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Before the advent of corporate communications and architectural uniformity, America's built environment was a free-form landscape of individual expression. Signs, artifacts, and even buildings ranged from playful to eccentric, from deliciously cartoonish to quasipsychedelic. Photographer John Margolies spent over three decades and drove more than 100,000 miles documenting these fascinating and endearingly artisanal examples of roadside advertising and fantasy structures, a fast-fading aspect of Americana.

This book brings together approximately 400 color photographs of Main Street signs, movie theaters, gas stations, fast food restaurants, motels, roadside attractions, miniature golf courses, dinosaurs, giant figures and animals, and fantasy coastal resorts. In an age when online shopping and mega-malls have reconfigured American consumerism, stripping away idiosyncracy in favor of a bland homogeneity, Margolies's elegiac 30-year survey reminds us of a more innocent unpredictable and colorful past.

Currently the only available publication on this subject, Russia Now presents 37 examples of contemporary Russian architecture and product design, all of which can more than hold their own on the international stage. The new Russia has long since adopted as its own the former Soviet Union‘s ambitious desire to be a leading player in the cre­ative disciplines – with one difference: The designs and con­struction processes coming out of Russia now reflect those of the country‘s former ideological foe. Content: Sergey Tkachenko, Ilja Utkin, Andrey Trofimov, Art-Blya, Sergey Skuratov, Mikhail Belov, Mikhail Posokhin, Atrium, Vitruvius and Sons, Project Meganom, Mikhail Filippov, Inna Rannak, Elena Franchan, Salavat Timiryasov, Boris Bernaskoni, Aleksandr Kuptsov, XYZ Architects, Manworksdesign, Viktor Freydenberg, Art. Lebedev Studio, Evgenij Korneev etc.

120 color photographs

Russia - Even after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Russia remains a nation shrouded in mystery. The country's modern aesthetic includes vestiges of its past that combine and collide with its present, reflected in such unusual imagery as an ornate palace which now houses a hip-hop rehearsal studio, and the stained-glass windows of a church that immortalize the icons of the proletariat. Photographer Andrew Moore explores Russia's majestic beauty and paralyzing decay with striking honesty, often finding them in the same frame. Russia: Beyond Utopia is an intricate hybrid of modern Russia'sunresolved past and uncertain present, revealing a country on the cusp of a new era.

Andrew Moore's works are represented in the collections of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Inside Havana was his first published monograph.

Country houses and town houses from Southern Italy with their collected, poetic, intimate spaces.

Salento is located in the south-eastern extremity of Italy - located in the 'heel' of the Italian 'boot'. This book captures, in glorious photographs, the incredible interior design style of the region. Slowly becoming internationally recognised - just as 'Tuscan Style' before it - Salento Style encompasses an eclectic mix of fashions: at once simple, but sophisticated, rural and aristocratic, antique and contemporary.

Introduction Town Houses Amazing Salento style - Casa a corte Aristocratic Salento style - Villa antica Classical Salento style - Palazzetto Ethnic Salento style - Casa con agrumeto Minimal Salento style - Casina Poetic Salento style - Stanza di paese Sophisticated Salento style - Casa con ortale Country Houses Artistic Salento style - Deposito degli attrezzi Charming Salento style - Ricovero agricolo Modern Salento style - Casa di campagna Precious Salento style - Masseria Romantic Salento style - Casina antica Rustic Salento style - Lamia Secret Salento style - Pajara

Coastal dwellings around the globe that will inspire your life and dreams

"We would like to take you with this book on a journey to some of the most beautiful and purest places on the globe. Skies are cerulean blue. Follow us as we set sail for distant, dreamy shores."
Diane Dorrans Saeks

Once a fishing town nestled on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta on the east cost of China, Shanghai is now the country’s largest city and one of the world’s busiest ports. The city has been the cultural and economic center of eastern Asia for over a century and has become synonymous with all that is modern in China. This book adventures through Shanghai, giving readers a cross-section of the city’s loveliest and most exceptional interiors, such as a penthouse loft in a converted hardware factory with a rooftop greenhouse, controversial writer/superstar Mian Mian’s conceptual “art apartment,” the painstakingly restored “dream house” of a French archaeologist in the French Concession, and the sprawling, flamboyant apartment of art world diva Pearl Lam.

This surprising and multi-hued collection of interiors ranges from Dutch colonial to traditional wood and thatched-roof houses, townships, modern city apartments, and funky artist homes, reflecting the country`s tumultuous political history while celebrating its rich culture.

Spanish interior design has been influenced over the centuries by a multitude of styles, which have contributed to a variegated but specific interior design culture. Such a rich heritage does not just represent an opportunity for contemporary interior designers and designers: it poses a real challenge for them.

This volume shows the results of this creative potential, which characterizes the Spanish interior design of today – a collection of different ideas, concepts and styles. The best projects are on display from different categories, from living and work settings, to restaurants, hotels, commercial and cultural spaces.

From the contents:

_InDret office in Barcelona (Francesc Rifé)
_La Terraza del Casino in Madrid (Hayon Studio)
_House in a former barn in the Alt Empordà (Habitan Arquitectos)
_Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona (OAB)
_Pharmacy in La Puebla 15 in Palencia (Buj+Cólón Arquitectos)

From Aragon, Galicia, and the Basque regions in the north to the central cities of Madrid and Toledo, from the fabled Andalusian cities of Seville and Granada in the south to the Catalan capital, Barcelona, more than thirty enchanting and historically significant properties are visited in this landmark volume.

The lavish illustrations depict the wide range of design styles embraced by Spaniards over the centuries, reflecting the fascinating motifs of the numerous cultures that have contributed to the Spanish aesthetic. Imposing medieval castillos, fabulously detailed Moorish-influenced country casas, and beautifully furnished, art-filled city palacios are included in this tour of the country's grand and historic private residences and buildings

Spain is a country as extraordinarily diverse in its architecture as it is in its landscape. Ranging from the lush green Pyrenees to the arid vineyards of La Rioja, and from traditional Andalucian haciendas to the creative hive of contemporary trends in Catalonia, Spanish Style provides a luxurious, often dramatic tour of 23 hand-picked homes and boutique hotels across the country, showcasing a superb array of design ideas. Kate Hill’s expressive text captures inspirational spaces as varied as Frank Gehry’s landmark hotel for the Marqués de Riscal winery and the tiny family cabañaof artist Moisés Tibau, while Tim Clinch’s photographs reveal a treasure-trove of textures and colours, where blue-washed ceilings and blood-red tiles contrast with brocade-darkened rooms burnished with shuttered sunlight.This dazzling sourcebook will appeal to all lovers of Spain, interior design professionals and anyone seeking an armchair escape to this fascinating land. 

Presents a rich and inspirational variety of interior design styles

This book brings together a warm and colorful selection of cozy, quaint country interiors in the land of northern lights and white nights, from seaside cottages to traditional farmhouses and royal manors.

Swedish Interiors is the first book to share the history, progression, and key elements of Swedish style and how to use it in many different styles of homes. From the white- and blue-hued images of the familiar Gustavian style to the gold accents and luxurious patterns found in the Swedish Baroque, Rococo, and Biedermeier periods, the secret to Swedish design is in having the confidence to mix old and new while maintaining a clean and simple aesthetic.
Emphasizes light, comfort and elegance.
Is found throughout the world, proving its wide appeal and the ease with which it blends with other design styles.