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This book introduces twelve private country gardens that can be described as “special” for different reasons.

These gardens are firstly special because of the optimal way the landscapers and garden architects have integrated them into the environment in perfect harmony with the surrounding landscape and the architecture of the house.

The maturity of these gardens is another special feature. This often results from the rich history of the site and the ancient trees, but sometimes this maturity is achieved by planting and incorporating fully grown trees and plants in a more recent garden.

Ultimately, what really makes these gardens so special is their owners’ enthusiasm and loving attention: without their dedication these designs would have no soul.

As good as living can get: real estate with a rare combination of outstanding location, timelessly classical architecture, and high-quality materials

Redefining comfort zones — for designers, architects, and residents who have elevated standards for their living spaces

Architectural mastery with handcrafted details, enhanced with all of today’s modern conveniences, is on full display in the elegant residences of RALF SCHMITZ’s extraordinary portfolio. Whether urban villas or townhouses, Wilhelminian style or Art Deco, glimpse refined classical architecture combined with state-of-the-art finishes as you tour an array of luxury interiors in this opulent book.

Exceptional Homes shows a variety of distinctive, newly-constructed buildings and ultra-stylish homes in prime locations. The showroom apartments in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg feature exquisite furnishings and tasteful color combinations that make them truly inspiring. Traditional architectural layouts are skillfully re-imagined and re-designed for modern living, allowing for light-flooded floor plans with harmonious room sequences to create beautiful, upscale home environments. 

Even the common areas of the unique properties are splendidly accentuated — lavish lobbies and elaborate elevators make the mere arrival to a building or residence a memorable experience. Exclusive cooperative projects with prestigious interior design professionals, such as the Italian luxury label Bottega Veneta, demonstrate the exceptional standard upheld by this historic company. All structures are designed by renowned, highly sought-after architectural firms. 

“Only value endures” is the guiding principle of the Schmitz family, the real estate developers for subdued luxury. This is precisely what the founder of the company mandated in 1864. Today, the company embodies the same values: developing and building high-quality residential estates on exclusive properties on the basis of a building culture that stands for architectural perfection.

Country Houses, published by Beta-Plus in 2004, has been a longtime bestseller, reprinted several times.

This enthusiasm for rural interiors has prompted a second edition, Exclusive Country Houses, which features ten new, recently finished or restored houses in the European countryside.

Wim Pauwels, founder and managing director of Beta-Plus Publishing, began publishing a series of books in 1997 about architecture and interior design. So far the company has brought out more than 250 titles dedicated to certain themes (such as living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, children's rooms, antique building materials, restoration, renovation, gardens and swimming pools), plus monographs of architects and interior designers, manuals and yearbooks about timeless and contemporary architecture and interiors. For each book he enlists the assistance of authoritative specialists for the introductory texts and photograph captions.

This book is a journey through the most luxurious interiors gracing the international stage. Lovers of luxury will discover everything from the most lavish of houses to the most breathtaking of yachts. Luxury is displayed in different ways in the spaces illustrated. Elegance and distinction can be of a personal nature, but a high degree of excellence and quality in materials and decoration is what separates true luxury from meaningless opulence.

Exceptional residential mountain chalets in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Sankt Moritz, Madonna di Campiglio, Corvara in Badia, St. Nikolai im Sölktal, Auronzo di Cadore, …

ZwD Living has started in 1968. Its challenge is to associate design with wood scent, touch, sounds and temperature. It looks good and, being natural, it is a pleasure to touch. ZwD projects go beyond design, meant for visual and two-dimensional purposes, which is made to communicate image and not substance. They transmit that sense of protection found in the warmth of wood. Their shapes are not abstract because they need a connection with reality, with man and his culture: in this way, not only the designer but also people can actually experience the design.

251 color photographs

The formula to make your vacations a highlight for all the family: exquisite hotels, deluxe comfort, relaxed parents and happy children. manager magazin, the monthly business magazine for professional decision makers, and teNeues have selected the top family vacation spots around the world. These fantasy destinations cater to all ages and offer activities for every member of the family. Stunning photographs and comprehensive information help you find the perfect hotel for your family.

* An essential reference for family trips
* An ideal gift for those seeking more time with their family

229 color photographs

Vacations at last? Time to discover the most beautiful and unusual travel destinations in the world. manager magazin, the monthly business magazine for professional decision makers, and teNeues recommend travel spots that combine top-notch service with discreet elegance and cuttingedge design. The magnificent photographs and evocative descriptions get you right in the holiday mood.

* An overview of all the hippest holiday destinations
* A thoughtful gift—especially for those who need a great break

It's the weekend: 48 hours of free time! Turn off your Blackberry and recharge those creative batteries — or spend some precious time with your partner. manager magazin, the monthly business magazine for professional decision makers, and teNeues have selected the best short-stay destinations in Europe. Illustrated with attractive photographs, this convenient guide shows you just how top executives unwind. Each hotel has unique charm, superb service and unparalleled amenities. The only decision you'll have to make is where to go first.

An exhibition is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items that usually takes place in a museum, gallery or exhibition hall.

Exhibitions may range from an extraordinarily large event such as a world’s fair to small one-artist solo shows. Architects, exhibition designers, graphic designers and other designers are usually needed to shape the exhibition space and give form to the editorial content.

Exhibition Art: Graphics and Space Design collects almost one hundred of the most creative exhibition designs, including fascinating space designs and sophisticated graphic designs. It will surely serve as a significant guide for exhibition designers, graphic designers, curators and event organizers.

Exhibition Design offers a thorough grounding in the principles of designing for exhibitions. It describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including:

• developing a brief and working with clients
• design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting and accessibility
• presenting ideas to clients
• the practicalities of production

Visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings, computer renderings, charts and tables of information - all for a wide range of exhibitions around the world, permanent and temporary, including museums and galleries, visitor centres, brand experiences, festivals and trade fairs. The book will inform and inspire, as well as equip students and new exhibition designers with a valuable guide to the profession.

Designing exhibition space is a challenge for designers to ensure that they create a work in a limited time and space. The stand design needs to be innovative and visual, but must also serve as a back-drop to the products and services that it has to promote. This book, which is aimed at designers, exhibition professionals and design students, is a collection of 50 innovative stand designs, all involving different styles, techniques and ideas from the simply, yet classy to the high-tech and experimental designs. The book highlights designs from around the world and is divided into two sections : Exhibitions and Trade Fairs.

Посмотреть избранные развороты книги Exhibitions and Showrooms

The London architectural firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects, founded in 1983, has been drawing attention since the 1990s with its wealth of innovative and imaginative designs – notably its spectacular and structurally ambitious bridges. The best-known and most highly acclaimed are the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2001) and the Floral Street Bridge (2003). The firm has won many prizes, including the RIBA Stirling Prize twice. It has also demonstrated the increasingly international scope of its activities by entering the competitions for the Guangzhou West Tower in China and the Tensegrity Bridge in Washington DC, USA.

This book offers detailed documentation of some 15 structures and projects, with special attention paid to the context of each design. The projects presented include the Stirling Prize-winning Magna Centre in Rotherham, UK; the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, UK; the Guangzhou West Tower in China; and the Gatwick Airbridge, UK, among others.

This book is an atlas of images, presenting projects that illustrate the transformations that have occurred in Genoa during the last 10 years. Franz Prati, Director of the Architecture department of the University of Genoa, is the author of this series of original, innovative, and explorative contemporary studies. Genoa can be considered as an advanced Italian architectural laboratory from different points of view. It is a place for occasions and events, whether you consider only the architecture or the town as a whole. Genoa is a platform for current architectural debates for understanding contemporary projects in Italy. This study presents many diverse and unique projects, enriched by conversations and theories. It includes projects by: Franz Prati, Genova Scuelo fi Architettura, Nicola Braghieri, Marco Casamonti, Simona Gabrielli, Giovanni Galli, Manuel Gausa, Masimiliano Giberti, Riccardo Miselli, Pietro Carlo Pellegrini, Gianluca Peluffo, Mose Ricci, Valter Scelsi, and Alessandro Valenti.

No plan, all real scene pictures!

Best seller with the latest, quickest and the most comprehensive architecture designs of Shanghai Expo buildings!

Professional real scene pictures introduce more than 70 projects in the Expo Park comprehensively, with all design elements presented thoroughly from functional areas, parts to materials!

Future architecture, advancing design and leading concept. Enjoying top designs around the world with no need to go abroad.
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The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is a classical grant meeting in human’s society in the new century. People of various countries will happily gather in Shanghai Expo then to jointly experience the good life in cities and look for the future development of cities. It will be a grand gathering for global civilization.

Sponsored by China and undertook by Shanghai, the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is the first register-class Expo hold in a developing country. The theme of Expo 2010 is "Better City, Better Life" and the five different sub-themes are “blending of diverse cultures in the city”, “economic prosperity in the city”, “innovations of science and technology in the city”, “remodeling of communities in the city” and “interactions between urban and rural areas”. Undoubtedly, the Expo 2010 will be a great meeting in discussing humankind’s urban life in the new century. The city is a crystallization of human civilization. By virtue of its embracive and regenerating nature, the city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in the human society.

As the initial Expo that takes “city” as theme, the Expo 2010 will adopt the concept of “harmonious city” to be coherent with the theme “better city, better life”, and positively model an example of a “harmonious city”. The concept includes "harmony between man and nature”, “harmony between past, present and future”, and “harmony between human individuals”. The reason of choosing “city” as the theme is because the prospect of the future urban life is a global issue during the important phase for city development in 21st century. Whether in developed countries or developing ones, the topic of “city” can arouse a responsive chord.

Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the full potentials of urban life in the 21st century and a significant period in urban evolution. It will be centered on innovation and interaction and offer a wonderful opportunity for cross-culture dialogues.