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Do our surroundings really make a difference in how we feel? In the harmony with which we conduct our daily lives? In our exploration of our personal, professional and spiritual paths? The answer, as shown in The Art of Dramatic Living: Personalizing the Home through Good Design, is a resounding "Yes!" Form, color, texture, light, proportion and material -- as well as cleanliness and order -- are powerful tools for expressing who we really are. In these pages, Dr. Carol Soucek King visits more than thirty residences around the world in which good design echoes the identity of those who live there. A house in Israel connects an active family with their cherished land and the sea beyond. A rustic lodge/camp dwelling in Texas celebrates its owners' retreat from urban life to a setting amid oak trees, creeks and hills. In Italy, a bachelor pares down the size of his living space and number of possessions but not his full expression of his devotion to music, lyrical spaces and elegant entertaining. In Tokyo, a Japanese entrepreneur creates a background to share his interests in global business and fine art with visiting business leaders and diplomats as well as his family. A couple in Sydney, Australia, uses every aspect of their home's historic site and style as background for their thoroughly up-to-the-minute interests and worldwide travels. Today's homeowners want to shape their house to their lifestyle, not adapt their lifestyle to the home. An individual's home is a mirror of their inner self and a person's environment affects their mind, body and spirit. This book goes beyond design to health and well-being. In these and an array of other homes, Dr. King shows how a variety of people in vastly different circumstances have realized that, in creating a home, one is creating one's own universe, and that in order to live life to its fullest, one should make the most of all the tools of good design.

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Teaching & Administration Facilities
Researech & Laboratory Facilities
Mixed-use Facilities
Other Facilities

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Unmistakably French, the fifth book in Betty Lou Phillips' best-selling series on interpreting French décor for American homes, broadens yet again the limits of what French style can do for a home. No matter the location or size of the room to be decorated, the French rarely stray from favored and well-known characteristics of design-eighteenth-century furniture, sumptuous textiles, distinctive porcelains, and oil paintings in original carved-wood frames. In Phillips' newest book, she defines some of these specific secrets that French designers use to create an authentic French look-these certain basic decorating values they hold dear, seducing us with their self-assured approach to glamour, culture, and enduring respect for history. The book includes four sections: Passion for French, Art of Living, Savoir-Faire, and Fluent French. The style and settings seen in these contemporary homes, while American, are Unmistakably French! Betty Lou Phillips, ASID, is a renowned designer and the best-selling author of Provencal Interiors, French by Design, French Influences, and Villa Décor. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

Основні уроки гостинності для кожного бізнесу від колишнього співвласника легендарного ресторану Eleven Madison Park.

Віллу Ґуідарі було двадцять шість років, коли він очолив Eleven Madison Park, двозірковий пивний бар у Нью-Йорку, що переживав труднощі й ніколи не виправдовувався свого величного приміщення. Через одинадцять років EMP було визнано найкращим рестораном світу.

Як Гвідара здійснив цю безпрецедентну трансформацію? Радикальне оновлення, справжнє партнерство між кухнею та їдальнею ― і незабутня, екстремальна гостинність на замовлення. Команда Гуідари здивувала сім’ю, яка ніколи не бачила снігу, чарівною поїздкою на санях до Центрального парку після вечері; вони наповнили приватну їдальню піском, укомплектовану майтаї та пляжними стільцями, щоб втішити пару, яка скасувала відпустку. І його гостинність поширювалася не тільки на тих, хто обідав у ресторані, а й на його власну команду, яка навчилася свідомо висловлювати хвалу та критику; чому відповідь на деякі з найзгубніших бізнес-дилем полягає в тому, щоб дати більше, а не менше; і магія, яка може статися, коли пасажир починає думати як власник.

Сьогодні кожен бізнес може вибрати бути бізнесом гостинності ― і всі ми можемо перетворити звичайні операції на надзвичайні враження. Показуючи яскраві історії про свою подорож ресторанами з найвідомішими гравцями індустрії, такими як Даніель Булуд і Денні Майєр, Ґуідара закликає всіх нас знайти магію в тому, що ми робимо — для себе, людей, з якими ми працюємо, і людей, яких ми обслуговуємо.

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Родом із Сонної Лощини, штат Нью-Йорк, Вілл Гвідара занурений у ресторанну індустрію з тринадцяти років. Він закінчив школу готельного адміністрування Корнельського університету та навчався в кулінарній школі на півночі Іспанії. Гуідара навчався в їдальнях Tribeca Grill, Spago і Tabla і відкрив ресторани в Музеї сучасного мистецтва, перш ніж стати генеральним менеджером Eleven Madison Park у 2006 році.

From Tower Bridge to Battersea Power Station, Big Ben to the Old Bailey, embark on a thrilling tour of the hidden interiors of some of London's most iconic buildings. 

Celebrated photographer Peter Dazeley takes you deep into the boiler room of the city's infrastructure, into the changing rooms of our greatest temples of sport, into the heart of the Establishment, and behind the scenes at the most opulent buildings in the Square Mile. Photographs of these extraordinary buildings – some derelict, but many still working – are accompanied by the story of how each of these places was created, how they are used, and what they reveal about the currents of power flowing through the city. 

See a glimpse of London behind closed doors with this unique guide to the city's buildings, revised and updated for 2017 to include the royal palaces of Hampton Court, the Tower of London and the Inigo Jones Banqueting Hall at Palace of Whitehall, and the Royal Courts of Justice, Supreme Court and Bow Street Magistrates Court.

Upcycling sums up today’s approach to interiors. It means re-using or re-styling things in an innovative and contemporary way, transforming an older piece of furniture from junk to fabulous. The same idea can even be applied to mass-market modern furniture — through "hacking," you can give it a brand new use or an entirely different look.

Both upcycling and hacking are about re-purposing, taking an inexpensive item and re-working it into something special and unique. It’s not just about making the most of your budget, although upcycling and hacks will save you money. It’s about having a home that reflects your style and individuality.

Sometimes it’s just a question of looking at "that old thing" in a different way, such as hanging an empty picture frame on the wall, using a piece of outdoor furniture inside, adding different doors to chain-store fittings, or combining traditional and modern in quirky, individualistic ways.

About the Author

Liz Bauwens is a freelance stylist who has worked for House and Garden, Good Housekeeping and Country Homes and Interiors.
Alexandra Campbell is a writer whose work has appeared in many national newspapers and magazines including The Times Magazine, The Independent and Financial Times: How to Spend It. Together they are the authors of Simply Country and Thrifty Chic, both available from CICO Books.
Liz Bauwens is based in Chelsea, London and Alexandra Campbell is based in Faversham, Kent.

Often found at the heart of a building, stairs still represent fundamental circulation spaces despite the prevalence of and necessity for lifts in more recent building designs. This new publication takes a detailed look at an incredible range of stair designs and reveals that stairs can provide more than just the transition from one level to another. For example, they may also be the focal point in a home, a decorative feature in a public building or a practical circulation space in an office block.

Urban Design and Architecture is a journey through the architectural events of the 20th century also offering an exciting documentation of the interrelation of people, time and architecture. There's something magical about some cities. They are artificial worlds that have nevertheless grown like organic entities over centuries. Here futuristic experimental buildings contrast with historical monuments, magnificent spectacle is found alongside minimalist elegance - and everywhere in between, people. Our major cities are condensed cultural histories that provide evidence of the changing rhythms of life of both the past and the present day. This richly illustrated compendium contains essays about styles, buildings, gardens and parks, along with itineraries through the cities that best showcase the architectural developments in urban planning of the past century. There are also short biographies of the most important architects who have shaped the 20th century with their creations.

Urban design has recently undergone a considerable transformation with a significant increase in the variety of resources employed by landscape architects and urban planners when it comes to planning public open spaces, especially when concepts such as sustainability and ecology have to be taken increasingly into account. Urban Eco Parks represents a collection of projects selected for their clear intention to show the greatest respect for Nature, places to take a “breather” or just to relax and take a pleasant stroll.