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Cet ouvrage présente une centaine de motifs divers pouvant facilement être reproduits. Quelques profils présentés au format facilitent le creusage.

Ce livre présente un grand nombre de motifs s’inspirant de l’Art arabe. Les motifs sont classés par ordre de difficulté.

This book charts the history of muslin from India to Europe to America, illustrated by some of the finest examples from the V&A’s relatively unexplored collection of more than 900 objects, including men’s and women’s dress, dolls, and ballet costumes. Muslin has been used for everything from gowns for Mughal princes and delicate dresses to the humble baby’s diaper. Many Asian examples are dyed vivid colors and embellished with embroidery, gold, silver, spangles, and even propaganda, while in the West muslin was adapted to changing fashions throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and has been used by designers such as Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano.

About the Author:

Sonia Ashmore is a design historian specializing in aspects of cultural exchange and trade between Britain and Asia. She has been published widely and contributed to a number of V&A books, including British Asian Style.

This is an exceptionally well-explored and exhaustive study of the treatment andapplication of facades from the conception of the design to the final execution of the project. Each chapter focuses on a particular material, the wide range of design possibilities it offers and the relevant construction details. Full-colour photography, floor plans and explanatory texts accompany all the featured projects ensuringthat the reader has an authoritative guide to this area of architecture. Ground breaking works combine with eye-catching aesthetics to make this publication an indispensable reference.

Over the course of time designers have managed to optimise fireplaces to avoid problems such as smoke and smells. However, heating the home is no longer the sole aim of chimneys and heaters. They create cosy, warm atmospheres, allowing us to enjoy the magnetism of their flames. This book presents designs of both wood and gas fuelled chimenys and heaters, made from a variety of materials and original designs.

Created by The Plan, one of Europe’s leading architecture magazines, 'New Forms' does what most books on cutting-edge architecture do not: it reveals the details of a building’s design and construction.

Most architects today are savvy to the power of digital renderings and media, but few can present drawings in a manner that can be understood by those working outside the project. These drawings reveal what images and photographs cannot: how some of the world’s most challenging buildings have been constructed.

• From double-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the world’s most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially created plans, sections and elevations.
• Includes detailed plans of such buildings as Rem Koolhaas’s Casa de Musica in Porto, Norman Foster’s Chesa Futura apartments in St Moritz and UN Studio’sVilla NM in upstate NewYork.
•The information has been culled and created in close collaboration with the architects, with a view to highlighting each building’s particular innovations.

For many years, water has been an essential element for live and for the evolution of man. Countless examples throughout history present an interaction between this liquid element and man's way of life. In Roman times, the domus was built around a patio with a small pool, which became the centre of the house. However, with the passing of time, its original function as a place to collect rainwater has given way to another much more thought -provoking one, which contributes to improving people's life. Swimming pools, especially those found inside a home, such as the ones in this book, have become a popular feature for architects and designers, who see the creation of these spaces as a great ally fo their most innovative architectural projects.

This volume presents light as an element with the same importance as furniture or layout; it is treated innovatively and imbued with a distinctive personality. In this book, light transcends the simple function of illumination, becoming a tool for emphasizing elements that modify space and turn it into something different by creating an interesting effect or simply a more pleasant atmosphere. This approach leads to homes with their own original identity.

Scandinavian style has long been associated with light, clean-lined spaces or pared-down monochrome interiors. However, in recent years the colour palette has seen a dramatic shift away from pale, cool shades and dramatic, darker and more characterful hues have begun to appear in stylish Nordic homes. Why have the Scandinavians suddenly welcomed colour in this way and how is it being used?

As well as discussing the theories behind this shift and analysis of the most popular colour schemes, in New Nordic Colour interiors writer Antonia af Petersen offers expert advice on choosing colour for your home. She goes on to visit 10 Nordic homes that are divided into three different types. 'Dark Eclectic' schemes feature deep, intense hues: dusk blue, storm grey, forest green and indigo, all inspired by the more dramatic tones of the Nordic landscape. 'Bold Accents' focuses on the details that stand out and add character – think deep red berry bushes or the russet tones of the northern birch forests in Autumn. Finally, in 'Majestic Pastels' Antonia provides a glimpse into interiors decorated in strong but subtle pastels for a remarkably modern effect.

These unique Nordic homes all have one thing in common – plain white walls and monochrome palettes have been replaced with rich, complex and vibrant hues.

This book includes a fascinating selection of roofs, from the most classical to the most avant- garde, all of which lend style as well as functionality to the buildings they crown.

The featured projects provide a thorough, up-to-date study of trends in roof design, according to their type, materials used and the respective characteristics they provide.

Works by leading architects are included, as well as some by up-and-coming new talent, all of them fully illustrated with plans and building details which help to give a better understanding of the enormous range of possibilities that exist in roof design in contemporary architecture.

Tents have been prized for centuries for their lightness, mobility, small footprint and structural elegance. New tents offer innovative and significant solutions to age-old problems. With the demand on architects to touch the earth lightly, together with a cross-disciplinary interest in technotextiles, membrane structures are assuming new prominence and pleasing forms.

This wide-ranging international survey looks at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years.

Includes:
• Architectural and cultural history of the tent
• Thirty recent projects grouped by theme, such as atrium covers and fabric walls, ring roofs and convertibles, small peaks, large waves
• Accessible text descriptions, photographs and line drawings.

In the wide field of design, the designing of textiles is regarded as a special discipline. It requires a deeper understanding of the technical side of the production of textiles as well as a specific knowledge of each fabric, of its uses, its properties and characteristics (dyes, fibres and colourings). “New Textile Design” covers the many and various forms of the discipline. It includes clothing, caps, shoes, scarves, bags and appliqués, bedclothes, upholstery and lampshades. Even textile trinkets and other accessories are featured on the following pages.

The collected designs range from central motifs (on t-shirts, for instance) to patterns which often have to compete with the visible structures of the fabric. Additionally, the very form and manner of the presentation can become an interesting part of the work. Thus, we've included everything from sketches to elaborately staged photos.

Motives, patterns, textures - “New Textile Design” covers the whole range of soft goods.

Exciting new urban elements--from sketches to installed finished product

* The most complete book on urban-planning elements
* Custom-designed fountains, footpaths, street lights, much more