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The Roof Construction Manual is a comprehensive reference work on the construction of pitched roofs, containing over 1800 plans and 220 photographs. Thirteen fundamental roof types and the relevant materials including thatch, wood, slate, tile, concrete, fibrous cement, bitumen, glass, metal, membranes, and synthetic materials are documented in detail. Essential topics such as ventilation, vapour and wind seals, insulation and drainage, renovation and energy conservation are examined. As with all the Construction Manuals, some 38 built examples illustrate the theoretical details, paying particular attention to important features such as the ridge, hip, eaves, roof valley, verge, and penetration. A compact presentation of the load-bearing physics and structures as well as current norms and standards make this volume an indispensable standard work for all architects and engineers.

Since streets become increasingly crowded, living on the top of a building promises privacy and distance. Rooftops have become the symbol of a new lifestyle - an extension and exclusive enjoyment of an area traditionally unused: the architectural crown of a building has been transformed into a new area for work or living. Architects, designers and town planners have seen in this final section of a building their last chance to let their fantasies run free and to dramatically shape the cities' skylines with extensions, attics and unique tops. This volume delivers a very close insight in the divers possibilities of the roof design of residential, corporative and other buildings. About 200 projects present the different types of roofs: Pitched roofs, flat roofs with planting vegetation, roof garden as a pool area or further floor space. An index with the contact dates of the designers is enclosed.

Both established and bold new architects show the most innovative roofs as a means of expression and function of the structure of buildings. Far from being limited to providing protection from the weather, roofs are open to many interpretations, such as acting as a filter for light. Like a fifth skin, they are conjugated even with facades to form an unusual binomial. In this work, architects and builders experiment with many materials and work with the traditional alternative of flat and sloping roofs. Each scheme has a careful study illustrated with photographs, plans, and construction details.

Fireplaces have become elaborate works of art in rustic home design. From stone and rocks to elaborately carved wood and antlers to a variety of metals and wrought iron, Kylloe has collected designs for more than 100 fireplaces and hearths that will inspire homebuilders, homeowners, craftspeople and anyone looking for ideas on how to incorporate the warmth and artisanship of a good fireplace into their home.

Kylloe's work has been featured in USA Today, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and has been seen on the Today Show. Kylloe's titles have sold more than 120,000 copies.

The new Scale series provides practical tools for architects and students of architecture.

Each volume analyses the construction process from the first design idea to the call for bids, covering the fundamental design principles and concrete details. The series title, Scale, signifies that the perfect detail is the result of a process through various levels of conception and design, from the abstract to the particular.

Although the focus is on communicating hands-on constructional know-how, Scale’s innovative presentation does not just simply show solutions, but demonstrates how to develop them.

Each volume presents essential information for design and implementation, from the first sketches to details of connectors in a scale of 1:10. Consistency in the plans and drawings, clear hierarchies in the headings and structure, and a clear, easily readable layout with helpful captions simplify the search for specific information, and make Scale volumes ideal for quick, targeted consultation.

Scale is conceived as a series of practical textbooks which can be used independently of each other, but also supplement and build on each other to constitute a reference work on construction design.

Designing and Constructing openings

The first volume of the SCALE series – Open | close – examines a simple but effective building element, the Opening, illuminating the path from idea to realization in its various facets.

The concept of Open | Close includes not only elements such as windows, doors, gates, loggias and skylights, which communicate between exterior and interior space, but also the structure of the building itself. Because Openings define and determine the relationship of the building to public space, they also determine the character of the site. The analysis of conception, form and construction of opening elements is supplemented and illustrated by international examples of best applications.

Gilles Perrault, ancien restaurateur des musées nationaux, nous offre ici un livre de référence sur la sculpture sur bois, une somme couvrant tous les aspects cette technique décorative, qu’il s’agisse de l’histoire ou des procédés mis en œuvre : dessin, modelage, moulage, connaissance du matériau, outillage, taille et ornementation.
Les techniques sont abondamment documentées par un millier d’illustrations : documents anciens, chefs d’œuvre tirés de musées ou de collections particulières, artisans au travail, ateliers, sculptures photographiées pas à pas lors des différentes étapes de réalisation, schémas et figures des principaux motifs ornementaux.
Le professionnel trouvera dans ce livre la réponse aux questions qu’il est amené à se poser dans l’exercice quotidien de son métier. L’amateur, pour qui la maîtrise des problèmes techniques est la condition préalable à toute création artistique, y cherchera de quoi enrichir ses connaissances pour accroître son plaisir.

Sommaire :
Historique : De la préhistoire au XXe siècle
Le dessin : techniques et moyens d’expression, ombres, perspective, géométrie
Le modelage et le moulage : matériaux, outillage et technique
Le bois : propriétés, défauts, abattage, séchage, collage, assemblages, essences
Les outils : évolution, outillage manuel (manches, affûtage), machines
La taille : processus, coupe, tenue des gouges, planisculpture, remplages gothiques, copies de pièces anciennes et exemples modernes (Henry Moore, Marta Pan, André Affolter Condé, José Subira Puig, Christian Renonciat)
L'ornementation et ses déclinaisons : moulures, ornements géométriques, végétaux, feuilles d’acanthe, palmettes, rosaces, fruits, coquilles, rocaille, cartouches, rubans, bestiaire ornemental.

This handy reference offers more than 40 major corner and edge techniques for garments and home decorating projects. The easy, step-by-step instructions are appropriate for all experience levels and cover everything from tablecloths and napkins to pillows, shams, vest, and ties.

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Shadowfolds — це багате поєднання традиційних мотивів, виражених у сучасному стилі. Техніка, започаткована художником Крісом К. Палмером, створює візерунки з однієї нерозрізаної панелі тканини за допомогою простого триетапного процесу.

У Shadowfolds Джефф Рутцкі, сам досвідчений і пристрасний орігаміст, і Палмер пропонують детальну та захоплюючу інформацію про техніку та її походження як у мавританській плитці, так і в класичному японському орігамі. Палмер вперше зіткнувся з вишуканою мозаїкою Альгамбри і зацікавився тим, що навчився перекладати ці візерунки на складений папір. Він звернувся за натхненням до робіт японських майстрів орігамі Томоко Фюзе, Джун Маекава, Тосікадзу Кавасакі та Шузу Фудзімото, а також до великих американських орігамістів Роберта Ленга та Пітера Енгела.

Потім був перехід до роботи по сукну. Гнучка властивість тканини дозволяє складати складки для збільшення та надання розмірності, якої немає на плоскій поверхні; а напівпрозорість додає неповторної складності геометричним візерункам. Коли лінії у візерунку складаються як складки, отримані форми, утворені складками, стають частиною художнього вираження матеріалу.

Можливості використання Shadowfolds у дизайні безмежні. Деякі аплікації використовують світло, що просвічує тканину, інші демонструють багатство складок, які мають власну глибину. На додаток до пояснення трьох дуже простих кроків техніки, автори показують, як навіть новачки папки можуть створювати захоплюючі витвори текстильного мистецтва, а також передовий одяг, аксесуари та домашні меблі, що містять ці тривимірні прикраси. Вони також включають розділ візерунків, тканини та ресурси для рукоділля.

Sign Graphics delves into the world of graphic signage and wayfinding, which can be found anywhere from retail stores, museums, theaters, and libraries to airports, subway stations, highways, and public spaces. Signs everywhere attract us with their stunning visual image, while presenting us with a coherent message. This book features sections on "Graphic Identity," which explores visual representations of companies and their corporate image; "Interior Artworks," which examines beautifully designed signs, murals, and posters in interior spaces; and finally "Environmental Signs," which presents eye-catching signage applied to outdoor landscapes, creating a powerful visual presence. Complete with an extensive array of beautiful, color images, Sign Graphics is a detailed look at cutting-edge sign and wayfinding designs from top creators and sites around the world.

The Venetian blind pays homage to the shade, as a subtle mechanism capable of showcasing the light. Because, all in all, light is all we have left. We architects build spaces for the light to inhabit. Is an element of climate control that provides thermal inertia to the facade.  

The facade represents a building's outer skin, and it is through this outer skin - the design, choice of materials, textures, and tones used in its composition, that architects can endow a building with a particular character. This title provides a detailed look at some of the resurgence in the use of slats and venetian blind style designs.

This book explores the resurgent trend in using slats and venetian blind-style facades. The facade represents a building's outer skin, and it is through this outer skin - the design, choice of materials, textures, and tones used in its composition, that architects can endow a building with a particular character. Slats Facades is a superbly illustrated volume that provides a detailed look at some of the recent resurgence in the use of slats and venetian blind style designs. Filled with full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings, alongside discussions on how the architects and designer approached each project, this is must-have resource.

Terraces and balconies have always been essential architectural features -- they are effectively the continuation of a dwelling outdoors. Terraces are mostly related directly to the landscape surrounding a building. They can frame a view -- for instance, through canopies or side walls --, they can imitate particular landscape elements on their own more human scale, or they can enable the landscape to be perceived and experienced in a different way.

Unlike terraces, balconies are first and foremost a structural element of a house, epitomising the character of the building and its architectural style. The balcony can be the crowning glory of a house -- the extension of the living space outdoors.

This book introduces terraces and balconies from all over the world that have been created by well-known architects and designers and that are particularly original or successfully unite aesthetics and functionality.

Nowadays people begin to pay more and more attention to residential interior design, which clearly indicates the increasing importance of our home living quality.

This book is about soft decoration in home, it's a collection of beautiful home interior projects which can be used as a reference by both; professional designers and design enthusiasts.

Over 1,200 high-quality colour images of traditional and innovative textiles, in print and on CD-ROM.
Modelled on the successful Surfaces, also published by Thames & Hudson, this new collection of photographs catalogues hundreds of varieties of textiles, grouped by structure and surface treatment, up-close and in interior and exterior applications, such as window treatments, upholstery, awnings, tents and floor coverings.

Like the previous book, Soft Surfaces is tailored to research needs, providing examples for architects, interior designers, theatrical and film designers, illustrators, artists and graphic designers. All the images are included on a CD-ROM for ease of use and are supported by a full reference section with a glossary and source information.

Artists and designers working in all fields of the visual and creative arts will find everything they need in this vibrant, vital resource.