm home, Lisa Przystup’s new book, Upstate: Living Spaces With Space to Live, is the ultimate inspiration.” - Domino “WOW.” - Athena Calderone, Eyeswoon “[A] beautiful book.” - Alice Gao “Lisa, a multi-talented writer, florist and model, profiles twelve unique interiors on both sides of the Hudson and with two hundred newly commissioned photographs by Sarah Elliott.” - Design Milk “[A] handsome book. . . . For all their eccentricities, the projects seem to share an atmosphere of secure personal taste, comfort, and relaxation. Their characters are clearly presented by the author’s deft and appreciative descriptions and the fine photography of Sarah Elliott.” - Interior Design “I have a brand new favorite when it comes to design books. . . . Inspired by Lisa’s move from Brooklyn to New York’s Catskills, it’s an inspiring look at what life upstate might be like with uniquely personal home tours of twelve creative interiors on both sides of the Hudson River. . . . [A] great addition to your design library.” - sfgirlbybay “Looking for an escape without having to leave the living room? Upstate: Living Spaces With Space To Live offers just that. The gorgeous, linen-bound book invites you in to view artful, one-of-a-kind spaces in upstate New York.” —Lonny “[A] fantastic book.” - Atelier Doré "Beautiful homes." - Nicole Franzen "So much beauty in this." - Camille Styles "Beautiful." - Amber Lewis, Amber Interiors “[Features] 12 deeply cool homes in various states of “rusticity,” packed with enviable furniture and collection.” - Canadian House & Home “[This book] comes at a time when daydreaming of open-aired simplicity is a recurring commonality - combine that with her authentic take on seasonal living, and you’ll be pining after your own upstate New York getaway.” - Jenni Kayne blog “Takes the reader to everything from tranquil minimalist retreats to exuberant small-town residences.” - Scout & Nimble “Anyone who is currently working from home in a city apartment cannot deny their inner fantasy of hunkering down somewhere upstate where there is actual space to breathe. Here’s a little inspiration if you’re looking to escape the hustle and bustle.” - Coveteur

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Book SynopsisA rich presentation of the sensual and scenographic effects created by the legendary Stanford White, whose designs extend beyond architecture to encompass lavish interiors, jewelry, furniture, gilded frames, and ceremonial events. Once proposed as the "Commissioner of Beauty" for New York City, Stanford White was a master of architecture, interior design, and ornament, fearlessly juxtaposing materials and objects from myriad cultures and times. Drawing on precedents from antiquity and the Renaissance, from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe as well as Colonial America, White created complex surfaces inside and out. Stanford White in Detail examines this innovative and intricate web through lush, tightly framed vignettes of carved wood and marble, metalwork, mosaic, and tile as well as generous overall room views to demonstrate how these are woven together for a unique effect.Trade Review“...reveals how layered and complex interiors, architecture, furniture, and jewelry took shape under the classical master’s gaze. . . . With a focus on materials, texture, light, and atmosphere, the book offers up a detailed photographic tribute to the intricacies of White’s storied practice.” - AD Pro "[A] very welcome book . . . a rich feast.” - Interior Design “Stanford White’s unparalleled eye for detail transformed American architecture.” - Galerie “A celebrated designer in his own right, Samuel White guides us through elegant residences created by his renowned ancestor in New York City, Newport and beyond.” - 1stdibs Introspective “Sumptuous - and to some degree astonishing - it’ll be a welcome addition to any aficionado’s bookshelf.” - Architects + Artisans “Dazzling.” - Oculus “[Features] illustrated examples of White’s exuberance and represents a worthy addition to studies of American architecture’s golden age.” - The New Criterion "This book is so beautiful—The stunning photographs, the size, the spareness of text, and the captions at the end (like the map in a chocolate box!)." - Helena Fifer “. . . showcases the amazing details of Gilded Age architect Stanford White’s genius on his numerous works. . . [this book] will be the perfect holiday gift for all who appreciate architecture and beauty.” - Mansions of the Gilded Age “So much has been said about White that it is startling to come upon Stanford White in Detail, which manages to say something new about him. A book of striking photographs of his interiors and architectural ornament, it is the work of Samuel G. White, the great-grandson of its subject and an architect in his own right. It is that rare literary object: a nearly wordless book that manages to say a great deal.” - The New Criterion “On the cover of Stanford White in Detail is an intricately carved wood surface from the Villard Houses in Midtown Manhattan, one of many landmarks designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White. . . . I like to think of the surface as a door, making its presence on the cover an invitation to "open" the book and "enter" the realm of the architectural details within.” - A Daily Dose of Architecture “This deep and probing book covers the full extent of his renowned forebearer’s career, focusing on his architectural details, interior design, and decor.” - Oculus

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Book SynopsisA controversial manifesto on the role of classical principles in architecture critically examined for relevance today. First published in 1959, The Golden City is a seminal, critical document that developed one of the earliest and most compelling arguments against the then-dominant hegemony of modernism by reawakening interest in the value of our country's built patrimony, particularly with respect to its notable classical architecture, classical sculpture, and ornament in the built environment. The book's argument remains valuable today. The Golden City can be credited with building the constituency for the preservation movement in the United States in general, and in New York City in particular. That constituency coalesced around Reed's powerful polemic, eventually contributing to the formulation in 1965 of New York City's groundbreaking Landmark Law, one of the most important milestones in the preservation movement in the United States.Trade Review“A new sixtieth-anniversary edition . . . handsomely produced by The Monacelli Press and augmented with [new] essays.” - The New Criterion

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Book SynopsisA luxury volume on a luxury designer, A Romance of East and West presents the residential work of Baltimore-based interior decorator Mona Hajj. Characterized by delight and discovery, grandeur, and rustic charm, Hajj's work spans a wide range of historic periods and styles. Her interiors combine a far-reaching global vision with an American emphasis on elegance, comfort, and simplicity. Born in West Africa and educated in Europe, Lebanon, and the United States, Mona Hajj brings a truly eclectic aesthetic to her interiors. Since founding Mona Hajj Interiors in 1990, she has produced a body of work that is grounded in classicism yet influenced by modern-day styles and ways of living. Her international background inspires the work in myriad ways, from the inclusion of a Syrian chest of drawers to a reference to Moroccan ceramic tiles. A Romance of East and West features antique European and Middle Eastern textiles from Hajj's personal collection that inspire the use of color and pattern in her work.

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Book SynopsisA memoir by photographic artist Jona Frank told in captivating stories and poignant images with a cast of actors, including Laura Dern and Imogene Wolodarsky, Cherry Hill tells the story of one girl's suburban youth and deliverance. Cherry Hill is a multimedia memoir of photographic artist Jona Frank's upbringing in - and flight from - a stifling suburban household. Told in words and evocative photographs, Frank's account of her childhood struggles with a repressive mother, mentally ill brother, and overwhelming expectations is leavened with episodes from her rich interior world. Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format, detailing the life of a young artist as she spends her days dreaming of a friendship with Emily Dickinson, longing for Bruce Springsteen and eschewing the rules of femininity. Frank employs a cinematic approach to construct vivid scenes from her youth. Using elaborately dressed sets, era-specific wardrobes, and multiple actors to portray herself as a child, Frank refashions her memories into vibrant tableaux. Strikingly, Frank cast Academy Award-winning actor Laura Dern in the role of her strict and complicated mother in a performance as bravura as her film and television work. As Frank outgrows the confines of her environment and suffocating domestic life, discovering art and photography as the path to her personal fulfillment, she plots her ultimate escape. A unique photographic storytelling project reminiscent of such classics as Fun Home and The Best We Could Do, Cherry Hill is an intimate self-portrait of what it takes to break free of convention and answer the question, "Who am I meant to be?"Trade Review“The detail is exquisite, sometimes excruciating: the bleeding edge of peeled apple skin as the mother, her face tight, makes yet another pie.” -Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker “In Cherry Hill, [Frank's] own pictures constitute a fully equal component of the memoir, as artfully composed as the accompanying text. . . . Cherry Hill resembles a dream, because like any artist, the young Jona was a dreamer." -Arthur Lubow, The New York Times “It’s like holding a film in your hands.” - Laura Dern “Enlisting Laura Dern to play your mother in a multimedia memoir is what one might call “a mood”—and executed here to brilliant effect.” -Vanity Fair “[A] remarkable memoir-monograph hybrid . . . an astonishing book.” -Shelf Awareness, starred review “In this eerily gorgeous and fascinating photo book/memoir, photographer Frank has re-created scenes from her own youth in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in the 1970s and ‘80s. [All] the trappings of the period are captured in Frank’s vividly colorful pictures.” -Kirkus Reviews "Truly the most satisfying memoir I have ever seen or read. Brilliant and beautiful and weird, Cherry Hill is like entering someone's dreams." -Hanna Rosin, host of NPR's Invisibilia "Jona Frank’s photographs decant whole narratives; her prose unfurls in vivid scenes. You may (and probably won’t be able to help but) fly through this heart-brimming bildungs-memoir in a single extended sitting, but that’s just the start. The experience will likely haunt you for days and grace your life long thereafter. Remember, Remember, child Jona’s inner voice thrums throughout the story, desperately. And thanks to the adult Jona’s liberating act of reclamatory witness we do!" - Lawrence Weschler, author of Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees "With characteristic humor and compassion, photographer Jona Frank uses her medium to capture and reframe that which so often remains unseen: the interior landscapes that define our childhood and, in turn, our sense of self. Cherry Hill conveys the monumentality of the everyday, and speaks to the all-too-often underestimated superpower of simply noticing." - Anne Collins Goodyear, Co-director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art “Reminiscent of a graphic novel and shot in a striking cinematic style, the imagery is vibrant and evocative. . . . Frank captures the tension of the time and readers can feel the tangible pressure she felt as a young girl looking to find her place in the world.” - Homes & Interiors Scotland “Gorgeous and cool, Jona Frank’s photography collection, “Cherry Hill,” features the actress Laura Dern posed in a variety of situations, evocative of the artist’s own childhood. Could this be a new genre, the photographic memoir?” - Campus Circle “Noteworthy.” - The Criterion Collection “Through lavish set design and a cast of actors, Cherry Hill is a coming-of-tale tale about a child struggling with the confinements of domestic life.” - It’s Nice That “Every once in a long while, a photobook can take you on a deep and meaningful journey; visually, emotionally, intellectually. Cherry Hill - A Childhood Reimagined by the incredibly talented Jona Frank is one of those books. . . . An astonishing, complex, original, and beautiful memoir.” -Elinor Carucci, artist “It is an exciting, inventive format with writing that transports you to a girl’s inner life. The photographs are beautifully lit and constructed and you might just find yourself escaping into them, revisiting their details, quietly and on your own, like you did when you were a kid.” -Photomonitor “Starring the inimitable Laura Dern, the 200 carefully staged photographs look to delineate the artist's growing up with a repressive mother figure and even more repressive expectations by cranking the white picket fence idealism up to 11 and thus rendering such false utopias ridiculous. . . . . Above all, the book looks to show the universal through the personal, presenting the struggles of girls grown-up and finding their place in both the family and in the world.” - Creative Boom “Combine[s] text and image, playing on the rich associations of photography with truth and memory to tell personal histories.” -photo-eye “The photographs are heartfelt but amusing. They could be straight out of a soap opera, if the episodes were soulful rather than facetious.” -artillery “Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format.” -The Eye of Photography “This book digs deep into one woman’s journey, yet, we come away with a story for all.” -Grenade in a Jar

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Book SynopsisFirst survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe Santa Fe Modern reveals the high desert landscape as an ideal setting for bold, abstracted forms of modernist houses. Wide swaths of glass, deep-set portals, long porches, and courtyards allow vistas, color, and light to become integral parts of the very being of a house, emboldening a way to experience a personal connection to the desert landscape. The architects featured draw from the New Mexican architectural heritage - they use ancient materials such as adobe in combination with steel and glass, and they apply this language to the proportions and demands exacted by today's world. The houses they have designed are confident examples of architecture that is particular to the New Mexico landscape and climate, and yet simultaneously evoke the rigorous expressions of modernism. The vigor and the allure of modern art and architecture hearten each other in a way that is visible and exciting, and this book demonstrates the synergistic relationship between art, architecture, and the land.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating survey of contemporary houses on Martha's Vineyard that responds to the varied landscape and extends the vernacular vocabulary of this magical island Each year the pristine beaches, lush pine forests, and picturesque New England towns of Martha’s Vineyard draw tens of thousands of admirers to this beautiful island. Some of these visitors have become part-time residents, building contemporary homes alongside the traditional Victorian cottages, sea captains’ mansions, and colonial farmhouses that comprise the island’s cultural and architectural heritage. Rarely does one find such a concentration of outstanding contemporary design. Authors Keith Moskow and Robert Linn expand their 2005 survey of Vineyard residential design to present twenty-five new houses that extend the traditional Vineyard vernacular of shingled houses and cottages. Each of the architects has described the goals for the project and the source of the design. Some reference nautical themes, others environmental concerns, and still others appropriateness of materials and scale. A significant number rely on a plan strategy based on a series of pavilions to minimize intrusion in the landscape while still taking advantage of views and prevailing breezes. What links the houses is that they are all built to stand the test of time in the sometimes extreme marine environment and they respectfully break with tradition.Trade Review"We'll spend the summer curled up with Martha's Vineyard: Contemporary Living, a gorgeous new book by Boston architects Keith Moskow and Robert Linn." —Boston magazine "Worth having in everyone's library or even on the coffee table." - Vineyard Gazette

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Book SynopsisConnection is a monograph of ten residences that articulate the office's design process and exploration of creating architectural solutions rooted in natural place. Connection provides insight into how Colorado-based CCY Architects investigates and formulates the connection between people and place. By way of ten recently completed residential projects located throughout the Rocky Mountain region, CCY Architects shares its process and the specific ideas, discoveries, and challenges that emerge with each project. The featured award-winning projects are diverse in scale, location, and intention, including residences in pristine nature, in dense neighborhoods, in an avalanche path, and a house wrapped in music. The interaction among design and place begins with questions. How to conduct an "interview" with the land to discover qualities which contribute to more powerful design solutions? What should a changing habitat live like, feel like, look like? As CCY uncovers the potential elements of each project, they reflect on and respond to the genuine qualities of the land, light, and seasons to devise the building blocks of a meaningful environment. Common to all is a respect for the land and an intention to forge connections.Trade Review2020 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award Winner “In Connection, the through line for 10 recently completed residences is the link among people, place, lifestyle and good design.” - 360West “Showcases 10 modern residences dreamed up by the architecture firm, and studies the concept of environmentally responsive design.” - 5280 Home “Delves into the work of 10 of the Colorado-based architecture firm’s sophisticated designs. Connection explores how these selected residences across the Rocky Mountain region bring CYY’s design philosophy to life, while exploring how to create inspiring architectural solutions in nature.” - Green Building & Design

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Book SynopsisFrom acclaimed Southern designer Janie Molster comes this lively collection of vibrant interiors and insightful advice for colorful living. How do you make a home that fits to a T? That's tailored to your lifestyle, perfectly expresses your personality, is as comfortable as a second skin, and lets you live life to the fullest? Over more than two decades, Janie Molster has become known for creating family homes that are as bold and sophisticated as they are inviting and practical. In House Dressing, Janie reveals the secrets behind her unique ability to craft dreamy interiors and shares down-to-earth advice for creating your own beautiful and personal spaces. Showcasing a range of projects, Janie invites readers into country cottages, a riverside retreat, and her own urban farmhouse - Janie's personal design lab - exploring different styles, from glamorous and soulful to contemporary and eclectic. Janie tells the story and describes her thinking behind the design of each one: her recipe for the perfect mix of antique and new, easy but impactful paint treatments you can try, and - based on her own experience - how to create a fabulous home for a family of seven. Through House Dressing, Janie gives a master class in working with color, pattern, and texture to make spaces that are in turn bold, serene, glamorous, and comfortable, but always personal. Trade Review"In the hands of Janie Molster, the old is most certainly new again. [Her] passion for antiques is evident in her spaces which marry classic forms with dynamic, contemporary color." - Traditional Home Magazine "Although this Richmond designer’s interiors display all the hallmarks considered quintessentially southern - warmth, hospitality, and comfort - she doesn’t hesitate to color outside the lines." - Southern Home Magazine "Throughout her 25-year career, her designs have been celebrated for their inventive combinations of materials and textures; a striking use of color; an eclectic mix of old and new, as well as luxe and low furnishings; and a touch of Southern charm." - R. Home Magazine "One designer who continues to captivate us - her dazzling portfolio proving anything but ordinary - is Janie Molster. Based in Richmond, Virginia, Janie’s southern charm gleams in her impressive collection of residential projects. Her unexpected use of color and texture, in addition to her unfailing ability to blend the old with the new, has kept Janie relevant in an industry that can often be competitive and demanding in nature." - The Well Appointed House

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Book SynopsisThis first monograph from New York-based Young Projects explores a new approach to spatial design that combines digital and analog methods at the intersection of exploration and architecture. This monograph introduces the cutting-edge research and work of Young Projects, founded by Bryan Young, where materiality, structure, and form intersect to generate new architectural typologies. The book presents a selection of the practice’s most relevant projects: five innovative houses completed between 2015 and 2020 as well as less in-depth looks at other projects that define the practice. Each house serves as a chapter through which Young Projects’ broader body of work is explored across scales, illustrated through a rich landscape of drawings, diagrams, renderings, mock-ups, prototypes, and photography. The through-line connecting all chapters is the studio’s interest in using ambiguity and anomaly to create novel and accessible spaces, whether for high profile clients like Heidi Klum or a new resort in St Kitts. Young Projects seeks to draw users into immersive spatial experiences that unfold over time, in a manner that is familiar but subtly foreign. This quality of “allure” is a result of a unique and experimental approach to materiality and spatial legibility. These are the threads that tie the work together and have set Young Projects apart as an emerging practice, as well as inform the larger-scale projects the studio undertakes as it enters its second decade. Young Projects’ process often begins with simple exercises in making: form-finding experiments they undertake within their Brooklyn studio. Material research has included hand-pulling plaster with an irregular knife, using furniture foam as a casting bed, and forming concrete with palm stems. These experiments, among many others, mine characteristics that are not typically associated with conventional architectural materials and break traditional methodology, allowing for qualities of randomness and spontaneity to enter the process of making. The studio finds that letting go of control (at the right moments) produces results that are often surprising, entirely bespoke, and resist replication.

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Book SynopsisBeautiful insight into the green rooftops across the world and their differing design elements.

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Book SynopsisResidential Design Using AutoCAD 2016 is an introductory level tutorial which uses residential design exercises as the means to teach you AutoCAD 2016.

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Book SynopsisArchitectural Commercial Design Using Autodesk Revit 2016 is designed for the architectural student using Revit 2016.

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Book SynopsisDesign Integration Using Autodesk Revit 2016 is designed to provide you with a well-rounded knowledge of Autodesk Revit tools and techniques.

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Book SynopsisResidential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2016 is designed for the architectural student new to Autodesk Revit 2016.

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Book SynopsisA passionate and erudite charge against the celebrities of the architectural world from a renowned anthropologist and architect.

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Book SynopsisSustainable Design for Interior Environments, 2nd Edition, builds on the first edition’s premise that the interior design profession has a social and moral responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and the environment. The text equips professors, students, and practitioners to design sustainable interiors by addressing LEED certification, environmental concerns, ecosystems, ethics, values, worldviews, and the ways in which science and technology can be used to address environmental challenges. Through content, organization, and pedagogical features, the book integrates complex sustainability topics directly into the design process, thereby enabling readers to apply the concepts of sustainability with the same ease as they do the elements and principles of design.Table of ContentsExploring Sustainable Design and Development: Global Perspectives Introduction to Sustainable Design and Development Green Building and Product Assessment Standards Environmental Issues Sustainability and the Integrated Interior Environment Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Building Components Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Finishes and Furnishings Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Daylighting and Electrical Lighting Systems Regulations, Programs, and Organizations Sustainability and the Integrated Design Process Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Commercial and Residential Interiors Sustainable Strategies for the Integrated Design Process Appendices A Professional Organizations, Government Agencies, and Trade Associations B Federal and Private Agencies and Programs Related to Sustainable Development/Design C Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Limits for Finishes D Standards for Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction E Site and Built Environment Assessment GLOSSARY RESOURCES INDEX

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Book SynopsisExplores the challenges that cities must confront in the near future

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Book SynopsisAutodesk AutoCAD 2017 Fundamentals is designed to be used during instructor led training in an eight week course.

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Book SynopsisCommercial Design Using Autodesk Revit 2017 is designed for the architectural student using Revit 2017.

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Book SynopsisResidential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2017 is designed for the architectural student new to Autodesk Revit 2017.

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