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Penny Drue Baird: Dreamhouse

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Renowned interior designer Penny Drue Baird shares flexible, artistic solutions to fit her clients' unique spaces and dreams.

Mishaan Richard: Artfully Modern: Interiors by Richard Mishaan

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Interior designer Richard Mishaan believes that all furniture and decorative accessories with inherently good form can be combined successfully regardless of style, period, or price. He creates exuberant, bold, glamorous spaces known for their masterful use of art that are nevertheless comfortable above all. In his work, every room is treated to at least one small luxury: bespoke embroidery on a…

Severson Cyndy: New Hill Country Style

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Bounded by Austin and San Antonio, Texas Hill Country is celebrated for its frontier history and natural beauty. Architects and interior designers build contemporary houses using local materials and drawing on the area's diverse heritage — Spanish Colonial missions and Mexican-style haciendas, French pioneers' log cabins, German stonework, and the legacy of the new regionalism espoused by O'Neil…

Designers Abroad

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Designers Abroad, Michele Keith's follow-up to her highly successful book Designers Here and There, features twenty-two vacation homes of today's top interior designers, exquisitely captured in over 200 lush color photographs. For some, vacation homes offer an opportunity to escape from the office, to shut off, to wind down. For decorators, however, vacation homes mean just the opposite—they…

Georgis William T.: Make it Fabulous: Architecture and Designs of William T: Georgis

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Presentation of the work of New York-based architect William T. Georgis, who specializes in houses and interiors that integrate art, architecture, and decoration. Eighteen projects are shown (apartments and houses, mostly in New York with one in California and one in Montana). Interspersed are thematic essays on characteristics of his work, especially his furniture designs, which are custom-made…

David A. Hanks: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A seminal artist of the Gilded Age, Louis Comfort Tiffany is the best known and most widely collected figure in late nineteenth — and early twentieth-century American decorative arts. The splendid objects from the Driehaus Collection, installed as the inaugural exhibition of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, showcase a wide variety of Tiffany's work in an architectural setting of the period. Newly…

Cullman Elissa: The Detailed Interior: Decorating Up Close with Cullman and Kravis

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: From classic New York City pied-a-terres and townhouses to vast Connecticut estates, airy Floridian mansions to luxurious ski retreats, every room created by interior design firm Cullman & Kravis is effortlessly graceful and balanced, masquing the meticulous research and extraordinary passion that goes into creating such perfectly harmonious spaces. Cullman & Kravis has a remarkable ability to…

Tucker Suzanne: Suzanne Tucker Interiors: The Romance of Design

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Suzanne Tucker, a perennial on the AD100 Top Designers of the World, presents the best of the West Coast, featuring opulent Napa Valley estates, glamorous penthouses on San Francisco Bay, and art-filled apartments. All are united by an attention to detail where the designer's hand is evident in every tile, molding, railing, and finish; Suzanne Tucker redefines the notion of the truly custom home.…

Murray John B.: Classical Invention Architecture of John B: Murray

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «Architect John B. Murray creates residences that harmonize the past with the present through stunning, meticulous design, from Fifth Avenue apartments to restored farmhouses in New England and Upstate New York to weekend getaways on Long Island Sound. He harbors a deep love of the principles of traditional architecture, while always embracing contemporary life. Through his mastery of classical…

Jayne Thomas: American Decoration

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This is the first monograph on the work of Thomas Jayne Design Studio, a group that approaches interiors from the point of view that an understanding of the history of the decorative arts and architecture can provide insight into current ideals of decoration. Such awareness can also be a springboard for new decoration, in which traditional and classic tenets can be seen and utilized in new ways.…

O'Keeffe Linda: Stripes: Design Between the Lines

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In Stripes: Design Between the Lines, writer and design expert Linda O’Keeffe explores the lineage of lines as they shape culture, art, and style. The illustrations create a rollicking visual ride while the accompanying text—by turns witty and weighty—shows how these potent, sometimes-charged symbols have even changed the course of world history. The simplest and most ancient of all decorative…

Penny Drue Baird: The New French Interior

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Penny Baird's intelligence and heightened sensibility are asintegral as her eye to the genius of her work. With characteristic French insistence on beauty even in the everyday Penny shows you how enhancing the look of your home can influence the overall experience of living in it. — Trish McEvoy. Penny Baird embraces the new French interior with her innate taste, sensitive mastery of detail, and…

Betancourt Jose Solis: Essential Elegance: The Interiors of Solis Betancourt

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: For Jose Solis and Paul Sherrill, partners in Solis Betancourt, the goal for every interior is a balance between formal and informal, traditional and contemporary, while always keeping comfort and livability in mind. There is a striking simplicity to their arrangement of furniture and art: the look is subtle, never excessive, yet the designers are not afraid to bring in dramatic elements to…

Hajj Mona: Interior Visions

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Born in West Africa and educated in Europe, Lebanon, and the United States, Mona Hajj brings a truly global 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…

Wolf Vincent: Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: Good design knows no boundaries. Vicente Wolf Famed interior designer Vicente Wolf is known for a modern and elegant design sensibility that is guided by integrity and simplicity. He is also a photographer of note, capturing images of his own design work and of his travels. Crossing Boundaries is a fascinating combination of the two, a spirited approach that pairs travel and design based on…

Lambrecht Laurie: Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio is a portfolio of vivid and engaging photographs by Laurie Lambrecht, who was an administrative assistant to Lichtenstein for three years. She and the artist worked together daily, and the bond between them is evident in the photographs. Lichtenstein is shown working on two major series, Reflections and The Interiors. He is completely absorbed, oblivious to the…

O'Keeffe Linda: Brilliant: White in Design

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: White is everywhere, from sculptures and art installations to interior and furniture designs to fields of snow and mythical animals. In its countless tones — eggshell, ballerina, off-white, edelweiss, and so many more — white elicits a range of emotions, depending on the viewer, the design, the culture, the use. Brilliant: White in Design examines the spectrum of colors and talents inherent in…

Campion Platt: Made to Order

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Clean and simple design coupled with an embrace of color, beautifully crafted millwork, and environmentally friendly materials are hallmarks of the work of Campion Platt. Every project is firmly rooted in the belief that handcrafting a home of one's own should be a pleasure, and that an individualized, intensely personal interior can be achieved on any budget when an honest conversation is opened…

Rajs Jake: The Hudson River: From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Celebrated as the American Rhine, the majestic Hudson River flows more than three hundred miles from its source high in the Adirondack Mountains to New York Harbor. Lining its banks are the marks of the four hundred years of history that have transpired since Henry Hudson piloted the Half Moon north from New Amsterdam in 1609. Today the river and the surrounding valley are protected as a National…

Rajs Jake: Beyond the Dunes: A Portrait of the Hamptons

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The South Fork of Long Island extends only forty miles, stretching east into the Atlantic Ocean from the Shinnecock Canal to the majestic bluffs at Montauk Point. Dotting the coastline are the stylish Hamptons—Southampton, East Hampton, Westhampton Beach, and Bridgehampton—and villages of Sag Harbor, Amagansett, Watermill, and Sagaponack. The landscape in which these towns sit is unique in the…