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The final word on the language of urban planning and design. 

The Language of Towns & Cities is a landmark publication that clarifies the language by which we talk about urban planning and design. Everyday words such as "avenue," "boulevard," "park," and "district," as well as less commonly used words and terms such as "sustainability," "carbon-neutral," or "Bilbao Effect" are used with a great variety of meanings, causing confusion among citizens, city officials, and other decision-makers when trying to design viable neighborhoods, towns, and cities. 

This magnificent volume is the fruit of more than a decade of research and writing in an effort to ameliorate this situation. Abundantly illustrated with over 2,500 photographs, drawings, and charts, The Language of Towns & Cities is both a richly detailed glossary of more than seven hundred words and terms commonly used in architecture and urban planning, and a compendium of great visual interest. From "A" and "B" streets to Zero Lot and Zeitgeist, the book is at once comprehensive and accessible. 

An essential work for architects, urban planners, students of design, and all those interested in the future of towns and cities, this is destined to become a classic in its field.

About the Author

Dhiru A. Thadani is a practising architect and teacher who has worked in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, in urban design, town planning, architectural design, landscape design, and construction management. 

Léon Krier is a renowned architect who has taught architecture and town planning at the Royal College of Art, London; Princeton University; Yale University; and the University of Virginia. 

Andrés Duany is one of America’s most influential architects and town planners.

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Multi-award-winning interior designer Natale takes readers deeper than ever before into his intricate approach to layering — the process of curating and editing elements to create warm, welcoming interiors.

Told in Natale’s refreshing, personable style and accompanied by rich visuals, The Layered Interior is a celebration of the design elements that give a home character, such as vintage and contemporary furniture and lighting, artworks, ornaments, and accents thoughtfully combined with color and pattern — from the lush feel of a burgundy velvet chair to the dynamic effect of an Art Deco rug and the way wallpaper can transform a room. Featured residences include a modern palazzo on Queensland’s Brisbane River full of arches, red and gilt elements, and glorious patterned wallpaper; a Melbourne city mansion that is all sumptuous hues and dark, moody opulence; a penthouse on Sydney Harbour blending soft pink tones and sculptural curves; and another penthouse in Melbourne’s exclusive Toorak suburb that channels a dazzling Dynasty vibe.

Through eight in-depth projects photographed by Anson Smart in all their exquisite detail, The Layered Interior explores the many layers of Natale’s interior designs, from the initial concept and inspirations to the sumptuous application of finishes, furnishings, and accessories. A captivating journey through the sophisticated interiors for which Greg Natale has become known, this book is layered with color, pattern, texture, and storytelling.

About the Author:

Greg Natale is an award-winning designer and author of The Tailored Interior and The Patterned Interior. His work has been featured in numerous magazines, including Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, and Elle Decor. Claud Gurney is the founder of the hand-painted wallpaper and textiles company de Gournay.

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The British architect Quinlan Terry has created this book as the ultimate guide to classical architecture. With detailed sketches, he illustrates both the principals of which Classical architecture is based and the ornament that enriches it. The tradition of this architecture persisted into the 20th century when other ideals began to take over. Terry, who is a strong advocate of classical architecture, wants to refocus on the kind of architecture which was dominant in the western world for almost 2,000 years, but whose background and structure is little known today.

The book contains many of Quinlan Terry's drawings, sketches from travels and linoleum prints.

The preface is written by Prince Charles, who holds Quinlan Terry as one of the top contemporary architects.

In pre–Revolutionary War America, libraries were member-driven collections for the elite; it was not until 1790 that Benjamin Franklin helped to establish the first public lending library. Throughout the subsequent centuries the library has evolved, but always remained central to the cultural life of the nation. Thomas R. Schiff’s photographs trace the history of the library through aesthetic and style while featuring legendary architects such as Charles F. McKim; Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge; and I. M. Pei.

The Library Book beautifully captures the shifting architectural styles and missions of the library in sweeping 360-degree panoramas — from the very earliest American libraries to the modernist masterpieces of Louis I. Kahn and others. In his introductory essay, acclaimed author and library lover Alberto Manguel considers the story of the library in America, its evolving architecture and cultural role, and how the American model reflects the archetypal idea of the universal library. Including brief descriptions of each unique library, this book brings bibliophiles into one hundred libraries across the nation.

Thomas R. Schiff studied photography under Clarence White, Jr. and Arnold Gassan while earning a BBA degree from Ohio University in 1970. Schiff began experimenting with panoramic photography in the mid-1980s, making use of a Hulcherama 360 panoramic camera. He has published six books: Panoramic Cincinnati (2003), Panoramic Ohio (2002), Panoramic Parks (2005), Vegas 360 (2008), Wright Panorama (2010), and Prospect (2012). Schiff helped establish Images Center in Cincinnati in 1980 and he is the founder of FotoFocus, a lens-based art biennial held in Cincinnati. He has just completed a book about the architectural legacy of J. Irwin Miller and the city of Columbus, Indiana.

About the Author:

Alberto Manguel is internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor. He is the author of several award-winning books, including The Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982, and now lives in France, where he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre français des Arts et des Lettres. His honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, McKitterick first novel award, and German Critics Award, among others.

The definitive worldwide architectural history of the library, with spectacular original photography by one of the finest architectural photographers at work today

Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single-volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day.

Book collections have always served to display their owners’ culture and learning and the word ‘library’ has come to mean not only the books themselves, but also the buildings that house them. Each age and culture has moulded them to reflect its own priorities and preoccupations – mirroring the history of civilization itself.

In its highest form the library became a total work of art, combining painting, sculpture, furniture and architecture. From their designs for the libraries of ancient Rome to those of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, architects have sought to outdo each other by producing ever more spectacular settings.

The author and photographer have travelled the globe, documenting some eighty libraries. Architectural historian James Campbell contributes an authoritative and highly readable account. Will Pryce is one of the world’s leading photographers of interiors and architecture. Arresting and technically flawless, his photographs are both lucid and deeply atmospheric.

Contents List:

Preface; Introduction • 1. Lost Beginnings – Libraries in the Ancient World • 2. Cloisters, Codices and Chests – Libraries in the Middle Ages• 3. Cupboards, Chains and Stalls – Libraries in the Sixteenth Century • 4. Walls, Domes and Alcoves – Libraries in the Seventeenth Century • 5. Angels, Frescoes and Secret Doors – Libraries in the Eighteenth Century • 6. Iron Stacks, Gas Lights and Card Catalogues – Libraries in the Nineteenth Century • 7. Electricity, Concrete and Steel – Libraries in the Twentieth Century • 8. The Future of Libraries in the Electronic Age

About the Authors:

James W. P. Campbell, Fellow in Architecture and History of Art, Queens’ College, Cambridge, is the author of Building St Paul’s and Brick: A World History, also with Will Pryce.
Will Pryce, a trained architect and award-winning photographer, is the author of six books, all published by Thames & Hudson.

The authors of the highly successful The Maine House continue their quest to record and celebrate the authentic Maine houses of their childhoods — a Maine that is in danger of vanishing 

Spend any amount of time in Maine — a weekend, a summer, a lifetime — and its impression lasts forever. When The Maine House was published in 2021, the reception was astonishing. Over four printings and across the world, The Maine House sounded a rallying cry, summed up perfectly in one of dozens of reviews, that it “crafts a plea to preserve a living history belonging to individual, family, and state; a visual call to recognize these homey structures and others like them as ‘extraordinary gifts.’” The Maine House II moves beyond the authors’ cri de coeur; they’re on a mission. Through 30 homes — inland, inshore, and on islands — McEvoy, Burwell, and Hackett highlight the beauty and importance of preservation, restoration, thoughtful renovation, and low–impact living in the place they love the most. From visionaries who saw home in a post–and–beam barn, a lighthouse, a former hotel, and a boat shed to families resolutely leaving generational homes largely untouched (some continuing to live off the grid) and still others honoring vernacular architecture by living with it in surprising ways, The Maine House II captures the myriad ways one can live in this singular place — in the present — while preserving the past and ensuring its future.

About the Authors:

Photographer Maura McEvoy has spent every summer of her life on the Maine coast. Her work has appeared in House Beautiful, Town & Country, Condé Nast Traveler, Outside Magazine, and Martha Stewart Living, among many other publications. She lives in Wells Beach, Maine, and Brooklyn, New York.

Born and raised in Maine, Basha Burwell is a stylist and art director for such diverse clients as L.L. Bean, Garnet, and Misha & Puff. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Brooklin, Maine.

Kathleen Hackett spends her summers in Maine. Her books include At the Artisan’s Table and Brooklyn Interiors, and she contributes to Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, and Veranda. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Rockport Village, Maine.
 

A one-stop resource providing comprehensive information about all the 'design' material types and new technology developments

Today’s designers are often presented with a seemingly infinite number of creative choices, with the ability to push their materials to the limits of what they can do. Understanding these materials properly helps designers make inspired decisions in a practical and confident manner. The Materials Sourcebook for Design Professionals is the one-stop resource for all design professionals, providing comprehensive, accurate information about the basic materials with which they work on a daily basis, as well as a complete breakdown on new and exciting developments in high-tech materials.

Written by Rob Thompson, The Materials Sourcebook for Design Professionals comprises six main parts on all the major ‘design’ material groups. These parts are then separated further into chapters that examine the properties of individual types of materials, e.g. ‘Iron’, ‘Steel’ and ‘Aluminium’. In total, there are nearly 100 material types featured, each one supported by examples of how it can be used in a variety of industries, an outline of its most desirable properties and details on its form and texture. With 450 vibrant illustrations and a clear layout, the design professional or student is presented with a long-term reference tool that tells them everything they need to know about the materials they use habitually, with information delivered in a wholly unbiased and accessible manner.

Contents List:

How to use this book * Introduction 1 METAL Ferrous Metal: Cast Iron • Steel Non-Ferrous Metal: Aluminium • Magnesium • Titanium • Copper • Brass • Bronze and Nickel Silver • Zinc Precious Metal: Silver, Gold 2 PLASTIC Thermoplastic: Polypropylene (PP) • Polyethylene (PE) • Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) • Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) • Acid Copolymers and Ionomers • Polystyrene (PS) • Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) and Acrylic Styrene Acrylonitrile (ASA) • Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) • Polycarbonate (PC), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Polyester • Polyamide (PA) • Nylon • Polymethyl Methacrylate(PMMA) Acrylic • Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Acrylic Fibre • Polyoxymethylene (POM) Acetal • Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) • Fluoropolymer • Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Thermoset: Polyurethane (PU) • Polysiloxane • Silicone • Synthetic Rubber Formaldehyde-Based: Melamine (MF) • Phenolic (PF) and Urea (UF) • Unsaturated Polyester (UP) Resin • Polyepoxide • Epoxy Resin Super Fibre: Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) • Aromatic Polyamide • Aramid • Polyphenylene Benzobisthiazole (PBO) Bio-Derived: Natural Rubber and Latex • Cellulose Acetate (CA) and Viscose • Starch Plastic • Polylactic Acid (PLA) 3 WOOD Wood Products: Wood Pulp • Paper and Board • Bark • Cork • Veneer • Engineered Timber Softwood: Spruce • Fir and Pine • Hemlock • Larch • Douglas-Fir • Cypress Family Hardwood: Poplar • Aspen and Cottonwood • Willow • Maple • Birch • Beech • Oak • Chestnut • Walnut • Hickory and Pecan • Ash • Elm • Cherry • Apple and Pear Tropical Hardwood: Acacia • Iroko • Teak • Mahogany Family • Exotics • Balsa 4 PLANT Stem and Leaf: Rattan • Bamboo • Grass • Rush and Sedge • Leaf Fibres Bast Fibre: Flax • Linen • Jute and Kenaf • Hemp • Ramie Seed Fibre: Cotton • Coconut Coir 5 ANIMAL Animal Fibres: Silk • Wool • Hair Bone and Horn: Horn • Bone • Antler Leather and Fur: Cowhide • Sheepskin and Goatskin • Pigskin • Horsehide • Deerskin and Kangaroo Hide • Exotics • Fur 6 MINERAL Rock: Stone • Diamond and Corundum Ceramic: Clay • Plaster • Cement • Technical Ceramic Glass: Soda-Lime Glass • Lead Glass • High-Performance Glass Directory • Glossary and Abbreviations • Featured Designers, Artists and Manufacturers • Selected Bibliography • Illustration Credits • Sources • Index

About the Author:

Rob Thompson is an award-winning designer and the author of Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals.

An inspiring collection of contemporary homes by architect Celeste Robbins, principal of Robbins Architecture, whose modern designs are imbued with warmth, comfort, and a deep sense of place.

In her first monograph, Chicago-based architect Celeste Robbins of Robbins Architecture proves that contemporary design can be inviting, comfortable, and graciously responsive to how we and our families live. Illustrating Robbins’s holistic vision, which integrates architecture, interior design, and landscape, The Meaningful Modern Home features nine significant projects realized in different styles and natural materials. Set amid spectacular landscapes across the United States — in Michigan, Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois, Idaho, and New York — the residences all offer living proof of how modernism can be warm and rooted in a vivid sense of place.

About the Authors:

Celeste Robbins founded Robbins Architecture, a Chicago-based architectural firm specializing in residential work, in 1995. The firm's projects have been featured in numerous publications such as Architectural Digest and Luxe Interiors + Design and have garnered several AIA awards — including the AIA Interior Architecture Honor and the People's Choice Award — and the Luxe RED Award. A graduate of Cornell University, Robbins has become known for creating homes of modern livability, warmth, and timeless beauty.

Jacqueline Terrebonne serves as the editor in chief of Galerie. She has also held editorial roles at Architectural Digest and Gourmet, and has written five books on design and architecture.

In this joyful new book, Monocle unpacks what makes a great city, whether you’re looking for a new place to call home or need help fixing your own

How do we make better cities – places that work for people of all ages and backgrounds? How do we make cities that provide the obvious essentials – great transport, good places to work – as well as the softer elements that truly deliver quality of life, from urban swimming pools to rooftop clubs?

Since its launch in 2007, Monocle has been passionate about making better places to live. Every year it publishes a Quality of Life Survey, which names the top 25 cities to call home. In addition, across the issues, it has interviewed the best mayors, looked at the metropolises putting pedestrians first and met the people creating the best parks, both pocket and grand.

Discover how you too can have a High Line, create the most covetable housing or turn a dirty river into a summer asset.

Packed with great images and intriguing reports, this is a book that takes the urbanism debate away from city hall and explains what’s needed in ways that will inspire us all.

A manual for everyone from holidaymakers to hoteliers. We sidestep the humdrum haunts in favour of stays with substance

Monocle’s latest book will tell you where to find a top hotel — and also how to design or run your own. Both inspirational and packed with insight, it will be a must-have guide for the globally minded. Over the past decade, Monocle editors have been writing about — and staying in — plenty of hotels. They’ve put to the test everything from cosy inns in the backstreets of Beirut to cutting-edge offerings from international brands in New York, Tokyo and beyond. At the heart of everything has been one guiding principle: to find stop-ins that get the simple things right and understand the value of thoughtful hospitality.

In this brand-new book, Monocle reveals not only its 100 favourite hotels but also how you could start number 101 on its list with a wealth of advice and insight into what owning and running a perfect establishment involves. From stunning photography and illustration to snappy essays and sharp observations, The MONOCLE Guide to Hotels, Inns and Hideaways delivers a complete review of everything from escapists' boltholes to third spaces for entrepreneurs.

Monocle’s latest book unpacks what makes a perfect shopping experience and offers tips on how to launch, design and run your own store.

Revealing Monocle’s 100 favorite shops worldwide, from the independent fashion boutique to the department store that takes up a city block, this is a new practical guide complete with case studies, a collection of sharp essays, snappy interviews, contacts and tips – a toolbox for the retail-minded and those with their own shop in prospect. The Monocle Guide to Shops, Kiosks and Markets is a handbook for the shopper and any aspiring shopkeeper, stocking a wealth of insight and inspiration. Now, may we show you around?

Monocle was launched by Tyler Brûlé in 2007 as a monthly magazine briefing on global affairs, business, culture, design, and much more. Today, Monocle is a complete, media brand with a suite of travel guides under its belt, a 24-hour radio station, a film-rich website, retail ventures around the globe, and cafés in Tokyo and London. Besides their London HQ, they have seven international bureaux in New York, Toronto, Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo, Zurich, and Hong Kong. At their core is the simple belief that there will always be a place for a print brand that is committed to telling fresh stories and sending photographers on assignments.

Stroll past the flowers, plants, sculptures, and charming parterres in twenty-five gardens of Paris, to discover France’s history, culture, and botanical diversity through these open-air museums.

From the most famous gardens — Versailles, Luxemburg, or Tuileries — to the hidden leafy gems — such as the Château de Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard vegetable gardens, the Bourdelle museum’s sculpture garden, or the Albert Kahn Japanese-style garden — this guide takes readers on a cultural tour of France through twenty-five spectacular gardens in and around Paris.

French garden expert and television presenter Stéphane Marie takes readers through the most beloved gardens in central Paris and the surrounding countryside in this informative guide. The history and conception of each garden is explained, providing fascinating cultural and botanical context. Practical details and insightful sidebars help visitors discover the notable features of each garden, and the extensive illustrations that accompany the text offer the armchair traveler a splendid virtual tour. Marie explains the origins of the garden’s name as well as the stories behind its sculptures, parterre gardens, botanical collections, fountains, and other follies present in each site. Garden aficionados will marvel at the natural diversity present in these gardens, with details on the specificities of plants, flowers, and trees.

From vast parks to private gardens, communal plots to the grounds of historical monuments, this reference guide offers an extensively illustrated selection of the most exceptional gardens in and around Paris, including drawings and photographs along with opening hours, prices, and what to do when visiting.

About the Author:

Stéphane Marie is a French TV presenter and author who, since 1998, has presented Silence, ça pousse !, a weekly gardening TV show, and has written many works on gardening and plants.

Provence is a land apart, a land of outstanding beauty and character. This book is a celebration of the spirit of place that continues to entrance visitors

The Greeks, the Romans, the barbarians of the North and the Moors have all left their traces in its villages and small towns, from the hills and mountains of the Lubéron to the villages perchés of the Alpes-Maritimes.

It is in smaller communities that the true Provençal spirit can be found: in sunlight falling across the tightly grouped terracotta roofs, or in the velvety shade in an ancient square – the country of Marcel Pagnol and Jean de Florette. Such scenes come alive here in Hugh Palmer’s radiant photographs and Michael Jacobs’ evocative accounts.

The book opens with the villages of the Vaucluse and the Bouches-du-Rhône then moves east to the Var and eventually the mountains of the Alpine départements, drawing out the special characteristics of each region. Here are the tranquil villages of the centre, but in stark contrast are the fortified hill villages of the east, perched on crests or terraced along the mountainside.

Content:Introduction • Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône: Ansouis; Bonnieux and Pont Julien; Crestet; Gordes; Lacoste; Lourmarin; Ménerbes; Oppède-le-Vieux; Roussillon; Séguret; Vaison-la-Romaine; Venasque; Eygalières; Les Baux-de-Provence • Var and Alpes- Maritimes: Ampus; Bargemon; Cotignac; Entrecasteaux; Les Arcs- sur-Argens; Seillans; Tourtour; Trigance; Villecroze; Éze; La Brigue; Lucéram; Peillon; Saint-Paul-de-Vence; Saorge • Alpes-de-Haute- Provence: Annot; Colmars-les-Alpes; Entrevaux; Lurs; Méailles; Riez

About the Authors:

Michael Jacobs has written many books on European travel, including the Penguin Guide to Provence.
Hugh Palmer is one of most renowned photographers in the UK of gardens and rural life. He has contributed extensively to the Most Beautiful Villages... series.

The Natural Home is a place where natural materials and motifs are the key elements of a decorating style that is a joy to live with and a joy to behold.

Influential art director and stylist Hans Blomquist starts off by exploring the essence of his style. In Texture, he revels in the textures and patinas of natural materials.

Still Life reveals Hans' passion for creating displays that showcase treasured pieces, while Plants and Flowers celebrates the beauty of nature and the cycles of the natural world. Colour presents his favourite earthy, natural colour palette, which provides the perfect backdrop for hits of brighter natural hues. In the second part of the book, Homes, through a series of case studies, Hans explores houses and apartments that showcase the beautiful simplicity and elegance of the natural look.

About the Author:

Hans Blomquist is an art director and stylist whose evocative, painterly style is highly sought after by many prestigious brands. Hans started out working for IKEA in Sweden and ended up art directing their catalogue. His other clients include Harrods, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, H&M, and IKEA. Hans now lives in Paris.

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Influential art director and stylist Hans Blomquist starts off by exploring the essence of his style. Firstly, Plants and Flowers celebrates the beauty of nature, botanical prints and pictures, and the cycles of the natural world. Display reveals Hans’ passion for creating vignettes that showcase treasured pieces, while Colour presents his favourite earthy palette, which provides the perfect muted backdrop for hits of brighter natural hues. In Texture, he revels in the textures and patinas of natural materials – scuffed wood, frayed rope, beaten metal and bare stone. Finally, Hans shows how to use Fabrics to bring warmth and softness to any interior. In the second part of the book, The Natural Homes, through a series of case studies, Hans explores houses and apartments that showcase the beautiful simplicity and elegance of the natural look.

Light-filled houses built with an emphasis on natural materials by award-winning Southern architect Jeffrey Dungan.

Following in the tradition of populist architects Gil Schafer and Bobby McAlpine, Dungan designs new traditional houses for today — houses with clean lines, made with stone and wood, that carry an air of lasting beauty and that are made to be handed on to future generations. In his first book, Dungan shares his advice and insight for creating these “forever” houses and explores eight houses in full, from a beach house on the Gulf Coast to a farmhouse in the Southern countryside to a family home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. All speak of authenticity, timelessness, and lived history that reveals itself through the rich patinas and natural textures that come with age. Layered in between are thematic essays and imagery celebrating the importance of elements such as light, stone, and rooflines in creating a home.

About the Authors:

Acclaimed Southern architect Jeffrey Dungan grew up on a small Alabama farm. He has been honored with awards from the American Institute of Architects as well as the 2017 Southeast Architect of the Year Award by Veranda magazine and ADAC. He was named a fellow in 2015 of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art and has won three coveted Shutze Awards from the ICAA, where he has been named a Shutze Fellow. Dungan’s work has been featured in Veranda, The Wall Street Journal, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, and House Beautiful. William Abranowicz is an acclaimed and widely published photographer whose work is found in prestigious collections throughout the world.

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