Podľa vydavateľstva Lonely Planet patrí medzi 10 najkrajších stavieb sveta jednoznačne Tádž Mahal, Guggenheimovo múzeum, palác Potala, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Sagrada Familia, Imámova mešita, Zimný palác, Crac des Chevaliers, múzeum Oscara Niemeyera a Hagia Sofia. Ich architektúra je príkladom dokonalého umenia, tak ako ňou oplývajú aj mnohé ďalšie stavby, ktoré sa, bohužiaľ, do rebríčka nedostali. Kníhkupectvá vám ponúkajú rôzne knihy, pomocou ktorých sa môžete o architektúre veľa naučiť a zároveň tiež spoznávať krajiny sveta.
This work presents new ways of inhabiting and experimenting with distribution, materials, textures and light. Innovative solutions to limited spaces are implemented in many different ways and reflect this contemporary lifestyle full of creativity and originality. When it comes to living comfortably in ...
This cosmopolitan city of bankers and book publishers is an industrial and economic powerhouse not just of Germany but of all Europe. As you might expect from a…
Germany’s second largest city, and one of Europe’s biggest ports, Hamburg has been a center for commerce since the days of the Hanseatic League. A lively and elegant town, Hamburg offers a selection of shopping possibilities second to none. With its magnificent promenades and extravagant shopping centers, ...
This book continues the unique approach to designing successful paediatric health care facilities, which has made Bruce King Komiske one of the industry\''s most in-demand design and management consultants. Following the success of the first volume of "Designing the World\''s Best Children\''s Hospitals", ...
No man is an island. But almost all of us have dreamed of owning one at some time or other. A slice of paradise, where we could set the rules and create a vision of the world as it should be. Few ever realize this fantasy. Yet now you’re invited to take a peek at some of the world’s most exclusive real ...
Vacations increasingly offer us more than just a chance to laze about and pursue our favorite pastimes. This handy guide profiles accommodations where your pleasure in your surroundings goes hand-in-hand with concern for the environment. Showcasing contemporary, eco-friendly lodging in locales as varied ...
Presents the designs and renovations for churches, synagogues, and mosques.
Takes a look into the working environments of architects - spaces they have designed for themselves to both harness and nurture their creativity.
An exploration of thirty residences whose striking design reflects the identity of its inhabitants. Do our surroundings really make a difference in how we feel? In the harmony with which we conduct our daily lives? In our exploration of our personal, professional and spiritual paths? The answer, as shown ...
New Sustainable Homes will address that question by presenting a wide range of projects where the architect and client have made a conscientious effort to incorporate sustainability into the design of the home and construction materials used in its execution. The result is a home that is less toxic to ...
Flexible architecture adapts to new uses, responds to change rather than stagnating, and is motive rather than static. Understanding how it has been conceived, designed, made and used helps us understand its potential in solving current and future problems associated with technological, social and economic ...
Tuscany is perhaps Italy’s most beautiful region. Not surprisingly, it attracts a huge number of tourists and second-home-owners. Along with the influx of visitors has come an array of sophisticated eating places, many of which update the Tuscan idiom in daring ways. All the eateries featured here offer ...
The third volume of the complete works of Richard Rogers (b.1933) ul li Features over 48 projects from 1993-2005, including a complete up-to-date list of works dating from 1961 li Documents many unbuilt projects, such as the Pusan Rail Station, Korea (1996), and the Congress Centre in Rome, Italy (1999) ...
Following the success of Harper Design’s Mini House, Mini House Style continues to show that size doesn’t matter.Or rather, size only matters when you know what to do with it. Featuring elegant and imaginative homes no larger than 900 square feet, Mini House Style features a variety of projects that ...
Sublime landscapes, rich cultures, ancient traditions and startling modernity: the ninth book in the wildly successful }Hip Hotels{ series goes east. This book features some 45 hotels, from Istanbul to Japan.
In the lifetime of a single house or apartment, the kitchen can undergo countless renovations. Many a homeowner has dismissed a purchase owing to an outdated kitchen, yet despite this need to move with the times the kitchen remains a warm and nurturing place, where food is being served, and family and ...
Today, the parameters of shop design have expanded exponentially. No longer is the retail landscape crafted onlyfor shopping convenience and to reinforce brand identity. It has evolved to reflect the role of shops as a public space where we spend a large part of our leisure time. For this reason, architects ...
This third book in the hugely successful "The Way We Live" series is a marvellous evocation of building, designing and living by the world''''s oceans and a catalogue of opportunities for getting the best out of a life by and on the sea.
A world-renowned interior designer takes us on a tour of the inspired public spaces he has created for his most prestigious clients. The name Alberto Pinto is synonymous with opulence and style. Internationally renowned for his designs of palaces, luxurious residences, and prestigious apartments, he ...
"Tropical Minimal" integrates the most pleasurable aspects of tropical living with a very contemporary sensibility to create an entirely new and exciting trend in interior design. Selected from the best examples from Brazil to Singapore, and photographed specially for this volume, house interiors are ...
