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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. 

Discover magical, remote locations around the world, from Africa to the Arctic, that will help you disconnect from modern life and enter a state of wonder.

Silence. Calm. Open spaces. These are the new luxuries. In this turbulent era of disruption and noise, it is become ever more crucial to disconnect and slow down. Remote Places to Stay shares 22 out-of-the-way places where you can get off the grid and reconnect to the essentials, surrounded by raw, pristine nature. Some remote places are only accessible by foot, others by mountain train, small boat, or bush plane — but they are all places with a very strong sense of space.

About the Author:

Debbie Pappyn & David de Vleeschauwer, journalist and photographer respectively, have been passionately exploring the world for more than a decade. They have visited over 100 countries and their articles have appeared in publications including Monocle, Wallpaper*, The Financial Times, and National Geographic.

The lofty painted ceilings of Europe's palaces and churches rank among the greatest treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. This unique assemblage features brilliant full-color reproductions of some of the finest examples of such art. Drawn from two rare French and German portfolios of the nineteenth century, this unique volume re-creates more than 60 magnificent ceilings from Parisian drawing rooms, German castles, and Italian galleries.

Richly depicting scenes from nature and mythology, this collection abounds in chubby cherubs, ethereal goddesses, heroes in full battle armor, and all manner of animals, both legendary and realistic. In addition, a generous assortment of floral ornaments includes rosettes, garlands, and clusters of acanthus and other decorative leaves and vines. Whether used in their entirety or as individual motifs, these designs will add beauty and sophistication to any art or craft project.

The volume is divided into three chapters: Early Renaissance, High Renaissance and Mannerism. It includes palaces, buildings, villas, churches, hospitals, monasteries, squares, streets, fountains and flights of steps.

The book is completed with drawings and maps.

Среди так называемых «малых искусств», процветавших в эпоху итальянского Возрождения, пожалуй, самым поразительным по своей виртуозности была интарсия, или инкрустация по дереву, в которой бесчисленные кусочки дерева разных пород соединялись вместе, словно пазл, создавая изысканные картины. Мастера интарсии переняли недавно разработанную технику линейной перспективы для изображения своих характерных тем, а именно городских пейзажей, рассматриваемых через арку, и иллюзионистских изображений полуоткрытых шкафов, заполненных литургическим или научным инвентарем. Поначалу эти очаровательные сцены из дерева встречались в основном в церковной обстановке — на хорах и алтарях, а также в ризницах, — но к позднему кватроченто они стали также использоваться для украшения studioli, или личных кабинетов, могущественных светских покровителей. Со временем, в чинквеченто, интарсисты начали раздвигать границы своего материала, создавая фигуративные сцены все большей сложности; Эта амбициозная, но, возможно, и донкихотская попытка соперничать с живописью привела ко многим техническим и эстетическим нововведениям, но также к отказу от естественных преимуществ интарсии и её окончательному упадку как самостоятельного вида искусства.

В этом томе группа известных итальянских историков искусства прослеживает эволюцию интарсии эпохи Возрождения, рассматривая двенадцать важнейших циклов интарсии. К ним относятся знаменитое студио Федерико да Монтефельтро в герцогском дворце в Урбино; ризница Санта-Мария-ин-Органо в Вероне, которую Вазари описал как самую красивую во всей Италии; и хор Санта-Мария-Маджоре в Бергамо, картоны для которого подготовил Лоренцо Лотто. Опираясь на новейшие научные данные и, в некоторых случаях, на вновь обнаруженные документальные свидетельства, авторы объясняют исторический контекст и иконографию этих шедевров, а также их связь с живописью, скульптурой и архитектурой того времени. Их содержательные эссе проиллюстрированы примерно двумястами новыми цветными изображениями, ставшими результатом масштабной фотокампании, проведённой специально для этой работы.

Книга Renaissance Intarsia, достойно заполнившая уникальную главу в истории искусств, станет обязательным чтением для учёных и ценителей искусства, а также мощным источником вдохновения для современных художников и мастеров.

Широкое культурное и идеологическое движение, Возрождение, или Ренессанс, было периодом интенсивного литературного, художественного и научного творчества, охватившего Европу в период между XIV и XVI веками и знаменовавшим собой переход от средневековой к современной концепции интеллектуальной жизни.

В период раннего Возрождения сосредоточившиеся и вскормленные во Флоренции и Италии искусство и культура претерпели радикальное обновление, которое постепенно распространилось по всей Европе различными средствами и стилистическими проявлениями. Возрождение основывалось на обновленном интересе к Древнему миру – от философии до литературы, от мифологии до изобразительного искусства, – неоплатонической философии и гуманизму. Научные интересы включали познание природы и человека, в том числе, его анатомии, и поиск новых технологий. Гармоничное сочетание основных искусств вырастало над уровнем механического воспроизведения, чтобы превратиться в свободное выражение теперь уже консолидированных интеллектуальных прерогатив мастера.

Фундаментальный вклад королевских дворов, правителей, покровителей и деятелей церкви, которые использовали новые стилистические языки для украшения своих дворцов и поместий, был естественным следствием великолепия искусств.

Arthur L. Guptill's classic Rendering in Pen and Ink has long been regarded as the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of ink drawing.

This is a book designed to delight and instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist. It is of particular interest to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, industrial designers, illustrators, and renderers.

Contents include a review of materials and tools of rendering; handling the pen and building tones; value studies; kinds of outline and their uses; drawing objects in light and shade; handling groups of objects; basic principles of composition; using photographs, study of the work of well-known artists; on-the-spot sketching; representing trees and other landscape features; drawing architectural details; methods of architectural rendering; examination of outstanding examples of architectural rendering; solving perspective and other rendering problems; handling interiors and their accessories; and finally, special methods of working with pen including its use in combination with other media.

The book is profusely illustrated with over 300 drawings that include the work of famous illustrators and renderers of architectural subjects such as Rockwell Kent, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Willy Pogany, Reginald Birch, Harry Clarke, Edward Penfield, Joseph Clement Coll, F.L. Griggs, Samuel V. Chamberlain, Louis C. Rosenberg, John Floyd Yewell, Chester B. Price, Robert Lockwood, Ernest C. Peixotto, Harry C. Wilkinson, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and Birch Burdette Long. Best of all, Arthur Guptill enriches the text with drawings of his own.

The world's enthusiasm for Art Nouveau reached its apex at The World Fair in Paris in 1900. There René Binet created the main entrance, "la Porte Monumentale." To coincide with the exposition, Binet published in Esquisses decoratives (1896) the plate designs for the gate, along with other sketches of furniture, jewelry, wallpaper, lighting, stained glass windows, signs, wrought iron, and architectural details.

The entire collection of Binet's sketches for Esquisses decoratives are beautifully presented here in color and black and white. Like his renowned gate, they feature the organic structures and intricate embellishments that mirror the great variety of patterns and ornamentation found in the microcosm of nature and epitomize the Art Nouveau aesthetic. Binet credited scientist and artist Ernst Haeckel's work on radiolarians as his inspiration. Two prominent experts on art and architectural history lend their perspectives to this important work in the realm of the decorative arts.