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Our epoch has found in the painter-king the most formidable accuser of totalitarian thinking, from nuclear energy to the organization of our living environment. He lives up totally to his way of seeing things, against the contradictions of our post-industrial society.

His trump card is his art, the creator of beauty: of natural harmony, peace and joy. The extra-lucid power of his analytical sensitivity makes him the perfect decoder of global culture and its guided information. Hundertwasser reveals the prodigious quality resources of naturist empiricism against the abusive uniformity of rationalist totalitarianism, against the tyranny of ugliness and the iron rule of its straight line.

It is all inscribed in his painting, which is the revelation of sensitivity, the open book of destiny; it translates intuition into images, and those images inspire the major orientations of his thinking and action. When concretized moreover, those orientations fit perfectly into the practical norms of his aesthetic. Based on the empirical, artisan and organic intelligence of man-nature relations, his project for society is a cry of hope in beauty, a sine qua non-condition for human development.

Images included:
The Small Way, Kaurinui, 1991
European Twirling his Moustache, Bürgeralm hut, Aflenz, 1951
Yellow Ships - Sea of Tunis and Taormina, Tunis - Taormina, 1951
Yellow Houses - It Hurts to Wait with Love if Love is Somewhere Else, Venice, 1966
Hommage au Tachisme, La Picaudière, 1961
Winter Painting - Mister Snow, Venice, 1966
The Third Skin, Venice, 1982
Mourning Schiele, Lugano, 1965
Water Fire, Venice, 1991
Rain of Blood Dropping into Japanese Waters Located in an Austrian Garden, Tokyo, 1961
The 30 Days Fax Painting, Vienna, 1994
The Beard is the Grass of the Bald-Headed Man, La Picaudière, 1961
Original poster Hundertwasser House, Vienna

Viennese-native Friedrich Stowasser (1928-2000) called himself  Hundertwasser Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt. True to the colorful variety of his names, he pursued many activities as a painter, architect and ecologist, and as "one who awakens identities." This presentation of Hundertwasser's work in all of its different facets is guided by the artist's own view of himself and his purpose. And, because his work is virtually inseparable from his personal life and political activity, a vivid portrait of the artist takes shape before the reader's eyes. Excerpts from conversations between the author and the artist lend a sense of immediacy and authenticity to the narration.

The dream of a world of peace

"A world full of color," says Friedensreich Hundertwasser, "is synonymous with paradise." With his demonstrations and actions, his manifestos for nature, for more human-oriented architecture and for the improvement of the quality of life and living conditions, Friedensreich Hundertwasser is one of the most fascinating artists of the 20th century. He became a symbolic figure, not only as a painter but also as an architect, ecologist and philosopher, in particular for all those who are searching for a life tuned to the natural and the human.

This anniversary edition consists of the first volume of TASCHEN’s limited edition Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 1928–2000, and offers a complete presentation of Hundertwasser's work, personality and life, with detailed texts by Hundertwasser's longtime friend Wieland Schmied.

The author:
Wieland Schmied has been President of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 1995. He has organised over one hundred art exhibitions and is the author of many books on 19th- and 20th century art, including monographs on Caspar David Friedrich, Alfred Kubin, Giorgio de Chirico, Edward Hopper and Francis Bacon.

Friedrich Stowasser (1928, Vienna – 2000, New Zealand), better known by the name of Friedrich Hundertwasser, was a painter, thinker, and architect, or rather a "doctor of architecture", as he declared in his manifesto of the 24th of January 1990.

His architectural creations, organic and full of imagination, may have been influenced by the works of Antoni Gaudí. Yet, Hundertwasser was more radical in his philosophy. As expressed in his remarkable eco-artistic manifestos, and other achievements (paintings, posters, stamps, houses, and architectural designs), his message remains profoundly and viscerally ecological.

His pictorial work is characterised by an organic abundance of forms and by the brilliance of its colours.
Hundertwasser is an artist who is difficult to classify. With his tremendous love of nature, he is one of the pioneers of humanist and environmentalist architecture, which attempted to reconcile creativity and ecology. This vision has been shared by many young artists all over the world and by the founders of eco-villages.

Wood-paneled libraries, sumptuously appointed interiors, mudrooms, paddocks, and stables are all signature elements of an equestrian-based style that is aspired to across the country, from Lexington, Kentucky, to Potomac, Maryland, and Greenwich, Connecticut.

The beginnings and epitome of this style of interiors and architecture are to be found in Middleburg, Virginia, where for centuries a lifestyle and architecture have been honed to produce some of the most beautiful homes anywhere. This luxurious volume ranges from c. 1730 Oakland Green Farm in Loudon County - a quintessential Virginia homestead originally constructed of hand-hewn wood that has evolved to incorporate fieldstone, limestone, and locally fired brick - and historic Castle Hill in Keswick - a stately Federal mansion of brick set on more than 1,000 acres of farmland and forests - to the 1941 Henchman’s Lea, an outstanding example of American Revival architecture in Fauquier County and a working farm created to allow for the enjoyment of beauty inherent in rural Virginia living.

Through all-new, color photography, Hunt Country Style showcases twenty-five houses that wonderfully epitomize this tradition and evoke its most inviting and beloved features.

Hybrid Interiors presents a collection of the most innovative and imaginative homes culled from the world of contemporary interior design. Each interior defines a new formula for projecting living spaces; they are not unlike laboratories where sophisticated combinations of styles emanating from different cultures and centuries are created. Design cues from the forties to the seventies are seamlessly blended in an apartment in an eighteenth-century building in London, a modern residence in Florence functions as an art gallery and living space, each of the interiors included has its own unique personality and share only one thing: they fit the description “hybrid.” The simplicity and visual coherence of the combinations of styles and functions shown belies the fact that each interior is the fruit of complex and considered architectural elaborations. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred color photographs, Hybrid Interiors proposes a tour, in twenty-five stages from Amsterdam to Rome, from Berlin to Beijing, of settings that give rise to a studied dialogue between contemporary design and historic preservation, living space and working space, and classic style and popular culture.

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"I Hotel & Shopping Mall" offers a chance to look into domestic and international  trends of today by introducing recently built hotels and shopping malls. It also covers conceptual design solutions that would be completed in the future. The volume
features a total of 75 works including 43 hotels and 32 shopping malls.

'I-HOUSING' introduces the multi-family housings recently completed in Europe,America,Oceania and Asia. Thus they would provide a great chance to grasp the modern architecture trends of Korea and abroad

004 Blub Lounge Club
012 FANTASY CAFE DINING Alice of magic world
022 What Happens When
030 KONOBA
038 PizzaExpress
044 YUCCA
054 Rue d"or
062 Meltino Bar & Lounge
072 Haiku Sushi
082 Jardin de Jade, Hangzhou
092 Jin Xiang Yu Restaurant
100 Chariman"s Suites Private Members Lounge
108 La Seine Restaurant
118 Jamie"s Italian
128 TREE Restaurant
134 Garden Restaurant
140 Salon de Bricolage
146 TWISTER
152 Tse Yang Qatar
158 Bar Rouge
168 MI-SHA
174 Salon des saluts
182 LA NONNA Restaurant
188 Johnny Smalls
198 Nuba Restaurant Lounge Club
204 Barbecoa
210 Club MUSEE
218 Cave Restaurant
224 OCA restaurant
232 Opa
238 Lapiaz Restaurant
244 Moscara Restaurant
252 HOTO FUDO
262 The MOOSE
270 CHAA
278 Il Buco restaurant
284 DN Innovacion
290 The Wright, Guggenheim Museum
296 Autostrada
304 The Forge

312 Designer"s Profile

004 Casa Micheli
012 APARTMENT IN PARIS
018 Apartment 67
024 SKYWAVE HOUSE
036 A HOUSE MADE OF TWO
046 Henley Street Residence
058 House 2
070 Brent Knoll
080 The Front and Back Apartment
086 Art Collector's Loft
096 Casa Son Vida
108 Charred Cedar House
120 House in Madrid
130 New Kyoto Town House
140 CARRARA HOUSE
152 Mash House
162 PISOPISO
170 The piano was drinking, not me...
182 VilLA NM
194 House in Paco de Arcos
202 Villa 3s
210 LUFRANO
218 Roof on the Hill
226 Linear House
238 Loft 24/7
248 HOUSE K
256 VILLA ROTTERDAM
266 LA CORNETTE
278 Openhouse
288 House VVDB
298 Wrap House

306 Designer's Profile

Glaciers, snow and perpetual ice have always fascinated human beings; this is reflected in the exceptional architecture of frigid regions. The task of building in the coldest parts of the world represents both a bare necessity and a special challenge.

Ice Architecture presents the most innovative projects that illustrate the success of contemporary architects in mastering the challenges of building in extremely cold zones. The volume presents the work of architects working in this field, graphically accompanied by numerous photographs and plans, providing a fascinating glimpse into the world of ice architecture.

From the contents:

_Indian Research Base, Arctic (BOF Architekten)
_Nordpark Cable Railway in Innsbruck, Austria (Zaha Hadid)
_School of Nursing and Health Care Practice in Jagtvej, Greenland (Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects)
_Huski Hotel in Falls Creek, Australia (Elenberg Fraser)
_Svalbard Science Centre in Spitsbergen, Norway (Jarmund / Vignæs Architects)

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Take a look at some of the most amazing storefronts in the United States! Author Xu Bin has traveled the country to find the best, the most alluring, the most sophisticated shops including branches of such top retailers as Louis Vuitton and Chanel, as well as unexpected smaller stores that no reader would ever find without this indispensable guide. From New York to Los Angeles, these are the storefronts that define the American shopping experience.

Xu Bin lives in Shenzhen China. He is a freelance writer, photographer and editor. His successful books include Brand & Print (2006), Illustration Design (2007), He contributes to Top magazines in China such as Packaging Design magazine, 360 degrees, Art & Design etc.

In the past, buildings and other constructions representing singular moments for the community were called monuments. Their origin was expression of power, celebration of ritual or collective affirmation. In the contemporary world, a project that aspires to be exceptionally expressive is commonly called an icon. This book claims that star-architects and their “iconic” architecture are no longer valid today, as these projects are all driven by marketing machineries. Architecture should re-emerge as a credible artefact and fulfill the transcendent demands of our time.The publication begins with a series of general texts on themes that vary but all share a common critical look at the role of the iconic on the recent architecture scene.