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A showcase of 21st-century wellness, from the protagonists linking ancient treatments with contemporary innovations to the spaces in which they practice.

Be Well: New Spa and Bath Culture and the Art of Being Well delves into one of life’s greatest pleasures; a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries — in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas.

Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options. In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world’s most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.

About the Author:

Kari Molvar is a writer and editor focusing on wellness as seen through the lens of design, culture, and style. She is an online contributor to T: The New York Times Style Magazine and the founder of Rutine Matters. Her work appears in Vogue and The Wall Street Journal, among other titles.

A showcase of 21st-century wellness, from the protagonists linking ancient treatments with contemporary innovations to the spaces in which they practice.

Be Well: New Spa and Bath Culture and the Art of Being Well delves into one of life’s greatest pleasures; a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries — in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas.

Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options. In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world’s most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.

About the Author

Kari Molvar is a writer and editor focusing on wellness as seen through the lens of design, culture, and style. She is an online contributor to T: The New York Times Style Magazine and the founder of Rutine Matters. Her work appears in Vogue and The Wall Street Journal, among other titles.

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Eine Reise zu den außergewöhnlichsten Wohlfühloasen der Welt, die mit innovativen Praktiken und individuellem Design zum Entspannen einladen. 

Kaum etwas bereitet mehr Vergnügen als in die Komfortzone abzutauchen und seinen Körper zu pflegen. Seit Jahrhunderten ein wichtiges Ritual – in den Schwitzhütten des amerikanischen Südwestens, römischen Bädern, Hamams im Osmanischen Reich, japanischen Quellen oder finnischen Saunas. In unserem immer rastloseren Leben hat sich dieses Bedürfnis verstärkt und den Begriff Wellness neu definiert.

Inzwischen gibt es eine ganze Industrie, die nur darauf ausgerichtet ist, uns mit Erlebnissen beim Abschalten zu helfen. Kari Molvar, Wellnessexpertin u. a. für The New York Times und Vogue, entführt in Jungbrunnen zu den außergewöhnlichsten Entspannungsorten der Welt und stellt innovative Praktiken vor, die man in den eigenen Alltag integrieren kann, ob Yoga, Detoxkuren, Ayurveda, Meditation oder Akupunktur.

Stunningly creative baths, spas, retreats, and other relaxing getaways for indulging both our bodies and our minds

Water is life. In every culture, it represents purity, revitalization, and relaxation. Rituals of wellness inspire a sense of calm and self-awareness within our increasingly chaotic world. Oasis showcases a stunning selection of baths, spas, retreats, and other relaxing getaways that not only cater to our personal well-being, but also creatively push the frontiers of hospitality, interior design, and architecture.

This book brings together a rich assortment of contemporary locations for indulging both our bodies and our minds — places to let go, be pampered, relax, and refocus. From public saunas to choice health clubs and five-star resorts, the spectrum of retreats ranges from minimalist spaces of tranquillity to glamorously opulent temples of body care. While some examples provide a haven amidst the bustle of city life, others can be found at remote locations in sweeping natural landscapes framed by dramatic vistas.

Brimming with lavish photographs, Oasis serves as the ultimate guide to addressing and re-imagining our physical and mental need for escape and tranquillity.

From the contents:

* Bathhouse in Las Vegas, USA (Richardson Sadeki)
* Hotel Q in Berlin, Germany (GRAFT)
* Moku Moku Yu in Tokio, Japan (Klein Dytham architecture)
* McCarthy Residence in Sidney, Australia (stephen varady architecture)
* The Dome Spa in Belek, Turkey (G. Hakan Kulhaci)

From luxurious spa-temples to home bathrooms, the sheer variety of contemporary spa and bathroom architecture is breathtaking. Distinctive design and creative use of materials are key factors in shaping spaces conducive to relaxation and recuperation in contemporary bathroom and spa architecture.

This volume presents a diverse selection of projects from all over the world, graphically accompanied by photographs and architects’ plans. It features both reputed designers and relative newcomers to the design scene. Within its pages Relax! invites to enter a world of inspiration for all the senses.

Splash provides the inspiration for anyone designing, or dreaming about, their own pool.

This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design--from glimmering infinity pools with a view of the ocean to dramatic cascading waterfall pools and those in lush garden settings. Ranging from beautifully landscaped backyards to dramatic beaches and tropical paradise surroundings, the stunning pool locales show creative examples of pools as architecture and organic forms. In the mix are seductive pools owned by such celebrities as Cher and Dianne Keaton and leading designers Bunny Williams and Carolyne Roehm, as well as masterpieces by famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and Luis Barragán. Splash concludes with a section on poolside elements, from tiled steps, patterned surfaces, and Jacuzzis to pool houses with outdoor showers, landscaping, furnishings, and much more. Every example evokes the enduring and irresistible appeal of the swimming pool.

About the Authors:

International renown architecture and design photographer Tim Street-Porter has authored and photographed many successful books, including Casa Mexicana, The Los Angeles House, Tropical Houses, Los Angeles, and has coauthored numerous publications with his wife Annie Kelly, among them the Rooms to Inspire series and Casa Mexicana Style. He is also a frequent contributor to many life style and design magazines, such as Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times.

Annie Kelly writes about design and travel for magazines in America and abroad, including Belle, English House and Garden, the Robb Report and Western Interiors. She is the author of Casa Mexicana Style, the Rooms to Inspire series, Casa Mexico: At Home in Merida and the Yucatan, among several other titles. She is also a decorator whose work has been included in Architectural Digest, House and Garden, House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Elle Decor, and World of Interiors.

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Пролистать книгу Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool

Spas are becoming increasingly common all over the world. In holiday resorts as well as in private homes, yesterday’s bathrooms are giving way to wellness rooms for recovery from modern life’s hustle and bustle. Architects and designers integrate their clients’ longing for rest and relaxation in their designs.

Bath & Spa presents seventy projects for relaxation, recreation and dreaming with photos, plans and drawings. Whether in a small bathroom or a top-flight spa, surprising design opportunities arise from different combinations of materials. The publication of the series Architecture in Focus invites the reader to discover the new trends at this exciting interface between the solid and liquid states.

From the contents:

* Thermae Bath Spa, England (Grimshaw)
* Tschuggen Bergoase in Arosa, Schwitzerland (Mario Botta)
* Bliss Spa Soho in New York, USA (Jeff Etelamaki Design Studio)
* Therme Meran, Italy (Matteo Thun)
* Moku Moku Yu in Kobuchizawa, Japan(Klein Dytham architecture)

An exclusive new book presenting private properties never before seen. The lavish gardens and swimming pools featured in this book are the creations of renowned landscape architects.

More and more, people are treating the outdoor spaces on their properties as true extensions of their homes, turning pools and gardens into outdoor living spaces that serve the same functions as indoor rooms.

From large gardens to small terraces, from urban to rural, from contemporary to classical, from infinity-edge pools to attractive garden pools, this book presents superb garden and pool projects from prominent landscape and garden designers.

This captivating book offers readers the rare opportunity to enter exquisite private spaces and to delve into the idyllic beauty of garden and unprecedented pool design and will help to consider strong garden contexts, landscape planning and pool-site plans. 

The ultimate resource and a must-have visual reference for garden lovers looking for exclusive inspiration!

The days of the predictable turquoise rectangle are well and truly in decline. From the latest eco pools that use plants to naturally filter the water to futuristic state-of-the-art stainless steel, twenty-first century swimming pools are aesthetic statements that are as much a part of the well-designed home as a spa bathroom or the ultimate kitchen – and they don’t have to cost much more. Whether it’s streamlined lap pool that’s an extension of a home gym or a sympathetically landscaped outdoor pool that nestles discreetly among the planting schemes in your back garden, a swimming pool can be an undeniable asset. A fitness centre in the basement, a party venue, or the ultimate water feature in your garden filled by a wall of cascading water – a pool can be all these things and more...

From the renovation of ancient aqueducts in Rome to the computer-controlled jets that celebrated the dawn of the twenty-first century, Fountains, Splash and Spectacle traces the history of fountain design over the centuries and across nations, exploring the collaborations of architects, sculptors, garden and landscape designers, hydraulics experts and engineers.

Thematic examination of the aesthetics, social implications and purposes of fountains reveals a surprising diversity of functions these structures provide, from flamboyant public gesture to private oasis.

Over 300 illustrations – photographs, paintings, etchings and drawings – accompany the many fountains discussed and also include designs for fascinating unrealized projects. A comprehensive bibliography and chronology make this a valuable work of reference as well as a joy to the eye.

Beautiful, eye-catching photography by Jan Verlinde link the past with the present in this stunning book. The noblest of building traditions are bonded with a modern wat of living, working and relaxing. Lifestyle author Ivo Pauwels, in his familiar, fascinating style, takes the reader back to the past. He brings the memories of the centuries-old building techniques and the forgotten knowledge of the materials used in roof trusses, tiles and thatched roofs.

Illustrations:  327 color photos