Книги издательства Thames & Hudson

A sumptuous, large-format photographic tour of the extraordinary collections of antiques housed in fifteen private residences in Italy.

Zaha Hadid is one of the most important and influential architects in the world. Educated in mathematics in Baghdad and architecture at London’s Architectural Association, Hadid is the first female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. ...

Zaha Hadid is one of the most important and influential architects in the world. Educated in mathematics in Baghdad and architecture at London’s Architectural Association, Hadid is the first female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. ...

This book examines the nature of dictionaries, archives and dress curation, and adds a stunning visual essay recording two overnight tours through an Artangel-commissioned exhibition at Blythe House. Phillips' definitions for words commonly as...

A revealing look at new city living, featuring seventy of the world’s most innovative, extreme and ingenious houses Featuring some of the world’s most innovative, extreme and ingenious urban interventions, The Contemporary House looks ...

This sumptuous volume, which includes a complete inventory of every item of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history that is still in use today. For anyone with ...

On an island behind Tibet’s Potala Palace is a small pagoda roofed Khang, or temple, a place reserved exclusively for the Dalai Lamas as a place of meditation and spiritual retreat. During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built t...

Stores from Harrods to Barneys to Galeries Lafayette have offered excitement to millions of visitors for more than a century. This superbly illustrated book goes behind the window displays, eye-catching shopping bags and promotional extravaganzas ...

This book is devoted to Albrecht Dürer’s early art and the circumstances of the young painter’s life that enabled his unique work. Literature about Dürer fills library shelves. Does this mean everything has already been said ...

The Eco-Design Handbook is the most comprehensive publication to catalogue and represent the vast array of ingenious green products available to the consumer. A complete sourcebook of beautifully designed, ecologically sensitive and consumer-friendly...

A thoroughly engrossing thematic study of the representation of the face on objects and in works of art from all cultures and throughout history From sacred totems to playful caricatures, the face is the most revealing subject in the history of ar...

With fabric designs by more than one hundred of the world’s top fashion designers and brands and over 1,100 images, this is the most comprehensive sourcebook of fashion fabrics ever produced The huge collection of swatches reproduced in this...

The French café epitomizes the French art of living. Open early until late, the café is both focus and microcosm of society. Friends talk; lovers linger; the white saucers pile up as the world goes by; the alone customer comes in to rea...

The French Château provides a privileged view into the special world that lies within France's grand historic houses; a view hitherto afforded only to a select circle of the French aristocracy and their friends. These stately residences ...

Everybody concerned with the design of interiors or gardens will find this book an inspiration: everybody who knows and loves the French will enjoy an intimate record of a mode de vie of enviable ease and charm. The French touch cannot be taught, ...