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New York Behind Closed Doors
A look inside the homes of New York City's artists, designers, writers, and social influencers, including in-depth interviews. These twenty-four homes reflect the tastes and styles of real New Yorkers who live in small spaces with art, books, collections, treasures, and fabulous, sometimes funky furniture—each space expressing the resident's unique personality. Bright, captivating photogra…
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- 9781423647324
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- 1 online resource (224 pages)
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Private EdensBeautiful Country Gardens
"An intimate tour of more than twenty stunning private gardens in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts."— Sophisticated Living In this book, garden design expert Jack Staub offers a tour of private country paradises in the Eastern United States boasting remarkable plant palettes and combinations. Anyone can find inspiration in these oases o…
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- 9781423621096
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The Well-Traveled Home
Luxury homes with international panache—includes over 175 exquisite photos. Sandra Espinet's extensive world travels produce finds of exquisitely wrought artisanal furniture, dramatic artworks, and exotic accessories that are put to beautiful use in interiors. Blending the fabulous objects culled from particular corners of the globe is a delicate art form. Well-known to viewers of HGTV, Espi…
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- 9781423633211
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Bracing for DisasterEarthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San …
"The first history of seismic engineering in San Francisco . . . spiced with survivor and eyewitness accounts. "— Midwest Book Review For the past one hundred and fifty years, architects and engineers have quietly been learning from each quake and designing newer earthquake-resistant building techniques and applying them in an ongoing effort to save San Francisco. Bracing for Disaster is…
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- 9781597143288
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The World by DesignThe Story of a Global Architecture Firm
Sharing stories and inspiring lessons on leadership and design, one architect explains how he helped build one of the world's most successful firms Founded on July 4, 1976, Kohn Pedersen Fox quickly became a darling of the press with groundbreaking buildings such as the headquarters for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in New York, 333 Wacker Drive in Chicago, the Procter & Gamble headqu…
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- 9780795352652
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Restoration HouseCreating a Space That Gives Life and Connection to All Who E…
Discover how to make purposeful design decisions that create renewing spaces for you to enjoy with family and friends. You don't have to live in your dream house to make your living spaces feel more like home. Home is meant to be a place to belong. A place to gather and connect. A place of beauty. A place to restore your soul. In Restoration House, author and designer Kennesha Buycks wil…
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London Vanished and Vanishing - Painted and Described
Originally published in 1905, this work contains a wealth of information on various aspects of the history of London and its buildings. Beautifully illustrated, the author takes the reader on a tour of the buildings that began to vanish from the city at the turn of the 19th century. The following passage is taken from the preface: 'The writer, for many years, has employed his spare time in exam…
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- 9781528766098
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The Amsterdam Town Hall in Words and ImagesConstructing Wonders
The most famous monument of the Dutch Golden Age is undoubtedly the Amsterdam Town Hall by architect Jacob van Campen inaugurated in 1655. Today we stand in awe confronted with the grand Classicist façade, the delightful horror of the sculptures in the Tribunal, and the magnificence of the huge Citizens' Hall. In the period of its construction, many artists and writers tried to capture the ove…
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- 9781350205352
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Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century
Libraries have quietly changed over the last 20 years. They have adapted early and consciously to the changes of digitalization, they have recognized the changed need of their users for collaborative work and derived new spatial concepts from this. Transparency and access to information, knowledge and encounters are the prerequisites for holistic social development. It is the challenge of the 2…
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- 9783110689549
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Kinästhetische InterferenzenKörpertechnik und Tanznotation im Entwurfsproze…
In einer künstlerisch basierten Studie zwischen architektonischer Entwurfspraxis und Tanzwissenschaft untersucht Dominik Mohs die Wechselwirkungen von Raumgestaltung und kinästhetischer Wahrnehmung. Rudolph von Labans choreographisches Denken überführt er dafür in eine experimentelle Versuchsanordnung, in der er Raumbildungsprozesse und Antriebe von Bewegungsimprovisationen mit Methoden de…
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- 9783839459263
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