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Welcome to the desert. Welcome home. This visually stunning tour of the world’s most amazing desert homes will inspire you to create an oasis with “desert vibes” wherever you are. 

Creatives are drawn in by the extreme landscapes and limited resources of the desert; in fact, they’re inspired by them, and the homes they’ve built here prove the power of an oasis. From renovated Airstreams to sprawling, modern stucco, desert has become the new beachfront.

In Oasis, artist iO Tillett Wright captures the best of this specific culture that emphasizes living simply, beautifully, and in connection with the earth. He highlights the homes that define this desert mindset, featuring the classics like Georgia O’Keefe’s in Abiquiu, New Mexico, alongside more modern homes such as Michael Barnard’s Solar House in Marfa, Texas. With Casey Dunn’s stunning photography, Oasis will transport you to these relaxing refuges, where you’ll learn what elements create the balance of intentionality, ease, style, and function that these homes exude.

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Josep Lluнs Mateo is one of Spain's most influential architects in architecture today. This book brings together his recent projects, his influences, his references together with material from interviews and a wealth of images. It is, in a nutshell, his work philosophy. Conversations, reflections and projects completed in the last five years are presented as realities and actions, interpreted through this concept, which can be contemplated as infinity of individual forms of contacting with reality and acting upon it. For Josep Lluнs Mateo, the crux of this work is to analyse, from the perspective of his unique work, the state of issues and situations today in architecture and to interact accordingly with exterior space.

The innovative German company Occhio (which means 'eye' in Italian) has specialised in the design of timeless and elegant modular lighting systems for the past two decades. They see their lights ('luminaires') as part of a holistic approach to creating vibrant living and working environments. This book gathers together the best of their projects, showcasing how cutting-edge lighting technology and design can seamlessly unite the disparate functions and elements of a space.

_A beautifully produced book that explores the culture of light that this award-winning German company has developed over the past 20 years
_Highlights signature lighting solutions that combine minimalist design with state-of-the-art technology to create the perfect light for living, dining, and working

Off the Grid confronts the ecological and cultural problems associated with the way we get and use energy, and explains how it is possible to live in a beautifully designed home using much less--no matter where your home is located. Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that binds us together. It is a system of electrical poles, wire, substations, hydroelectric dams, telecommunication towers, and water extraction and sewage systems. From within this system we work, play, and raise families. We have also created one of the greatest environmental challenges known to modern civilization. The signs of our impact upon the world can be recognized in the reports of environmental changes occurring across the earth, and they can also be seen in the growing failures of the energy grids across the world as the current system is stressed beyond its capacity. Technologies that can be used to live off the grid (geothermal energy use, wind turbines, photovoltaic arrays, micro hydropower, rainwater collection and reclamation, and more) are explained as author Lori Ryker shows how to choose and incorporate these sources according to geography and climate. Off the Grid beautifully illustrates that this is not just a concept for rural living; examples of homes that are "off the grid" to varying degrees are found in New York City; Ontario, Canada; Stuttgart, Germany; Belmont, California; Pipe Creek, Texas; Clyde Park, Montana; Twin Lakes, Minnesota; Laytonville, California; Venice, California; and New South Wales, Australia. Off the Grid shows how we can take responsibility for our future choices and conveniences now, and proves that off-the-grid living is a concept that can be easily understood and adopted by everyone, regardless of where you live or how much money you make.

Modern society has adopted the work space as a second habitation, although it can also be considered as the most important space of habitation, the first home for most of the population, who spend far more time in front of the computer and the telephone than sitting on the sofa in their true homes. For this reason some of the greatest advances in technology and construction concentrate on making the working environment more pleasant and favourable…

At the beginning of the 19th century, Charles Fourrier observed that citizens’ lives were marked not by the home but by the office; 200 years later, this somewhat eccentric statement expresses the reality of post-industrial society: In Western countries, one of the consequences of the globalization of the economy has been the concentration of workers in the tertiary sector; more than half of the population works in offices. Offices have become domestic, the relationship between workmates has become closer and their workplace seems increasingly like a club or house in which they spend the greater part of the day. All presented projects feature inspiring ideas of designing more efficient, modern and more pleasant working environments.

Office Interiors and Business Buildings presents an architectureal typology which in the past has been treated in a thoroughly practical manner. A place which serves a purpose. This book however presents an excellent array of business environments designed to inspire those who work in them and impress those who visit. Designers and architects from the world’s leading studios have contributed their work, illustrated through full-color glossy photos and explantory texts. This is an essential reference tool for all those interested in the field of working environments.

This new addition to the International Spaces Series follows Office Spaces, Volume 1, and displays another diverse collection of office spaces, tailored to operate efficiently in today's world. Interiors as well as exteriors illustrate the infinite ways in which our workplaces are customised to accommodate new requirements for technology, leisure time, ollaboration and entertainment. A valuable resource for interior designers, architects, designers of office equipment and systems, and all those endeavouring to improve their working lives, the book contains a wealth of ideas for reception and waiting areas, lobbies, boardrooms, workstations, staff restaurants/ cafeterias, kitchens, breakout/leisure spaces, recreational spaces, conference rooms, training rooms, and even restrooms.

The work environment is experiencing an upheaval – offices that com-bine personality, functionality and just the right atmosphere are currently in demand. To fulfill the demands of office design and construction, architects and interior designers have developed all kinds of ideas for places of business, setting new standards for corporate architecture.

The most recent volume of the series Architecture in Focus provides after a brief introduction, that gives an overview of the history of offices, a cross-section through the developments of ideas for the design both of office buildings as well as office spaces. The approximately 100 projects in Offices are presented with texts, facts, material descriptions, photos and plans and are structured according to trade sectors to which the different offices belong.

Offices DesignSource presents a comprehensive selection of offices that embody the current revolution in architecture and interior design. The innovative spaces displayed here are characterized by flexible and dynamic floor plans that can be adapted to multiple purposes and functions, yet workers can still carry out their duties in comfort and with efficiency. The spaces featured here range from large corporate buildings designed by architects such as Frank O. Gehry and Richard Meier, smaller projects headed by recognized firms like Claesson Koivisto Rune and Klein Dytham, to offices integrated into domestic spaces by talented young designers. No matter what size space you're designing for, Offices DesignSource provides a wealth of ideas to help you create the perfect office.

Even in challenging economic climates, business must carry on, must do more with less, make greater use of fewer resources. One such commonly affected resource is a fundamental one--physical office space. As businesses try to make smaller, less expensive office spaces viable, the challenge is of course to maintain a professional atmosphere which, though small, still allows all workplace needs to take place. OFFICES FOR SMALL SPACES showcases over two dozen innovative small offices, none larger than 865 square feet, from all over the world and from all sorts of businesses that make the most of their area and nonetheless manage to create a habitable workplace environment conducive to success of business. OFFICES FOR SMALL SPACES is sure to provide plenty of ideas for your incorporation into your own workspace.

An introduction to the Japanese art of living of Ogata through the vision of its founder, Shinichiro Ogata.

As an expert in the cultures and traditions of ancient Japan, Shinichiro Ogata has dedicated himself to a contemporary reinvention of this solemn yet simple ideal of a harmonious life. His eponymous spaces in Japan and Paris are at once a tea salon, pastry shop, restaurant, bar, art gallery, and crafts and housewares store where every element is infused with a pared-back, refined style, holistically in tune with surroundings and nature.

Beautifully printed, this elegant volume provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese art of living, with chapters on tea, cuisine, wagashi (traditional confections), crafts, fragrance, and floral art. Readers are invited to consider a new outlook, nourished by millennia-old traditions and materialized through exquisite objects and sensorial experiences. Each section explores the details and innovative possibilities for deeply rooted traditions as well as the social and aesthetic rules that sustain them, while beautiful photographs showcase Ogata’s signature design as well as its flagship Paris space. Written in the first person, Shinichiro Ogata’s text offers a deeper understanding of his creative process and unique aesthetic vision. This is an exquisite book for aficionados of Japanese refinement and craftsmanship.

About the Authors:

Shinichiro Ogata is a Japanese designer. He founded Simplicity Co., Ltd. in 1998, a multidisciplinary company with activities ranging from a design studio to tea, cuisine, wagashi, crafts, and other fields. Ogata opened in Paris in 2020. Dennis Paphitis is the founder of Aesop. Kei Osawa is a French-Japanese researcher and curator at the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.

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Dif ferent geographies and customs generate dif ferent gourmet cultures, while different restaurants offer various gourmet food. In these days of rapid internationalisation, restaurants from different regions influence each other and merge with local live and culture backgrounds, creating a vigorous catering industry all over the world.

A foreign restaurant style may not only become the local amusing enjoyment, but also promote the revolution in the theme of restaurants.This book offers readers a visual feast with the collection of world’s most classic restaurant projects. It selects 500 projects from more than 50 countries of 6 continents all over the world. It is catergorised in 7 parts, including Restaurant, Bar, Café, Desert Shop, Fastfood, Canteen and Chain Restaurant, revealing designers’ innovative applications in restaurant design in different views.

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