What is Architectural History? considers the questions and problems posed by architectural historians since the rise of the discipline in the late nineteenth century. How do historians of architecture organise past time and relate it to the present? How does historical evidence translate into historical narrative? Should architectural history be useful for practicing architects? If so, how? Lea…
La casa, trecentomila anni senza averne bisogno, poi abbiamo cominciato a coltivare e abbiamo inventato confini, proprietà, capitale e ai larghi orizzonti aperti abbiamo preferito piccoli spazi chiusi. Perché? E sarà per sempre?
Interior Design magazine has assembled some of the most notable voices in the interior design world today under editor-in-chief Cindy Coleman to define contemporary interior design and its practice. Interior Design Practice provides aspiring and practicing professionals a perspective that is as broad as it is deep, encompassing design theory and education, global professional practice, and the …
Why struggle to market interior design when you can get specialized advice from a top-notch consultant? In Marketing Interior Design, Lloyd Princeton offers you the same high-quality insights that he gives to his clientele. Drawing on his professional expertise as well as the experiences of his clients, he provides detailed guidance to help you learn to: • figure out what to charge and have t…
This second edition is updated throughout and includes additional material on time management and numerous interviews with leading designers. Empowered by the step-by-step guidance in this book, interior designers will be able to establish prices and budgets that make their clients happy and their businesses profitable. Written by a designer and veteran expert on pricing, estimating, and budget…
Clients are the lifeblood of any interior design firm and a sound understanding of how to manage those clients is essential. Interior Design Clients is an informative yet fun read for entrepreneurial designers interested in gaining a better understanding of how to build and manage their clientele. Tom Williams, designer, author, and blogger, deconstructs the pitfalls and challenges that can way…
Award-winning designer and author Lori Dennis proves interior design can be both stylish and environmentally sustainable in this easy-to-use, entertaining guide. Dennis discusses every aspect of interior designfurniture and accessories, window treatments, fabrics, surface materials, appliances, plants, and morefrom a green perspective in terms of reducing waste and pollution and turning a home …
The description for this book, Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, will be forthcoming.
The structuring of Urban Space is as topical as ever in this era of climate change, hyper-urbanisation, post-digital labour markets, and geo-political power shifts. Scholarship of the contemporary urban condition is dominated by studies and examples drawn from the global north. Yet, cities of the global south are distinctive from those of the global north. Socio-political conditions structure p…
Las intervenciones urbanas en la ciudad, el campo, las áreas periféricas o límites se han constituido en un referente importante por las articulaciones que se demandan entre el territorio intervenido para el continuo crecimiento y desarrollo urbano o rural. Esta obra aborda las aproximaciones conceptuales realizadas en torno al concepto del ecotono urbano, llamado también espacio de transic…