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Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th century's great visionaries, both in the fields of furniture design (he created the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, for example) and in architecture. Among his greatest accomplishments are monuments that shaped architecture in postwar America and became icons in themselves: Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York, and the 630 ft (192m) high Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri. Marrying curves and dynamic forms with a Modernist aesthetic, he brought a whole new dimension to architecture.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:

* a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
* approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
* a concise biography

The building of religious structures represents a rare opportunity for the architect to concentrate on the creation of volume, space, and form. Sacred architecture is far less determined than other building tasks by functional requirements, norms, and standards. As a rule, it is free to unfold as pure architecture.

Thus in design terms this building task offers enormous freedoms to the architect. At the same time, however, the special atmospherics of sacred spaces call, on the part of the architect, for a highly sensitive treatment of religion and the relevant cultural and architectural traditions.

In a systematic section, this volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues, and mosques. In its project section, it also presents about seventy realized structures from the last three decades. Drawing upon his in-depth knowledge of the subject and his many years of publishing experience, the author offers a valuable analysis of the conceptual and formal aspects that combine to create the religious impact of spaces (e.g., the ground plan, the shapes of the spaces, the incidence of light, and materiality).

In recent years, Saint-Tropez, a heavenly spot on the French Côte d’Azur, has evolved into one of the most sophisticated holiday destinations for the Jet set. Initially, under the impetus of the many celebrities and wealthy citizens who lived there during the summer months, many luxurious holiday homes were built in a Provencal or Italian-inspired style in Saint-Tropez. Lately, this has changed: under the influence of local architects but also of the cosmopolitan population of the port town a resolutely contemporary design, both sober and timeless, pure and modern was resolutely chosen.

The renowned interior designer Sandra Cerfontaine, the creator of Alessandra Home Interiors in Saint-Tropez, introduces us to the exciting world of contemporary design in her home town: exclusive, never-before photographed homes that bathe in a contemporary and timeless atmosphere. A unique source of inspiration for anyone wanting to settle on the Côte d’Azur. With an introduction by Daniel Hechter, the celebrated French couturier, who also guides us first through his own home in Saint-Tropez.

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

While the service sector is attracting more and more attention in society, interior design for service spaces is getting increasingly popular. Beauty and hairdressing salons have begun to focus on offering more considerate services. Accordingly, interior design for such spaces tends to highlight human-centered and personalized strategies. In this book, focusing on the theme of beauty and hairdressing salon interior design, we chose a collection of outstanding projects from all over the world, illustrating up-to-date beauty and hairdressing salon interiors with many eye-catching pictures.

Projects featured in this book:

Bundy Bundy
Granny. M
AVEDA Hair Salon
Salon Gallerie
Erics Paris Salon – Beijing Kerry Centre
Colour Bar Hairdressers
Hair Culture
La Guardia Salon
Han Salon de Visage
West Hertfordshire Hair Academy
Cristiano Cora Salon
Carmen Font Madrid Hairdresser’s
Scissor Hands
Bergman Beauty Clinics MediSpa
Tiara
Haarwerk
Produce NARUSE
Imai Colore
4 Zoom Salon
Hair Salon Kasbah
Tierra
Hair Salon in Golden Hall
C-Style
Suave Hair
Philippe Venoux
Arrojo Cutler Salon
Hair salon in Kolonaki
Produce Hashimoto
Cesare Ragazzi
Tan Bella Hair and Tanning Salon
Suite
Vasken Demirjian Salon
Hairstyling Nafi
Hairu Hair Treatment
Sense Spa
Blythe
Studio 1452
Jenny House Beauty Salon
kilico.
Hair Salon at Peter Mark College
Salon Salon Beaute
Tribeca Aoyama
Showhair Salon
Cure Salon Monsieur
Style Club

… from the following designers:

Avi Oster Studio
BWM Architekten und Partner
Chrystalline Artchitect
CJ STUDIO
Concrete Architectural Associates
CURIOSITY Inc.
Di Cesare Design
Diego & Pedro Serrano (innova::designers studio)
Edward Suzuki
Francesc Rifé
Garry Cohn for Douglas Wallace
gfra architecture
GRAFT
Hackenbroich Architekten
Hiroyuki Miyake
ICHIRO NISHIWAKI
KAMITOPEN Inc./Masahiro Yoshida
Kayo Hayakawa
Koichi Futatsumata
M. Design/Stephen Kuo
Makoto Yamaguchi Design Inc.
MARKZEFF
Messana O'Rorke Architects
MSK Design Group
Nagehan Acimuz
Narduli Studio
no.555 – Tsuchida Takuya
Ramirez Buxeda Arquitectos
Randy Brown
Rossetti + Wyss Architekten
Ryo Matsui Architects
Song Weijian, Guo Chun/VJian Design Office
Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architect
Studio Nine
Tony Kerby and John Carrabin
upsetters architects
YASUO IMAZU/ninkipen! Architect office
Z-A and Cheng+Snyder
ZMIK in collaboration with SÜDQUAI patente.unikate.

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Beauty is big business worldwide. This is most evident by noting the amazing transformation of what was once the corner “beauty shop” into the amazing spaces that are now called salons and day spas and are being designed by some of the world’s hottest designers and architects. Providing a serene atmosphere that pampers and relaxes is as important for success as the products and services these retreats offer. Clients’ demands are not just to look beautiful when they leave but also to feel beautiful when they are there. The salons and spas that can provide this perceived sense of beauty prove to be the most successful. These pages provide an inside look at the most elegant and appealing spas to the hippest beauty shops. These new shops represent the high-end of interior design and architecture and the atmosphere is as important as the service. Spas and Salons features the design details of the best and newest beauty shops and spas on the block and uncovers, through interviews with the designers, what makes them so appealing, memorable, and desirable.

This publication contains 14 projects and recent works by Salvador Pérez Arroyo, an experimental and heterodox architect whose designs alternate between light, heavy and utopian.

His unstoppable creativity never ceases to amaze. His interest lies far beyond putting forward a clearly identifiable set of mannerisms; each project and building represents for him a new opportunity to engage with something unexplored, ultimately opening it up for new conversations in architecture.

Among his most relevant works and projects are the Moncloa lighthouse, the Madrid Planetarium, the restoration of the Palladium Basilica in Venice and the Convention Center of Liepage.

San Leung, prior to setting up his own pratice-san interiors, had work with a well know interior design firm where his design talent was explored and his skills polished. He brought with him a wide range of design experience to san interiors.
Leung, earned his name initially in designing residential spaces, now he is best known in the design of "brand" retailing spaces.
This monograph celebrates the 10th anniversary of "San Interiors" and presents 30 projects in 3 categories(10 each) achieved by San Leung and his team. The 10 Q & A provides an gilmpse of the design world of San Leung.

Sanaa’s housing projects, both finished (House A, S House, House in a Plum Grove, Small House and Moriyama House), and unfinished projects (Flower House, Garden & House, Seijo Apartments, Ichikawa Apartments, House in China and Eda Apartments). SANAA's architecture embraces complexities within deceptively simple appearances. It has many elements that are impossible to understand unless actually “experienced”. In contrast with modern architecture, SANAA has many aspects that cannot be revealed in “representative” media such as plans, models, and photographs. The “representations” of their architectural works incorporate ambiguity and chronological elements. This characteristic makes Sanaa one of the most innovative offices in the current architectural panorama.

For their intervention, Sanaa decided to use acrylic to make transparent curtains. They imagined an installation design that left the existing space of Barcelona Pavilion undisturbed.

The acrylic curtains are standing freely on the floor and shaped in a calm spiral. The curtain softly encompasses the space within the pavilion and creates a new atmosphere. The view through the acrylic will be something different from the original with soft reflections slightly distorting the pavilion.

Sand and Golf: How Terrain Shapes the Game explores what makes golf, and golf course architecture, so special on sandy terrain. Golf was born on sandy ground and the features of the game are a direct product of that terrain. Fairways and greens were derived from the naturally occurring areas of short grass found among the coastal dunes of Scotland. The original sand traps were areas of bare sand that can be found scattered throughout any dune landscape. As the game spread beyond the coastal dunes it took these features with it, and while they have been incorporated into a variety of landscapes they have always fit best on sandy ground. For this reason each major expansion in golf has begun with new courses on sandy ground. Even the best courses of the modern era are products of sandy terrain. The reason golf works so well on sandy ground is that it quite literally belongs there.

This book explores the unique features of sandy ground that make it so suitable for golf, studying the similarities and differences among sandy courses in a wide variety of environments. The courses of Melbourne’s Sandbelt may not bear much resemblance to the fantastic sandy courses of America’s Great Plains, but they actually have a great deal in common. The firm turf that is a product of free draining soils, rugged bunkers carved directly into the sandy soils, and a style of play suited to firm, often windy sites. Golf on sandy sites is a game played as much along the ground as through the air, and creative shotmaking is required to deal with the challenges of sandy terrain. The creativity required to succeed when golfing on sandy ground is a big part of the enduring popularity of these courses and the reason why people travel around the world to seek them out.

Golf on sandy terrain is something special because golf itself is a product of that terrain. Sand and Golf looks at all aspects of the relationship between sand and golf, from golf’s earliest days to the spread of the sport across the globe. Golf and golf course architecture on sandy sites is explored in every detail, using examples and illustrations from the best sandy courses in the world.

It’s easy to be carried away by the sheer pleasure of Sani. This five-star, family-owned ecological reserve in Greece stretches across a 1,000 acres and hosts five inspirational hotels as well as a striking yacht marina. With its endless golden beaches lapped by the crystal clear waters of the Aegean and flanked by the fragrant pine forests of the Kassandra Peninsula, Sani immerses visitors in nature at its most pristine and beautiful. Guests enjoy the highest standard of luxury, including private beach and pool options, exquisite spa treatments, and an array of sports and fitness programs and eco-friendly activities and events for the entire family. This book curates the finest photographs of Sani by Marina Vernicos to bring this unique resort to life and evoke its simplicity, beauty, and social and environmental consciousness.

Some 100 colour images capture the unique freedom and joy of a Sani holiday: taking off on a bike through the forests, savouring fresh flavours direct from the Sani gardens, and the bliss of diving into a warm, aquamarine pool. A special book for a one-of-a-kind destination, the serenity and contentment of Sani are infused into this richly-illustrated volume which readers can experience every day.

- A sumptuous photo book capturing the five-star ecological reserve of Sani in Greece
- Over 100 colour images evoke Sani’s stunning location, luxurious accommodations, and environmental consciousness
- An inspiring celebration of a unique holiday resort and the natural beauty of the Aegean Sea

Feats of design and engineering.

Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world’s most prominent architects but is also an engineer, sculptor, and painter. His reputation as an unparalleled architectural engineer was cemented with his numerous bridges for cities around the world. With recent projects such as the stadium for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the new railway station in Liège, Belgium, he has unarguably made his name in Europe and continues to look further ahead. His work is closely related to his own drawings of the human body, and to his sculptures of geometric forms, inspired by the dynamics of movement and tension. Winner of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the only architect ever to have his work exhibited at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Calatrava is one of today’s greatest and most innovative architects. This book provides an introduction to and an overview of his work to date.

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About the Series:

Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:

- approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
- introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
- the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of a client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions
-an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography, and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings