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For centuries, writers, painters, and musicians have succumbed to the magical charms of Venice. From the lagoon - the city's life source crisscrossed by fishermen, sailors, and gondoliers - to the streets and squares that form the backdrop to the Venetians' theatrical way of life, the authors invite us to discover extravagant interiors in a tour of the palazzi, modern apartments, and private homes and gardens. Visit the colorful workshops where goldsmiths, boatbuilders, weavers, lace-makers, and other artisans craft traditional Venetian specialities. This revised edition is illustrated with 430 photographs and completed by a guidebook listing more than two hundred hotels, restaurants, and shops recommended by true Venetians.

This volume is a visual guide to the transformations that have taken place in the city in recent years. It also covrs the classical buildings of unquestionable architectural quality that have helped form the character of one of the most vibrant cities on Earth.

London may be known as a city of grey for its persistently cloudy skies, but when it comes to everything else, few cities on the planet can boast such colorful palette of converging cultures and styles.

Inherently vibrant and extraordinarily diverse, it has been one of the most important settlements on the globe for nearly two millennia and still stands today as an international leader in virtually every aspect of a modern society. Architecture is undoubtedly one of its most remarkable assets, its wealth of architectural gems transforming the city into an outdoor museum for tourists and locals alike. In addition to harboring an impressive array of historical landmarks, London continues to thrive as a breeding ground for groundbreaking architecture and cutting edge design.

This book presents a selection of the most recent and significant buildings and interiors in London, including the work of renowned architects like Norman Foster and Richard Rogers as well as emerging local practices that have equally contributed to this kaleidoscopic city's flourishing architectural and interior design panorama.

All projects will be listed in alphabetical order to the architects and designers, presented in a very clear layout. As far as available floor plans will give additional insights.

London is swinging again. The latest design trends, the best musicals, the most innovative plays and films are born in the capital of "Cool Britannia". What catches on in Notting Hill, Soho and Hoxton now influences taste as far away as the North Cape and Tierra del Fuego. At the same time, the city on the Thames, one of the most cosmopolitan on the planet, is home to people from every corner of the world and has assimilated many of their traditions and tastes.

With over 300 pages of rich colour photographs, "London Interiors" takes an intimate look at more than 40 private residences, among others the Indian-inspired hideaway of musician Talvin Singh and an amusing houseboat moored in Kew. From a 1930s penthouse at Highpoint Two, landmark of British Modernism, via the eccentric home of a "Royalist" living among Lady Di memorabilia to a loft crammed with "sexy kitsch", the tenth volume of the successful Interiors series is a window on the private worlds of a handful of Londoners whose homes reflect the city in all its spirited diversity.

A collection of photographs from the archives of the magazine Country Life, which form a remarkable and evocative record of houses as they were in a past that now seems almost impossibly remote - the era of the great political hostesses in their Park Lane Mansions, of society beauties in smart Art Deco flats and painters at work in Holland Park.

London is the capital of cool, full of famous artists, photographers, musicians, writers, decorators, designers, architects, and film-makers—and here is a chance to sneak into their homes! Arranged progressively by color, the rich, detailed full-page photos featured here take the reader on a whirlwind tour of the town, exploring a wide range of architecture and interior design.

Such a big, hectic, and crazy city as London isn’t easy to navigate unaided, which is why anyone planning a trip there should grab this invaluable guide. A wide selection of hotels, from classic to designer, gives a perfect variety to choose from, whether it’s the Dorchester in Mayfair, the Soho Hotel, a Notting Hill's Lennox Hotel or Eleven Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea. Antique hunters and style mavens alike will find their personal happiness in our list of must-see boutiques, restaurants, bars, and cafes; Angelika Taschen tells you where to procure a classic English tailor-made suit and where to enjoy tea and scones while you’re wearing it. From Dickensian charm to modern cool, London has it all — and this guide will help you find it.

English food is much more varied than fish ‘n’ chips (though we can tell you where to get the best London has to offer). Indeed, England’s capital city is home to a dizzying array of culinary options and of course Angelika Taschen has selected the finest London eateries where you’ll delight in a meal, tea, or simply hobnobbing with the jet-set.

Highlights:
• The Golden Hind with its art deco interior and delectable fish ‘n’ chips - a fixture on Marylebone Lane since 1914
• The Wolseley, classic grand café and perfect place for afternoon tea and scones
• Enjoy the same classic British cooking as Charles Dickens once did at the city’s oldest restaurant, Rules
• London’s first gastropub, The Eagle
• La Fromagerie, a cheese Mecca and delicatessen with fresh groceries
• celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant, Fifteen

Special features:
• exclusive hand-illustrated cover
• exclusive hand-illustrated map for each area
• information such as opening hours, history, and signature dishes
• hand-illustrated postcard
• softcover with a sturdy PVC jacket

London is huge, sprawling, and chaotic, so before you set out on a shopping spree we recommend you arm yourself with this handy guide to make sure you never get lost and don’t miss out on anything - from the oldest traditional establishments to the most avant-garde boutiques. And because we want you and your purchases to stay nice and dry, we’ve kindly included the address of a legendary umbrella maker!

Highlights:
• For “today’s grooming needs,” the classic barbershop & perfumer Geo F. Trumper
• Opened in 1882, James Purdey & Sons exquisitely crafted guns & hunting clothes
• Leading English fashion designer Stella McCartney’s shop
• Furniture shop owned by Paul Smith, who reupholsters vintage pieces with his own fabric
• putting H&M to shame, the Topshop flagship store
• all-natural, hand-crafted cheese and yoghurts from Neal’s Yard Dairy
• legendary umbrella makers James Smith & Sons, the perfect place to pick up a walking stick as a souvenir

Special features:
• exclusive hand-illustrated cover
• exclusive hand-illustrated map for each area
• information such as opening hours, history, and signature dishes
• hand-illustrated postcard
• softcover with a sturdy PVC jacket

London Calling. A photographic journey through the history of this epic city

Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s remarkable history, architecture, landmarks, streets, style, cool, swagger, and stalwart residents are pictured in hundreds of compelling photographs sourced from a wide array of archives around the world. London is a vast sprawling metropolis, constantly evolving and growing, yet throughout its complex past and shifting present, the humor, unique character, and bulldog spirit of the people have stayed constant. This book salutes all those Londoners, their city, and its history. In addition to the wealth of images included in this book, many previously unpublished, London’s history is told through hundreds of quotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records.

From Victorian London to the Swinging ’60s; from the Battle of Britain to Punk; from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics; from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium; from rough pubs to private drinking clubs; from royal weddings to raves, from the charm of the East End to the wonders of Westminster; from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters; from the power to glory: in page after page of stunning photographs, reproduced big and bold like the city itself, London at last gets the photographic tribute it deserves.

Photographs by: Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Anton Corbijn, Terence Donovan, Roger Fenton, Bert Hardy, Evelyn Hofer, Frank Horvat, Tony Ray-Jones, Nadav Kander, Roger Mayne, Linda McCartney, Don McCullin, Norman Parkinson, Martin Parr, Rankin, Lord Snowdon, William Henry Fox Talbot, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many, many others.

The editor:

Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, the National Geographic editions, the David Bailey SUMO and Andy Warhol. Polaroids.

On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it’s difficult to imagine what he saw, but for more than a decade, landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson has been working to do just that.

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is the astounding result of those efforts, reconstructing in words and images the wild island that millions now call home. By geographically matching an 18th-century map with one of the modern city, examining volumes of historic documents, and collecting and analyzing scientific data, Sanderson re-creates the forests of Times Square, the meadows of Harlem, and the wetlands of downtown. His lively text guides readers through this abundant landscape, while breathtaking illustrations transport them back in time.

Mannahatta is a groundbreaking work that provides not only a window into the past, but also inspiration for the future.

About the Author:

Eric W. Sanderson is a senior conservation ecologist in the Global Conservation Programs of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is adjunct faculty member at Columbia University and New York University and has lectured at Princeton, Harvard, and Oxford universities, and at TED.

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Exploding with color, textures, patterns, and ideas, this guide to the best of Mexican décor is packed cover to cover with splendid eye-popping photos. From Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula, this diverse selection of villas, casitas, haciendas, cabanas, and palapas paints a multihued picture of Mexican style.

Modernism takes you to a journey through Modernismo en Barcelona, a unique style, reflected and maintained in one of Europes most beautiful cities since it sinception in Barcelona.

Fourteen years after the first volume in the highly acclaimed Interiors series comes the first of our all-new updated titles: New Paris Interiors. The city of light is a place of persistent beauty, from the Tuileries gardens to the banks of the Seine to the heights of Montmartre. But the restrained palette of beige and stone painted by the city’s noble architecture may leave one wondering if Parisians are colour-impaired. Fear not - for New Paris Interiors, Angelika Taschen has brought together a selection of apartments so astonishing, so surprising, and so inspiring that you very well might not know what hit you. Think texture, think dynamic space, think eclectic, think vivid colours - these interiors are packed floor to ceiling with new ideas, unexpected pleasures, and prime examples of 21st-century living. Architect India Mahdavi, French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, auctioneer Simon de Pury, shoemaker Christian Louboutin, gallerists Philippe Jousse and Didier and Cleménce Krzentowski, fashion designer Rick Owens, and many more of the city’s most interesting personalities have opened their doors for this breathtaking collection of resplendent Parisian homes.