Архитектура

Beautiful hand-wrought iron gates, grilles, architectural details, and fireplace equipment feature scrollwork and floral embellishments, from many ancient towns in Italy.

Medieval and rococo elements are plentiful.

487 full-page, black and white photographs illuminate details that will inspire blacksmiths and designers today.

The original locations of the ironwork are identified in the text.

Who can resist the magic of beautiful wrought ironwork? What artists in iron have wrought over the centuries in ornaments and decorations is shown in this book through hundreds of captivating photographs. Thorough attention is paid to the restoration of wrought iron through discussions of techniques and various materials.

The ironwork examples are organized according to the uses of ironwork, such as gratings that protect doors and windows, entries and gates from Europe in the Middle Ages, through the artistic creations of the 17th and 18th centuries up to works of our own day.

Balconies and stairways, arbors, fencing, and church gratings provide exceptional opportunities for beautiful wrought iron artistry. Look and learn, and be inspired.

Le but de ce livre est de faire découvrir le décor àtravers les siècles, depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’à la deuxième moitié du XIXesiècle. Les nombreux documents reproduits montrent les différentes formes dedécors dont on peut s’inspirer pour réaliser sa propre composition. Suivent desexplications techniques pour la réalisation du ou des décors tels que la prisede mesures, la confection des rideaux, la coupe des décors, la suspension dudécor et le métrage.

Sommaire :
Le décor dans l'Antiquité. Le Moyen-Age. De la Renaissance à Louis XIV. De la Régence à l'Empire. Le XIXe siècle. Le XXe siècle. Le décor drapé. La draperie à l'Antiquité. Les festons. Rideaux relevés à l'italienne. Les choux Storemarquise. Store vénitien. Rideau croisé. Le métrage. Les rideaux. Les têtes derideau. Les rideaux doublés. Pose de la passementerie. Bandeau et lambrequin.L’embrase. La suspension des décors. Le montage des tringles.

Eating is so much more than merely fulfilling a fundamental bodily need. Eating appeals to all of our senses; it boosts our well-being on every level. Now, more than ever, it is an expression of our mindset, identity, spirit, and culture.

Around the world, a scene of young food entrepreneurs is developing that brings together creatives, tradespeople, and activists. This scene aspires to deal with both the food that we need, and the food that we enjoy, in more creative, more sensuous, and more responsible ways. It is united by a passion for making food an experience as well as by a high appreciation for the quality, origin, aesthetics, and workmanship of food.

Delicate introduces the protagonists at the forefront of this current movement along with the projects, places, and products associated with them. The book documents a wide spectrum from small brewers, coffee roasters, and chocolate-makers to artists, event managers, and creators of zines.

Event concepts are shown that use food to facilitate communication and social interaction in tried and true, as well as surprising new ways. Locations such as shops, markets, and restaurants become meeting places for everyone who would like to learn, participate, sample, and enjoy.

The experimental projects featured in Delicate are blazing trails for a better understanding of nourishment and a new passion for food.

Dans cet ouvrage, Pascal Amblard vous ouvre les portes de trois demeures de caractère dans lesquelles il a créé des décors muraux dont la variété n'a d'égal que la qualité d'exécution. Ce parcours d'une pièce à l'autre vous procurera des émotions esthétiques que peut-être vous n'auriez pas imaginé ressentir face à des décors muraux. La richesse de l'iconographie ainsi que la précision des textes vous permettront d'approfondir votre compréhension de cet art. Pascal Amblard vous invite à partager les pahses du travail qui sont habituellement ignorées du grand public, ses recherches, ses recettes. Une telle découverte de l'art des peintres décorateurs n'avait jamais été proposée sous cette forme. Le plaisir de l'œil y rejoint celui de l'esprit.

Sommaire :
Hôtel particulier à Fontainebleau : décor mural de style XVIIIe, interprétation contemporaine des dessins de Léonard de Vinci, décor de treillage en trompe l’oeil. Villa Claudinon : plafond orné style Louis XV, grotesques, panneaux décoratifs d’inspiration 1900, décor de statues classiques. Château Lagallée : salon Directoire, salon à décor panoramique, bibliothèque baroque. Galerie.

The work of Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (DLN) is a search for an architecture that respects and blends into society. It seeks to anticipate the evolving needs of the community at large and to respond to the perception, sensitivity and culture of the individuals who become the end-users. DLN's architecture is motivated by an appreciation of these complex functional and social requirements that it seeks to convert into space and form. The large office, residential and mixed-use projects designed by DLN have become increasingly well-known city landmarks. This monograph features diverse projects that include the YKK Industrial Building, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Hong Kong Government Office and Magistrate's Courts, CITIC Plaza, as well as hotels, residential, and institutional projects.

The dentist is the “smile designer”. Their working environment influences their mutual relationship with the patients. Comfortable dental clinic would help patient receive treatment well. The interior design of dental clinic involves many fields, such as lighting, finishing materials for healthcare, colour control, and ergonomics. Besides some planning and interior design guidelines from USA and European countries, this book selects 28 projects of dental clinic design, which improve aesthetic taste of dental clinic interior with hygeian precondition

Architects have always drawn inspiration from the magical ambience and unique conditions of the desert. Current predictions of climate change have made the issue of building in particularly hot climatic zones more relevant than ever.

Desert Architecture presents exciting and pioneering projects from the field of desert architecture, demonstrating that contemporary architecture can meet the unique challenges presented by torrid zones. Graphically illustrated with architects’ plans and numerous photographs, this volume shows that innovative architectural ideas can be successfully realized even in regions with extreme living conditions.

From the contents:
* Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA (Foster + Partners)
* Ras Al-Khaimah-Gateway Project, United Arab Emirates (Snøhetta)
* Hotel en Atacama, Chile (Germán del Sol)
* Desert Broom Public Library in Arizona, USA (richärd + bauer:)
* Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Center in British Columbia, Canada (Hotson Boniface Haden architecs + urbanists)

Through over twenty case studies this book constructs a picture of worldwide attempts to address these problems – projects that often use minimal resources to effect the maximum possible change, with the most precious resource being imagination.

Some of the ideas are breathtakingly simple:

  -  a mobile farm in Chicago that turns vacant lots into a source of food and employment
  -  a remote Japanese mountain village making a profitable virtue out of snow
  -  water pumps in south African villages operated by a child’s roundabout

– others rely on more subtle interventions, working over years to rebuild the broken ties of society and encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own environments.

Brimming with ideas, inspiring stories, and the conviction that design professionals can indeed make a difference to the lives of ordinary people, this book will galvanize all those working in architecture, landscape and design, but also all those who care about the future of our societies.

With diverse backgrounds and lifestyles, these individual bloggers combine to create a thriving online community of trendsetters and style gurus.

The digital world brings with it design democracy; with the freedom to publish whatever they want, whenever they want and unhampered by the restrictions of larger corporate websites, these design bloggers offer a beguiling alternative to traditional media and have become an important source of inspiration and information for the homes enthusiast. In her first book, leading interiors journalist and stylist Ellie Tennant meets the characters and creative forces behind leading design blogs, exploring their online realms, their beautiful homes and their clever styling ideas. Thirteen in-depth case studies cover a panorama of cutting edge bloggers’ spaces — from a pared-back monochrome cabin in Scandinavia to a maximalist, color-filled apartment in California — while the final chapter offers advice on setting up your own design blog. The result is a coffee table tome to treasure — a visual feast of inspiring yet achievable interiors — with plenty of ideas to steal for your own home.

About the Author:

Ellie Tennant is a London-based interiors journalist, specialising in design, vintage, home shopping, style, and trends. She was among the first in the UK to start blogging about interiors and wrote the award-winning HomeShoppingSpy blog for Ideal Home before going freelance. Her features are regularly published in Livingetc, Grand Designs, Homes & Antiques and Country Homes & Interiors and she has worked for commercial clients including Heal’s and Cath Kidston.