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Now in a new flexi edition that is more affordable than ever, this breathtaking volume highlights the world's best modern architecture, the people behind the buildings, and the impact they have had on their surroundings. From New York City's Chrysler Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; from the Sydney Opera House to Kansai International Airport, the buildings profiled here have proved enduring monuments to their architects' visions and the hopes and dreams of their eras.

Presented in full-color, double-page spreads, these buildings represent nearly every continent on the globe and almost every architectural trend of the past century. The double-page spreads provide numerous photographs and plans, a summary of the architect's career, and fascinating anecdotes about building sites, materials, and construction. For architectural students, travelers, and the general reader, this insightful book is the next best thing to visiting the buildings themselves.

The intriguing intent of this book is to document projects as yet unbuilt, or still on the drawing board, in a dashing and stylish attempt to capture the spirit of the future. Plans, projections and technical details from over 40 housing projects worldwide are featured, employing a multitude of differing design styles.

The HawkinsBrown architectural firm in London, founded in 1988 by Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown, is one of the up-and-coming offices on the international architecture scene. The spectrum of the firms works ranges from residences and interior design by way of office buildings and various public buildings such as theaters and university buildings all the way to urban planning, such as designs for squares and subway stations. HawkinsBrown strives to come to an optimal result in a process that integrates all of the players. HawkinsBrown has received numerous awards for various projects, such as the RIBA Award for its Wysing Arts Centre (2008), the New Chemistry Building of the University of Oxford (2009), and the New Art Exchange art center in Nottingham (2009) and the BREEAM Award for Eltham Hill Technology College (2008). This book documents some twenty-five buildings from the past five years. The projects presented include the Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, one of the busiest Tube stations in London with a hundred thousand passengers daily (to be completed in 2011); the Stratford Regional Station in London, an access platform for one of the major sites for the Olympic Games (to be completed in 2010); Park Hill, the master plan for a neighborhood in Sheffield (to be completed in 2011), and the Dubai Arts Pavilion in the United Arab Emirates.

Ce livre présente plus de 400 essences d’arbres issus de bois d’oeuvre, de parcs et de jardins, d’ici et d’ailleurs. Deux collections, l’une en bois de fil l’autre en bois de bout, se complètent dans une approche originale fondée sur la botanique. Les bois se dévoilent sous leur plus joli aspect. Ce livre offre un autre regard sur le bois, une invitation à mieux le connaître et à s’inspirer de son veinage, de ses couleurs de ses singularités en mémoire de l’arbre.

Sommaire :
Première partie : Connaissance du bois : l'arbre, le cycle de la sève, de la feuille au bois, voyage de l'écorce au coeur du tronc, les plans d'observation de la structure du bois, voyage au coeur du bois, esthétique des bois, les singularités des bois.
Deuxième partie : Identité et esthétique des bois : préambule, les gymnospermes, le ginkgo, les conifères, les angiospermes, les dicotylédones, les monocotylédones. Répertoire du classement par ordre alphabétique.

This is a large hardcover book with 336 full color pages with great pictures is entirely dedicated to wood.
Over 420 woods are presented and each wood is described with its name in French, in English and in Latin
together with a very high quality color picture from Marc Auroy.
This book is an invitation to contemplate the coloured and figured landscapes
scribed in the wood fibres, marks of the trees' life and memory.

The English and French texts are written by Paul Corbineau and Jean-Michel Flandin.

Contents :

* Knowing about wood
* Identity and aesthetics of Woods
* Index of families
* Wood alphabetical index
* French - English - Latin

Le livre présente 164 photos de marbres, surtout des marbres de France et des marbres anciens, mais aussi d’autres en provenance du bassin méditerranéen, de Belgique, d’Italie, etc. Ces photographies en couleurs, grandeur nature et la plupart en pleine page, permettent d’apprécier l’aspect, la couleur et la texture des marbres pour en aider l’identification. Chaque image de marbre est accompagnée d’un bref descriptif avec les principales dénominations, la localisation de la carrière d’origine, une description pétrographique et la mention de quelques utilisations remarquables.

Dans son texte, l’auteur commence l’étude des marbres par leur aspect géologique : origine marine, formation, transformation d’un calcaire en marbre, composition, origine de la couleur du marbre, de sa texture et de ses veines. Il passe ensuite en revue l’histoire de l’exploitation, de l’antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, depuis l’extraction jusqu’à sa mise en œuvre en passant par l’outillage des carriers et le transport des blocs, sans oublier les techniques d’extraction et de polissage les plus modernes. Les principales carrières de marbre en activité à chaque époque sont passées en revue. Un chapitre est consacré à l’utilisation du marbre ancien par les menuisiers et les ébénistes du XVIIe au XXe siècle, avec une liste des carrières et des marbres utilisés à chaque période, ainsi qu’une description des moulures typiques de chaque période..

Une bibliographie et un index complètent le livre qui se veut un guide technique pour l’identification et la provenance des marbres, mais aussi une fête pour les yeux grâce aux photographies de marbre blanc ou noir, marbre rose, vert ou rouge. Griotte, brèche, Rance, Levanto, Campan, rouge du Languedoc, Cipolin, Sarrancolin, Caunes, travertin, turquin, jaune de Sienne, brocatelle, poudingue, onyx, fleur de pêcher, Carrare, Portor, lumachelle et coquiller font partie des nombreux types de marbres représentés. 
Le second livre de Jacques Dubarry de Lassale, L’utilisation des marbres, est un complément bienvenu.

Jacques Dubarry de Lassale, Maître ébéniste, expert en mobilier et objet d'arts organise des stages d'expertise de mobilier ancien.
Petit groupes de 4à8 personnes
Stage très pratiques qui permettent une application immédiate des connaissances.

Sommaire :
Formation des marbres, études géologiques.
Histoire de l’exploitation et du transport.
L’utilisation par les menuisiers et les ébénistes.
Les techniques d’extraction contemporaines.
Bibliographie.
Exemples de marbres rouges, jaunes, violets, verts, blancs, polychromes, noirs.

Outstanding design deserves a distinctive presentation – the iF product design award yearbook 2010 introduces all of the winners of the coveted iF product design award. In 2010, the publication provides an exciting look at the sixteen categories Transportation Design, Leisure / Lifestyle, Audio / Video, Telecommunications, Computer, Office / Business, Lighting, Furniture / Home Textiles, Kitchen / Household, Bathroom / Wellness, Buildings, Public Design / Interior Design, Medicine / Health+Care, Industry / Skilled Trades, Special Vehicles / Construction / Agriculture, and Advanced Studies.

Each award-winning entry is presented in images and text. A detailed index of manufacturers and designers facilitates the search for particular products. Thanks to striking and authentic photographs, the yearbook offers impressions of the jury’s deliberations as well as expert opinions on the award-winning products themselves.

The iF product design award yearbook 2010 is a user-friendly reference work for anyone with an interest in design and an informative archive for manufacturers, designers, and opinion makers from media, economy, and politics.

The iF product design award 2011 yearbook presents the crème de la crème of international product design in two large volumes. The documentation of the 2011 iF Product Design award winners, one of the most important design awards in the world, takes the reader on a journey into the world of well-designed objects. In total. Hundreds of products that have received the iF label for their excellent design are spectacularly presented. The products in the 16 catedories - automobiles, computers, mobile phones, textiles, furniture, bathroom equipment, medical devices, industrial machines, style items, bicycles and many more - are a source of inspiration both for amateurs and professionals. The iF product design award 2011 yearbook is a benchmark in the form of a comprehensive reference book and information archive for manufacturers, designers and distributors in the field of economy, media and politics. The opinions of the jury members that precede each category provide a current picture of the corresponding sector.

John Ike, Thomas Kligerman, and Joel Barkley speak architectural languages of the past with a sure command of grammar and syntax and a rich vocabulary of form and detail. As designers they build upon what went before to extend the trajectory of architecture.
— Robert A. M. Stern

The signature residential works of Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects bring together historic precedent and contemporary taste with a considered approach to detail, material, and craft. Based in New York and San Francisco, the firm incorporates elements from the great eras and the great practitioners of architecture: the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Deco, Modernism, Colonial Revival, Shingle Style; Sir Edwin Lutyens, Harrie T. Lindeberg, George Howe, Bernard Maybeck, and McKim, Mead & White. Yet ever present is a keen awareness of the modern world, notably in an emphasis on natural light and open views and a responsiveness to the unique qualities of a site.

The twenty-one houses and apartments in this lavishly illustrated volume, the first published on Ike Kligerman Barkley, represent the remarkable breadth of the practice. A cottage in Michigan reveals a comprehensive investigation of craft traditions, while a Hawaiian beach retreat explores the vernacular Polynesian long-house. A sleek Manhattan loft evokes the industrial history of its neighborhood, while an oceanfront villa recalls Carlo Scarpa’s interweaving of past and present. Unusual, even unlikely combinations - an English-influenced Shingle Style house the firm terms “Shinglish,” a Virginia horse farm that draws equally on classical formality and easy rusticity - embody the firm’s sophisticated balance between historic model and modern refinement.

Just as novelists and filmmakers gravitate toward genres that suit the themes they choose to explore, we look for the historic style that represents the best vehicle for the architectural story we wish to tell.
— Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects

The most highly publicized building renewal process in the world today-and the most significant survey of competing architecture designs since the international design competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower in 1922-is for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. It has inspired a multitude of designs and has engaged architects on a global scale in the re-imagining of the vacant 16-acre site.

Published in conjunction with Architectural Record, the most important architecture journal in the United States, Imagining Ground Zero documents not only the various competitions sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation but also the informal proposals sponsored by the New York Times, New York Magazine, and the exhibition at Max Protetch Gallery, as well as a selection from thousands of schemes submitted independently for the World Trade Center site and Memorial.

Among the key figures in contemporary architecture whose work is featured here are Coop Himmelblau, Peter Eisenman, Norman Foster, Charles Gwathmey, Zaha Hadid, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas, Greg Lynn, Richard Meier, Eric Owen Moss, David Rockwell, Lindy Roy, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, Rafael Viñoly, and many others. With its exhaustive approach to these myriad voices in the discourse surrounding the World Trade Center site, Imagining Ground Zero is destined to become the canonical reference for this unprecedented event in world architecture.

In this, their latest book, Mark and Sally Bailey of destination homeware store Baileys Home & Garden turn their attention to homes that are less perfect, more personal, and which possess their very own brand of idiosyncratic, lived-in charm. Imperfect Home embraces the picturesque beauty of peeling paint, vintage fabrics, time-worn colours, handcrafted items, and obscure treasures. But it is also a place where old meets new, and where modern pieces are mixed in to bring vitality, color, and contrast to the interior.

About the Authors:

The Baileys’ style has been evolving for over 25 years in their home and business, which includes a large showroom and shop in Herefordshire. They live near Ross-on-Wye.

Contents:

Kempinski Hotels

Diplomatic Suite of Kempinski Hotel Suzhou ————————————20
Bay Suite of Kempinski Hotel Sanya———————————————— 26
Presidential Suite of Kempinski Hotel Wuxi ————————————————30

Marriott International Inc. Hotels

Presidential Suite of Marriott Beijing Northeast  ————————————————38
Presidential Suite of JW Marriott Hotel Shenzhen ———————————————— 46
Presidential Suite of Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel ———————————————— 52

Ritz-Carlton Hotels & Resorts

Presidential Suite of The Portman Ritz Carlton, Shanghai  ————————————————58
Presidential Suite of The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou ———————————————— 66
Three Bedroom Ocean Front Villa of The Ritz-Carlton, Sanya  ————————————————74
The Ritz-Carlton Suite of The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen ———————————————— 78

Hilton Hotels Corporation

Presidential Suite of Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa ———————————————— 84
Penthouse Suite of the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing————————————————  88
Imperial Suite of Hilton Beijing Hotel ———————————————— 96
Doubletree Presidential Suite ———————————————— 100

Sofitel Hotels & Resorts

Juyi Suite of Sofitel Wanda Hotel Beijing ———————————————— 108
Imperial Suite of Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental ———————————————— 114
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Presidential Suite of Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou ———————————————— 122
Presidential Suite of Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen ———————————————— 130

InterContinental Hotels Group

Presidential Suite of Crowne Plaza Sun Palace Beijing ———————————————— 138
Presidential Suite of Crown Towers at City of Dreams ———————————————— 144
Presidential Suite of InterContinental Shenzhen  ————————————————152
Presidential Suite of InterContinental Huizhou Resort  ————————————————158
Two-bedroom Presidential Suite of Altira Macau————————————————  166

Kerzner International Holdings Limited

Suites of Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai  ————————————————176
Suites of The Cove Atlantis on Paradise Island, in The Bahamas ———————————————— 182

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Duplex Pool Villa in Mandarin Oriental, Sanya ———————————————— 190

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

Presidential Suite of Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip ———————————————— 200

Langham Hotels International

Art Deco Rooms of the Langham Yantze Boutique Hotel Shanghai  ————————————————208
Per Aquum Retreats • Resorts • Residences
Pool Villa of Desert Palm, Dubai  ————————————————214

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

President Suite of Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin ———————————————— 224
Presidential Suite of Grand Hyatt Guangzhou ———————————————— 228

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc

Extreme WOW Suite of W Doha Hotel & Residences ———————————————— 238
Presidential Suite of Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu ———————————————— 244
Presidential Suite of Sheraton Shunde Hotel ———————————————— 250
Presidential Suite of The WestinЈ¬Guangzhou ———————————————— 254

Other Hotels

The Florence Suite of Paiza Club ———————————————— 264
Emperor Suite of The Regent Beijing ———————————————— 270
Presidential Suite of Legendale Hotel Beijing ———————————————— 276
Presidential Suite of Beijing Bohao Radegast Hotel ———————————————— 282
Rock Star Suite of Hard Rock Hotel at City of Dreams ———————————————— 288
Villa Suite of MGM GRAND Macau———————————————— 294
Pudi Suite of Pudi Boutique Hotel Shanghai ———————————————— 298
Presidential Suite of The Oterra Hotel, Bangalore, India———————————————— 308