Category: Architecture & Design
Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale chateau, complete with 45 rooms, seven outbuildings, 12 acres of land and its own moat. Thro ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
The founder of the blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, John Hill, is obsessed with his subject and determined to expose his fellow citizens to the glorious structures that shape our environment. In this beautifully designed compendium Hill presents his selection of the most significant building to be bui ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Timberland: The wooden structures of the 21st century Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefit ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design | Series: How to Read Ser.
How to Read Paris is a pocket-sized guide to understanding and appreciating the architecture of Paris. Packed with detailed drawings, plans and photographs, and covering squares, bridges, streets and monuments as well as buildings, it is both a fascinating architectural history and an effective I-spy gu ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design | Series: Manning Pubs Co Ser.
Apache Tuscany is a free, open source project that helps users develop Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions. It provides a lightweight infrastructure that implements Service Component Architecture (SCA) and provides seamless integration with other technologies. "Tuscany in Action" is a compreh ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
An important book on Shaker art and life, offering a fresh look at a style that has endured through centuries and continues to inspire designers and homeowners. This book presents the elegantly austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in the context of their faith and community at Mount Lebanon, ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
Few cities are as renowned for its energy and style as New York. Long a magnet for leaders in fashion, art, design, and commerce, this metropolis is home to one of the most infl uential assortments of tastemakers anywhere. It's no wonder that New York's top interiors would be as dynamic and varied as it ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
Following the successful Hare + Klein: Texture Colour Comfort and compact edition comes a completely new book - Hare + Klein: Interior. This book from the Sydney multi award winning team of interior designers, showcases their signature use of texture, colour and scale in responsive interior design that ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
Add style and individuality to your home with DIY, even when you're renting. Home Is Where You Make It channels the simplicity and beauty of modern living. This is your room-by-room guide to making and DIYing your own place, with hundreds of clever styling hacks, repurposing and upstyling ideas, and eas ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
Learn how to make your own solar-powered appliances and additions to your home with the step-by-step instructions you'll find in this updated edition of DIY Solar Projects Put the sun to work in your home with the new, expanded edition of the popular 2011 title DIY Solar Projects. Like the original, th ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
This is a breathtaking collection of 30 uniquely stunning European houses. This lavish volume from the leading luxury home magazine offers a wealth of decorating ideas. Top designers and influential tastemakers share their secrets for creating breathtaking spaces. What makes a home exceptional, with an ...Show more
Category: Architecture & Design
Meet 20 beautiful, creative French women who live with passion; work every day; and love to take care ot their homes and families. Visit them in their grand chateaux or charming little country cottages or Parisian apartments. Learn where they shop, where they work, where they play, how they dress, and h ...Show more
