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Urban living is soaring in popularity as we flock to cities to pursue jobs, easy commutes, and other amenities. New pressures on housing mean that pioneering homeowners are converting ex-industrial, non-residential spaces into innovative homes.

The conversion of such buildings into residential spaces first emerged in the 1960s and ‘70s. A decline in manufacturing in city centres meant that many warehouses and factories became vacant, attracting the first wave of urban pioneers — artists and creatives seeking cheap rents and large interiors to use as studio spaces. Since then, industrial areas in many cities have become sought-after residential districts and urban regeneration has gone from strength to strength. Nowadays the trend shows no sign of waning, with a second generation of urban pioneers cleverly converting former lofts, warehouses, schools, factories, offices, and retail spaces into highly desirable homes full of personality and soul.

In Urban Pioneer, Sara Emslie investigates the practice for transforming non-residential spaces into homes, the key elements of the look — from exposed brickwork to copper piping and metal roof trusses — and the related rise in the popularity of industrial design. She then explores 12 inspiring and varied real-life homes that showcase the very best of the Urban Pioneer look.

About the Author:

Sara Emslie is an established interiors stylist and writer. With more than 15 years experience, her work is regularly featured in magazines such as World of Interiors, Homes & Garden, Livingetc. and Red. Sara lives in Richmond, London, in a beautifully small house, which provided the original inspiration for this book.

This is a superbly illustrated exploration of the latest trends and innovations in creating fun, safe, and educational playgrounds. Children's playgrounds form an integral part of the modern urban landscape, providing safe spaces for children to play, learn, and interrelate with each other. But getting the mix between adventure, education, safety, and aesthetics can be challenging. Filled with full-colour photographs, illustrations, and detailed plans, "Playground Spaces" examines a number of innovative solutions created by architects and designers from across the globe.

Stations play a vital role for passengers and non-travelling users which they are located. They serve the growing needs of an increasingly mobile population and are used by a wide range of users. Stations are also primarily a means of access to the national rail network, in turn acting as a gateway to or from other destinations. They have become increasingly important as destinations in their own right – as places to shop, work, or simply to meet family and friends. Most stations also function as interchange hubs, providing connections between different transport modes.

With millions of journeys made by urban rail each day, designers should recognize the importance of its customers and the need to put passengers first. To ensure that the expectations of its customers are met in full, the design guide in this book places passengers at the forefront of the design process, acknowledging that all elements of station design should be considered to help meet their needs. This book also provides an overview of what designer considers to be important in the planning and design of metro stations and light rail stations. It will be relevant to new or enhancement projects as well as to major renewals or maintenance projects.

This book is intended to support sponsors and project designers throughout the design and development process. It is hoped that all parties involved in station design and operations will find its approach useful and consistent with their own design approach or standards.

Дизайн интерьеров китайских городских рестаранов, предлагающих различную кухню от национальной до европейской. В зависимости от направленности этих заведений общественного питания и создаются их интерьеры.

This monograph discusses the role that ruins play in urban centers in terms of their meaning, testimony, and value, and the opportunities they provide. After an outline of historical and contemporary of approaches, with a special analysis of British and Italian approaches, Elisa Pilia puts forward a methodology for the inves­tigation of the strategic values of such ar­tifacts, and ideas for their potential con­tribution to a sustainable requalification of historic urban cores. The protocol is tested on the historical center of Cagliari, a mid­sized port city on the south­ern coast of the island of Sardinia, Italy, where the remains left by aerial bombardment during the Second World War are still a dramatic part of the controversial European debate on how to reuse ruins.

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В монографии анализируется роль руин в современных городах с точки зрения их смыслового наполнения, признания историческим свидетельством и ценностью, а также возможностей, которые они в себе хранят. Автор книги Элиза Пилиа предлагает читателям обзор исторических и современных подходов к исследованию темы городских руин, особенно выделяя британский и итальянский подходы, а затем выдвигает методологию исследования объектов, имеющих стратегическое значение и предлагает идеи касательно использования их потенциала для бережного преобразования исторических районов городов. Эти предложения воплощаются в жизнь в историческом центре Кальяри, портового города на южном побережье острова Сардиния (Италия), где разрушенные здания, оставленные бомбардировками времен Второй мировой войны, по-прежнему являются предметом споров о том, как сегодня следует обходиться с руинами. 

A stone-garden fountain where children are invited to play...a striking landscape created by the "flying floors" of an airport...in the midst of the most crowded, most intense cities and buildings, open spaces provide visual and emotional relief. Twenty exciting examples of the best in urban design, each thoroughly illustrated and documented, make Urban Spaces: Plazas and Squares an invaluable resource for architects, urban planners, and students seeking out the latest trends in public space design.

* Exciting projects by top design firms from around the world
* Innovative, unusual, unexpected projects

Migration from the countryside to cities is a global phenomenon, placing increased population and transport pressures on cities around the world. And yet there are precious few great transit developments, little variety in the ones we do have, only rare examples of development profitability, and consequently, minimal motivation for our industry and our communities.

Urban Transformation is really about providing the critical inspiration to change this situation. It is about restocking our weak architectural portfolio of transit facilities with dynamic new models. It is about recognizing the potential value and longevity of these projects, and making them exceptional rather than forgettable.

The powerful cases in this book remove the excuses for mediocrity and mundane functionality, and show us how to excel. The text introduces an understandable typology of development around transit, and uses that to illustrate different strategies and design techniques. There is a broad range and scale of projects represented—large and small, domestic and global, big markets and modest communities—and each an excellent example of what can be realized.

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In the first publication of the URBANITY project, readers can see thoughts of upcoming architects about the city and it’s potential.

Urbanity Twenty Years Later is a long term regional research project which is rediscovering Central European urban values and aiming to find answers for the future of our cities as such.

In the book, readers will find out why guest critic Elia Zenghelis pointed out that “Urbanity Twenty Years Later is going beyond official education where political awareness is treated like a hot potato”.

Research partners were Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Berlin Institute of Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technical University of Budapest, University of Ljubljana and Warsaw University of Technology.

With the increasing awareness of eco-building techniques alongside the desire to make our homes healthier, the historical benefits of using natural renders and paints are being rediscovered.

Using Natural Finishes is an in-depth guide to the selection, mixing and application of lime and clay based plasters, renders, paints and washes. Providing step-by-step instructions with detailed illustrations to show the practical elements of working with lime and clay-based finishes, the authors demonstrate how these natural breathable plasters and paints can be used on a wide variety of wall surfaces, including traditional and eco-build materials like cob, strawbale and stone, as well as modern plasterboard and concrete surfaces, with stunning results.

Easy to follow DIY projects guide the reader through all aspects of using these natural finishes, with beautiful photographs of techniques and examples from the UK and abroad.

Key words: cob, eco-building, natural building, strawbale, earthen plasters, earth plasters, clay plasters, natural paints, sustainable building, lime plasters, lime paints, lime wash, alis, casein, clay paints, eco paints, green paints.

Ce livre montre comment les artisans ont utilisé les marbres anciens dans le mobilier : dessus de commodes, plateaux de tables et de consoles, cheminées en marbre. Outre le marbre dans le meuble, son utilisation dans la décoration, l’architecture, la mosaïque, les objets d’art, les statues et l’art religieux  est largement abordée.
Une partie technique traite des connaissances nécessaires à l’expertise d’un marbre ancien, son identification et son entretien, et montre un exemple de restauration d’un plateau de marbre. Les autres roches décoratives sont également décrites : les bois pétrifiés, le porphyre, l’albâtre ou la paesine, cette étonnante pierre-paysage.
Une deuxième partie montre, à travers de nombreuses photographies, des exemples d’utilisation des marbres dans des œuvres prestigieuses depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, en insistant sur le XVIIIe siècle. Beaucoup ont été photographiées au Musée Carnavalet, au Château de Versailles, à Palais Garnier et au Musée Nissim de Camondo.

Un livre à la fois technique et artistique sur l’utilisation du marbre, complément bienvenu de l’autre livre de Jacques Dubarry de Lassale, L’identification des marbres.

Jacques Dubarry de Lassale, Maître ébéniste, expert en mobilier et objet d'arts organise des stages d'expertise de mobilier ancien.
Petits groupes de 4 à 8 personnes.
Stages très pratiques qui permettent une application immédiate des connaissances.

Sommaire :
Identifier un marbre.
L’expertise d’un plateau de marbre.
La restauration et l’entretien des marbres.
Les pierres marbrières et roches décoratives.
Historique du travail des marbres.
Exemples de réalisations en marbre : les meubles, les cheminées, les éléments d’architecture, les objets d’art et la statuaire, l’art religieux.

An inspirational exploration of utopias and radical approaches to city planning.

Whether created by established architects and artists or new talents, the examples in Utopia Forever are important catalysts for fundamental change and are radically shaping our notions of life in the future. The current projects and concepts from architecture, city planning, urbanism, and art collected here point beyond the restrictions of the factual to unleash the potential of creative visions. This inspiring work explores how current challenges for architecture, mobility, and energy as well as the logistics of food consumption and waste removal can be met. Text features by both architects and theorists give added insight.

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.- Oscar Wilde

The cities in which we live today are unfortunately not the cities that we need for a humane and sustainable tomorrow. Societies and politicians are desperately looking for solutions and ideas for the urban areas of the future. That is why the development and discussion of utopias are - next to sustainability - the most current topics in contemporary architecture.

We have learned from the 1960s and 1970s that utopian visions are one of the most important catalysts for fundamental change. Modern wind farms for generating energy, for example, were initially contemplated at that time and are now permanent fixtures in our landscapes.

Utopia Forever is a collection of current projects and concepts from architecture, city planning, urbanism, and art that point beyond the restrictions of the factual to unleash the potential of creative visions. In contrast to the largely ideal-theoretic approaches of the past, today’s utopias take the necessity for societal changes into account. The projects in this book explore how current challenges for architecture, mobility, and energy as well as the logistics of food consumption and waste removal can be met.

Whether created by established architects and artists or new talents, the projects in Utopia Forever are radically shaping our notions of life in the future.

This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title includes a free CD of high-resolution images.

Chinese Textiles moves through the centuries highlighting the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, floral silks intended for the export market, and even the tongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam.