Частные дома

These houses are built to make the best use of renewable resources and designed to guarantee environmental protection and the health of the community. Ecological housing has in fact ceased to be the choice of just a few radical ecologists to become one of the fastest developing interests in modern society.
Along with the people’s interest, that of the architects dedicated to designing this type of housing has also grown, with aesthetics and comfort no way incom­patible with the principles of sustainable development. Research into alternative materials and new ways to apply traditional prime materials have paved the way to create a whole new range of superb designs.

The emergence of a greater awareness of the environment, the application of new technical knowledge, and the use of traditional construction methods such as orientation towards the sun, are motivating a growing number of owners to have ecological houses built on a small scale.

These small eco-houses are the first step towards a culture of sustainable and responsible construction, based on the use of natural materials which save energy and contain environmental contamination, but also on the creation of small oases that offer a high quality of life.

There are numerous examples of how pleasant ecological houses can be from an architectural viewpoint, and the variety of ecological materials now available allows architects to select their own approach.

This books presents a selection of small eco-houses: considered architectural anomalies for some time, these houses have laid the foundation for tomorrow's construction. Lots of color photos.

Inspired solutions to a reality of housing today

 * Case studies plus photos and floor plans
* Expert commentary by the designing architects

 The architects featured in Small Houses have reinvented the small house, successfully creating the illusion of space where, in reality, there is very little. With their remarkable sleight-of hand, space and light are maximized, superfluous elements are minimized. These invaluable case studies, illustrated with full-color photographs and floor plans, are expertly explained by the architects who created them. For any architect or design professional working with the realities of small homes, this book is a treasure trove of ideas and information.

Due to their proportions - often related to the budget - minimal houses tend to use a basic, light structural system, generally based on wooden frames or thin metal sections, which also make the building easy to construct on isolated or inaccessible plots of land. These homes can hide ingenious elements inside, such as folding tables, hanging beds, translucent panels, and highly efficient storage areas. This collection of 25 projects includes practical, contemporary examples that demonstrate the countless architectural solutions available for houses with minimal space.

Simplifies living as its very best is what’s offered in these rural getaways. By applying first-rate modern design technology and advances to an age-old concept, the award-winning architects featured herein have reinvented the small country house. For their exemplary maximisation of space and light and masterful paring down, while also ensuring the utmost in comfort, these houses are invaluable case studies for any professional (or aspiring professional) in the fields of Architecture and Design. IIIustrated with full-colour glossy photographs and floor plans, each project is expect explained by the best authority available: the designing architects themselves.

If cabins make you think of lumberjacks…of Camp Grenada, circa 1974… of Deliverance…then you need a copy of Small Wood Cabins. Paul Bunyan would have been proud to call any of these twenty-five magnificent cabins home. Each cabin has been designed to maximize limited living space and create a warm, appealing place for living, relaxing, and entertaining. Full color photographs, ground plans and sketches, and in-depth technical commentaries by the architects themselves render these cabins truly inviting for design professionals everywhere.

The sheer size of the 58 spectacular contemporary homes included in this book is striking. Via the different projects, extensively illustrated with plans, sketches and texts accompanying the photographs of both indoor and outdoor features, the reader will discover in these houses unquestionable architectural gems which boast fascinating structural elements and transmit tantalising visual sensations.

Illustrations: over 350 color photos

Sri Lanka Style showcases over 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka, from private homes to retreats and resorts, all designed by the island's most creative architects and interior designers including some by the world-renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa that have never been seen before. These houses demonstrate the essentials of the Sri Lankan lifestyle-spaces open to the environment and the natural use of space and decor-and contribute to a palpable sense of peace and discipline. In addition, there are practical design ideas that can be applied to any tropical locale.

Stone Houses: Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania’s Bucks County and Brandywine Valley is a unique presentation of beloved building traditions in one of the most charming and historically significant regions in the nation. Houses, barns, and outbuildings dating from the colonial and Federal periods, built with local stone predominantly in an English Cotswold vernacular style, represent a form that has become popular across the nation.

Geoffrey Gross’s stunning photographs document a remarkable collection of early buildings, including the John Chad House (circa 1720), Peter Wentz Farmstead (circa 1758), and Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768), as well as more recent designs, in part inspired by such traditional homes, by architects R. Brognard Okie, G. Edwin Brumbaugh, and John D. Milner. Part of the original Pennsylvania Colony founded in March of 1681 by William Penn, the region encompassing Bucks County and the Brandywine Valley is important not only for its history as an early English settlement in the New World, but also for its role as a crucial site in the struggle for American independence.

The evidence for this is obvious in the story of its houses. Some notable examples include the Thompson-Neely House at Washington Crossing, in which, it is said, Washington’s officers were billeted during the famous night of his crossing of the Delaware, and Pennsbury Manor, the reconstructed home of William Penn. With its authoritative text and exquisite full-color photography, Stone Houses is a beautiful record of a historically rich regional building tradition.

- The first book by distinguished designer John Saladino
- Inspiration for home and garden design
- Contains 200 full-color photographs, and a special gatefold feature
- An invaluable reference book, superbly designed and produced

In this volume, US design guru John Saladino reveals the secrets that made him one of the world's most respected interior designers. He reveals the inspiration behind his design philosophy with its mastery of colour, light and scale. Showing how lessons from the classical world can be implemented in contemporary design, he talks through the design principles that guide him and explains how he applies these principles to settings as well as suggesting solutions for your own home. Chapter by chapter he moves from discussing essential considerations such as light and colour to the more ambitious skills of mastering scale, illusion and exaggeration.

John Saladino is a graduate of Notre Dame and the Yale School of Art and Architecture. He worked in Rome with the architect Piero Sartogo before returning to New York where he opened his own architectural and interior design practice over 35 years ago. It is now known as The Saladino Group Inc. In 1986 he started his own furniture company. He has won numerous interior design and furniture awards (including the prestigious Daphne Award) and he is on the Board of Directors of the John Soane Museum in London. His interiors regularly appear in international magazines including House Beautiful, House and Garden, the New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, Vogue Decoration and the World of Interiors.

The book selects more than 60 domestic top projects, mostly masterpieces from Vanke, Poly, China Overseas, Greenland, etc and some of the projects are winners of the 7th Kinpan Award.

Starting from style integration and innovation, the book shows how buildings, while adopting the oriental, Western, traditional and modern style, meanwhile innovate for further development, to thus discuss how to integrate different styles and organically combine with the local culture, and to provide professional readers with design concepts and skills.

Contents:

Modern Conciseness

Cuboid Villa Merging into Nature P10
Comparison of Grey and White Fashionable and Innovative Residence P18
Seaside Leisure Villa Protogenetic Natural Residence P26
Emphasis on Local Features Practical Lakeside Villa P32
Coordinaton of Architecture and Nature Gareden-style Villa with Charm of Jiangnan Style P38
Through Appropriate Proportion Constructing Modern Concise Residence P44

Traditional Chinese Style

Courtyard Villa with Seven Faces of Light Recurrence to the Age of Detached Courtyard P52
Connection of Jiangnan-style Architectures and European Flavor P60
Reconstructing Chinese-style Architectural Charm with Modern Elements P70
New Generation of Lingnan Chinese Villa Interpretation of Traditional Courtyard Life P76
Landscaped Mansions and Yards Inheriting Territorial Humanistic Spirit P84
The Classic Modern Version of Jiangnan-style Architecture P94
Renovated Chinese Villa Traditional Orient Mansion P102
Inheriting Charm of Taimen Traditional Chinese Residence P114
Traditional Suzhou Flavor Personalized Modern Villa P122
Jiangnan-style Architectural Flavor Modern Concise Villa P132
Quadrangle Courtyard Merging into the Jiangnan Flavor P140
Charm of Western Sichuan Province among the Traditional Chinese-style Residence P148
Tradition of Folk Houses in Western Sichuan Province Courtyards in Zangqiang Flavor P156
Traditional Folk House Features Royal Garden Style P164
Suzhou Humanistic Residences Integrating Landscape and House P170
Combination of Humanistic Ambience and Local Features P180

European Elegance

Dignified North European Style Combined with Chinese Tradition P190
North European Decorative Elements Modern Rural Residential Interest P198
Villas with Original England Flavor Freely Enjoying the Exotic Flavor P206
Spanish-style Courtyard Villa P216
Innovative Detached Villa Creating England-style Mansion Flavor P230
British Villa Style Elegant Rural Life P234

Classic Luxury

Backed up with Mountain and Leaning on Water Villas with Neoclassic Flavor P244
European Classic Villa with Stone Façade P254
Waterside Villa on Island Neoclassic Residence P260
Integration of Retro Style and Modern Style Neoclassic Aesthetic Mansion P272
Neoclassic Sea View Villa in Conformity with the Local Situation P284
Coexistence of Luxury with Elegance Concise Neoclassic Mansion P290