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Landscape architecture today is one of the most exciting and revolutionary areas of design. With environmental awareness at an all-time high, landscape designers are reshaping our appreciation of both natural and man-made surroundings, from small-scale private gardens to large-scale public spaces. Presenting entirely new ways of seeing, interpreting and designing a ‘landscape’, Radical Landscapes is organized into significant issues and techniques:
• light and colour
• movement
• order and objects
• interaction
• new contexts
• urban interventions
• narrative
Each chapter is illustrated with works by such internationally known designers and architects as Janis Hall, Fernando Caruncho, Adriaan Geuze, Reiser + Umemoto, Peter Walker and Makoto Sei Watanabe. A comprehensive and challenging evaluation of the present and a compendium of ideas for the future, Radical Landscapes suggests a rich and unexpected variety of ways in which we might interact dynamically and in harmony with the great outdoors.

Radical Renovations presents more than 50 outstanding examples of adaptive reuse in residential and commercial architecture, wherein existing buildings have been dramatically transformed with truly stunning results.

For many of these remarkable remodels the architects have utilized the principles of environmentally sustainable development, highlighting the importance of making conscientious and creative use of available resources to minimize demolition and waste while delivering cost savings, style and sustainability.

In locations as diverse as Japan, the UK, Spain, Australia, the USA and Italy, each radical renovation project breathes new life and function into an existing structure – often in astonishingly innovative ways.

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From the contents:

• Siobhan Davies Dance Company in Southwark, Great Britain (Sarah Wigglesworth)
• Company Headquarter L'Oréal in Kiev, Ukraine (m2r)
• Banquet Hall and Restaurant The Tote in Mumbai, India (Serie Architects)
• Filmediting Offices Jigsaw in Santa Monica, USA (Pugh + Scarpa Architects)
• Silos Apartments in Newtown, Australia (Tonkin Zulaikha Greer)

Societal and economic transitions have left numerous buildings redundant. Thanks to the esteem enjoyed by any sort of historic building fabric, an increasing awareness of sustainability issues as well as economic considerations, unused structures are now frequently being examined to determine what kind of new use might be suitable. These considerations take place in an area of tension between the poles of functional use of existing architecture as raw material, conscious inclusion of historical significance and radical new architectural interpretations.

This volume presents more than 100 projects from around the world which are distinguished by a change of function they have undergone: from a police station to a cinema, from a bunker to an office, from a transformer station to a synagogue and from a swimming pool to an art center, among other creative re-uses. The innovative buildings and spaces are therefore emerging with layers superimposed on top of one another; the original function usually still provides the scale and structure, into which a new matrix of utilization is installed.

200 illustrations, 173 in colour

In France, just as modern taste is turning to the natural shapes and materials of country furniture, utensils and textiles, the old rural ways of life seem to be disappearing.

There are places, however, far from the big cities and the tourist trails, where they can still be found, and Marie-France Boyer has travelled far and wide to seek them out. With her sensitivity for the extraordinary in the everyday, she describes these working interiors and the people who live in them, presenting a series of wonderful photographs - most taken especially for this book of kitchens and stove corners, living rooms and bedrooms, odd souvenirs and family mementoes.

The people who follow the old country ways are now in their seventies and older. Their homes are functional and mostly very frugal. They use the utensils, baskets and smoke-blackened pots that their parents and their grandparents used before themstill calling them by their local names. Ancient family tables and long-case clocks jostle with refrigerators and televisions; plastic lace and1950s wallpaper can be seen alongside the traditional striped mattress ticking, flowery eiderdowns and old beams. Candlesticks and oil lamps, both replaced by electric light in the 1940s, still stand on mantelpieces.

A unique record of French rural life as it used to be, this book also provides information on sources for the regional pottery, enamelware, linen and furniture that can still be bought today.

After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the integration of natural water courses into the built environment, rainwater management, the incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the creation of oases of tranquility or drama such as pools or fountains all these aspects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban planners, but they are also greeted with appreciation by the general public. This book reveals the wide variety of possibilities for using water as a creative element in the city, in art, in the landscape and architecture. The works are organized in seven categories and encompass large-scale masterplans, urban plazas and parks, river restaurations but also interior design schemes and art objects. Amongst the works documented are the landscape design for Dubai Business Park, a river restauration in Bishan Park in Singapore, landscaping for a new town in Tianjin, China, the schemes for Telecom Park, Taipei and Vuores Central Park in Tampere, Finland, and the design for Civic Square Seattle.

The first handbook on reclaimed wood, combining useful information, rich history, and design ideas

Wood reclaimed from old houses, factories, barns, water tanks, and boardwalks has become a valuable commodity, treasured for the patina that gives witness to its history. Our ancestors built well, using locally sourced lumber that expressed the culture and natural history of their region: oak and pine in the Northeast; hickory and cypress in the South; Douglas fir and redwood in the West. 

Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide is the first complete visual handbook to this popular resource, covering history, culture, salvage, sources, contemporary uses (in buildings and furniture), and practical advice.

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Adam Hills and Maria Speake, the partners behind architectural salvage and design business Retrouvius, combine their salvage work with one of the most sought-after interior design practices in Britain. Reclaiming Style goes with them behind the scenes, from the demolition site to the salvage warehouse to the process of designing with reclaimed materials. It gives an insight into the inspiration behind the design of family homes where reclaimed materials are treated with reverence and shown to best advantage.

Retrouvius bring a distinctive eye to designing with salvage, using an intuitive sense of colour and the flow of a domestic space to combine ancient and modern elements. Reclaiming Style is an invaluable source of inspiration for anyone wanting to create a sophisticated and thoughtfully constructed living space. Charted over twelve locations, ranging from a 17th-century cottage to a 1970s towerblock apartment, the company’s style goes far beyond a mere commitment to salvage to offer a new vision for the home.

Cet ouvrage présente des éléments décoratifs d’architecture accompagnés de leurs détails techniques. Les 80 planches regroupent des thèmes tels que : les épis de faîtage, les  ambrequins, les pentures etc.

In this beautiful book, Mark and Sally Bailey of renowned home store Baileys Home and Garden share their passion for rescued, repaired, reused and recycled pieces.

The look they love is simple, stripped back and stylish, focusing on the integrity of the materials and surface quality — chipped paint revealing the layers beneath, combinations of rough textures with clean lines or old materials with sleek stainless steel or concrete. The book begins by taking a look at the many different Elements of the Baileys’ style, including Textures, Storage, Walls & Floors, Lighting and Display. Following on, a section on Rooms shows how well the look can work throughout the home, including offices and children’s rooms.

About the Authors:

The Baileys’ style has been evolving for over 25 years in their home and business, which includes a large showroom and shop in Herefordshire. They live near Ross-on-Wye.

Presents a selection of ecologically remodelled kitchens and bathrooms that show the process of transforming what were previously poorly insulated and ventilated spaces to become workshops for the senses, governed by functional and aesthetic principles. These designs show how these utility spaces become part of, not separate to, the rest of the house. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and floor plans of dream kitchens and bathrooms which conform to 21st environmental requirements.

This monograph offers an invaluable insight into the design and creation of one of the world's newest and truly international corporate complexes. Founded in Bolton, England in 1895 by J.W. Foster, Reebok's story is one of discovery and innovation, which has been continued into the 21st century with the creation of the World Headquarters of Reebok International Ltd. Designed by US architects NBBJ, the headquarters is located at 1895 J.W. Foster Boulevard in Canton, MA, on 42 acres of landscaped grounds. It includes four major buildings that are connected to a unique circular glass spine, designed to facilitate employee interaction and inspire creativity. The site also incorporates extensive indoor and outdoor athletic/fitness facilities, including a dramatic state-of-the-art fitness center. These facilities can be viewed from vantage points within the building, uniting employees with the sporting and fitness activities that define Reebok and inspire new product development.

Today, the majority of architects are fully versed in the traditional strategies and challenges involved in restoring and revitalising buildings. But with the rise of new sustainable materials and demand for environmentally friendly construction techniques ever increasing, architects and designers are having to find new solutions. Rehabilitation & Ecology Architecture brings together a wide variety of projects that showcase the very latest work in sustainable and environmentally-friendly restorative architecture.

The loft, which is essentially an urban construction, is an ideal way of converting one’s own home to a unique space, and even though most of them are small, all of them demonstrate how it is possible to convert what could be a small apartment into a spacious loft.