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Vacations at last? Time to discover the most beautiful and unusual travel destinations in the world. manager magazin, the monthly business magazine for professional decision makers, and teNeues recommend travel spots that combine top-notch service with discreet elegance and cuttingedge design. The magnificent photographs and evocative descriptions get you right in the holiday mood.

* An overview of all the hippest holiday destinations
* A thoughtful gift—especially for those who need a great break

It's the weekend: 48 hours of free time! Turn off your Blackberry and recharge those creative batteries — or spend some precious time with your partner. manager magazin, the monthly business magazine for professional decision makers, and teNeues have selected the best short-stay destinations in Europe. Illustrated with attractive photographs, this convenient guide shows you just how top executives unwind. Each hotel has unique charm, superb service and unparalleled amenities. The only decision you'll have to make is where to go first.

Imagine spending the night in a hotel that looks like a giant dog. Or would you rather enjoy the view from an enchanting jungle tree house? Extreme Hotels takes you on an amazing journey along the world's most bizarre hotels and bed and breakfasts, from a survival capsule via a hobbit house lodging and a wine barrel hotel to an underwater resort.

From the aspect of functional space, the book is divided into five parts: hotel space, business & office space, restaurant space, leisure & entertainment space and exhibition space. In the hotel space, this book selects hotels designed by well-known international design groups. You can comprehend the design classics of big groups through drawings of the hotel's public areas, lobby, banquet hall, rooms and so on. In the exhibition space, popular 2010 Shanghai World Expo pavilions are the main selection. The pomp of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is recreated by displaying pavilion’s external shape, entrance and internal structure. In other spaces, you can learn about the building process of business environment by displaying functions of shopping malls, office decoration, stores, restaurants, KTV, leisure clubs and so on.
From the aspect of CAD drawings design, all selected drawings are domestic and international first-class drawings, and even built drawings. In addition, there are also corresponding real and effect maps. These drawings are very detailed and from big companies, including HBA, Gold Mantis, the United States Wilson, Tdi Associates (Shanghai) Pte, Ltd, and famous designers, including Gao Wenan, Xie Yingkai, Zhang Xing and so on. You can not only refer to their design but also quote something inside the drawings. For example, you can adjust the size of hardware structural elements to standard size for the next need; at the same time, it’s worth for you to collect some detailed and standard methods such as identification methods of icons, illustration, material and process. All these can enrich your own map storage or perfect your company’s storage.

Contents:
CORPORATE
ART & CULTURE
COMMERCIAL HOTEL EDUCATION
ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE
OTHER
INDEX

200 color photographs

Contents:
Fragrance Filling the Courtyard·Spring Scenery Is Locked in a Small Boudoir
(Ancient and Unsophisticated Artistic Conception)
Understated and Undemonstrative Chinese Charm--Vanke Tangyue Club, Dongguan
Always Alluring Whether Adorned or Plain--Yueshang Xiangjiang Restaurant, Beijing
Chinese Characters Tell Chinese History--Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel, Shanghai
Caring for Mankind--Dunnan and Tianmu Restaurants of Eu Yan Sang · The Zun Express, Taiwan
New or Traditional, Highlighting Kunlun--Hotel Kunlun, Hohhot
...
Fragrance Filling the Courtyard·Summer Scenery
(Luxury Artistic Conception)
Beijing-style Mansion with Imperial Flavor--Imperial Mansion, Beijing
Splendid, Noble and Imperial Style--Guijie Shop of Go Believe, Beijing
Rich-flavor Restaurant--Wangshunge Pin · Wei Restaurant, Beijing
Splendid “Chinese Door”--Hilton, Beijing Capital Airport
Elegant & Understated Club--Sanming Club, Fuzhou
An Ideal Place Far away from the Noisy World--Showflat of Jinxiu Villa, Yichun, Jiangxi
Luxurious China Red Building in Foreign Land--Tse Yang, Qatar
Shimmering Ripples Revealing Luxury and Elegance--Yuleijinxiu Business Club, Dujiangyan, Sichuan
Magnificent Villa -- A Spiritual Belongingness for Oriental Elites--Showflat of Taihu Golf Villas, Suzhou
A Visual Treat of History--No.9 Seafood Restaurant, Tianjin
Attractive Sumptuousness--Zen5es in Westin, Tianjin
A Hotel in Orient and Has Infinite Charm --Raffles Tianjin
...
Fragrance Filling the Courtyard·Reputation Is as Slight as Snail’s Feelers
(Modern Zen Artistic Conception)
Picking up Lotus and Smiling Subtly to Brush off Dust--Showflat of Mengzeyuan, Changsha
Slow-paced Space Featuring Zen Atmosphere--Jipinhui Club, Fuzhou
Poetic Living--Reception Center of Tangqian Mingyue Villa, Fuzhou
Tea Aroma Making Sweet-scented Laurel Ashamed--Ming Shi Hui Tea Club, Fuzhou
Balance of Dynamic and Static Highlighting Zen Atmosphere--Taiwan Rice Sets of Cuisine, Fuzhou
Tasting Zen in Tea--Jingchangfang, Fuzhou
Fresh and Elegant Zen Space--Showflat of Meijia Oriental Holiday Villa, Maoshan
Light of Buddla, Fantastic--De' All Restaurant, Shanghai
Antithesis Continually Writing Legend --Phoenix Tea Club, Shijiazhuang
...
 Fragrance Filling the Courtyard·Write in Wuxiang Mountain in Lishui
(Modern & Fashion Artistic Conception)
Poetic Charm of Blue and White Porcelain--Showflat of Landun Jingyuan, Zhuzhou, Hunan
Reconstruct the Space and Produce New Flavor--Sales Office of Sky City, Chengdu
New Interpretation of Traditional Concept--Blossom Seasons Hotel, Beijing
Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate--Feiteng Yuxiang Restaurant, The Place, Beijing
Fashion and low-keyed Oriental Flavor--Flat of Tianjunyunding, Fuzhou
New Interpretation of Traditional Flavor--Jingjie Villa, Nansha, Guangzhou
...
 Fragrance Filling the Courtyard·Blooming Polygonum Orientale
(Leisure Resort Artistic Conception)
Graceful Southeast Asian Style--Sales Center of Foshan Lunjiao · Vanke (Phase I)
Leisure Elegance--Yuanyang Residence, Sanya
Singing Literate Elegance with Sea Breeze--Showflat of Narada Resort & Spa Perfumed Bay
Thick and Heavy Colors to Draw Jiangnan Water Town--Banyan Tree Hangzhou
Charming with Either Light or Heavy Makeup--Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou
Relaxing and Cozy Holiday Style--Model Villa of C type, Global Migrant Bird Resort, Huizhou

The new edition of Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management introduces the principles of turfgrass management, covering everything from basic turfgrass science to fertilization, mowing, turfgrass diseases, irrigation topdressing, pest management, as well as career paths, and much more.

With an emphasis on explaining why certain management practices are handled as they are, this new edition:

• Incorporates updates throughout with special emphasis on pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and soil testing
• Contains expanded coverage of physiology, water quality and seed production, seed certification, and seed buying
• Offers step-by-step advice on the selection and maintenance of turfgrasses
• Includes the latest information on cutting-edge fertilization research, mowing techniques, and sports field management practices
• Features a full-color identification guide that covers the most common grasses and weeds

Written on a level suitable for students, but with a wealth of information useful to experienced turfgrass managers, Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management, Fourth Edition provides a solid yet flexible grounding that readers can apply and adapt on the job to nearly any situation.

The follow up to the bestselling Glamorous Rooms, Glamorous Retreats takes readers inside Jan Showers's luxurious interiors in vacation locales across North America and the Caribbean, from the mountains of Colorado, to the beaches of Florida and the Caribbean, to the ranches of Arizona and Texas.

With over 200 never-before-seen photographs, this book showcases the renowned designer's elegant eclecticism, which blends Hollywood high style, mid-century modernism, and classic 18th-century French styles, here set within the backdrop of stunning resort destinations. Mixing aspects of the local flavours and lifestyles into her own designs, Showers provides accessible and useful design tenets that will inspire readers to create their own luxurious yet relaxed homes.

The style of the homes will appeal to the dedicated fan base of top designers, celebrities and power players who made her first book a huge success.

Dr. MacKenzie’s Golf Architecture was a monumental book for its time, a timeless book on golf architecture and a must for any student of the field or serious player. MacKenzie was an outdoorsman, a military man, and a doctor of medicine, whose hobby of golf architecture got the best of him. He ultimately abandoned his medical career to pursue golf course architecture and we must be thankful for that. He fully understood the nuances of the game but his genius was borne from his astute analysis of the nature of the course, its purpose and place in golf. One of the elemental distinctions he made was between strategic hazards (primarily sand bunkers, as he abhorred water as a penalty) and random hazards, as were commonly found on Scottish links—most notably at his beloved St. Andrews.

The penal school of architecture was in vogue during much of MacKenzie’s life but he would have none of it. His conception of a perfect course had to do with surrounding the player, frequently challenging him, but ultimately enabling him the freedom to play, to enjoy his day at golf. MacKenzie felt too many golfers looked on hazards “as a means of punishing a bad shot, when their real object is to make the game interesting.” When his masterpiece, Augusta National Golf Club opened there were only 23 bunkers, barely more than one per hole. “Hazards should be placed with an object, and none should be made which has not some influence on the line of play...” While he is in complete agreement with John L. Low’s 1903 comment in Concerning Golf that no hazard is unfair wherever it is placed, MacKenzie avows “a hazard placed in the exact position where a player would naturally go is frequently the most interesting situation, as then a special effort is needed to get over or avoid it.”

In one of the lectures that constitute this volume, MacKenzie identifies thirteen quintessential traits of the best golf architecture—the thirteen commandments for the zealous. Some are elementary: the next tee should be nearby the last green and in a direction away from following players; every hole should be of a different character and every course should have four par-threes, a couple of drive-and-pitch holes, but mostly substantial par-fours. Many qualities are more complicated: “The course should be so arranged so that the long handicap player, or even the absolute beginner, should be able to enjoy his round in spite of the fact that he is piling up a big score.” Besides ranking as one of the finest volumes on golf architecture, this book is valuable for the good course management it teaches, especially to those neophytes. Golfers must use their minds and act with authority; after all, this is war. MacKenzie was a military specialist in camouflaging earthworks; it was that peculiar skill that shaped his concepts for strategic bunkering.

MacKenzie’s simple formula for a good golf course is twofold: it must never become monotonous; and the best course construction is “almost entirely due to utilization of natural features to the fullest extent and to the construction of artificial ones indistinguishable from nature.” He was also one of the earliest proponents of hazards to putting, designing unique greens such as the seventeenth at Augusta where the vertical halves slope in opposite directions, or the fifth with its backward tiering. He wanted the route to the green to be generous, never lined with ball-gobbling rough or ponds, but he could also be audacious when given property with substantially different terrain, as on the Monterey Peninsula for Cypress Point. Wisely there, the green movement is more tempered due to the high risk factor of many other shots, and perhaps the distracting drama of the surrounds. Admirers of the art of Mackenzie in the U. S. should also view Ohio State University GC, the University of Michigan GC and Crystal Downs CC, Green Hills CC (CA ), Pasatiempo GC, Northwood GC and Stockton G & CC.

While totally serious and eminently important, this book is far from a chore to read. Although a stern, physically imposing Scot, MacKenzie liked a joke, even if at possibly his own expense. One of two rival green shapers admitted he could never quite achieve the subtle contours of the other, and asked his secret.

This assemblage of beautiful essays and photos looks at the science and art of golf architecture through many different perspectives. Some of the most knowledgeable voices on the topic of golf-course design, including award-winning architects, past presidents of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, and golf magazine editors express their viewpoints on the subject. Among the variety of issues discussed are the placement of hazards, the effects of technology, restoration versus renovation, and the importance of the rhythm of the course. In the first of four volumes, an essay contributed by Tom Doak, the founder and principal of Renaissance Golf Design, explores the meaning of what a golf architect does and is. Doak discusses the extensive use of mathematics required to evaluate variables in the landscape. An essay contributed by Bill Amick, who designed more than seventy-five courses in eight countries, presents the topic of how designs lend to the affordability of membership. In order to achieve cost-efficiency, golf architects must employ a sharp mind and good business sense. Paired with professionalism, golf architects must also have the soul of an artist and a passion for the game. Inspired by the work of Alister Mackenzie, Todd Eckenrode, the U.S. Public Links 1998 Medalist, addresses his affinity for slopes, contours, and a variety of tee shots. Thomas McBroom, who won Golf Digest's award for top course in 2002, includes an essay regarding the dramatic effects of bedrock, and how the traditional obstacles can be utilized for beauty, character, and strategy. Despite the importance of ingenuity, the spirit of creativity remains an important asset.

About the Author

Paul Daley is the author of Links Golf: The Inside Story, which was the second-place winner for the USGA's Golf Book of the Year Award. He is a member of several organizations, including the U.S.-based Tillinghast Association, the Golf Society of Australia, Australian Golf Writers Association, and the Australian Society of Authors. He is also the managing director of Full Swing Golf Publishing. Pelican has also published volumes two and four of Daley's Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective. A member of the National Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, Daley plays from a handicap of seven.

An excellent combination of sport, art, and intelligence, golf architecture holds an allure for admirers of courses worldwide.

The complicated process of creating such deceptively simple landscapes has been dissected by the top names in the field. This collection of essays, written by an international array of experts, delves into the complex issues involved in every detail of design. The design of a course is dependent on what elements the designer deems most important. An essay contributed by Jamie Dawson, founder of Enviro Links Design, presents the topic of strategic design interest. This architect takes into account how topography, vegetation, drainage, and fairway routing can contribute to the environmental well-being of a course. Natural landscape is also a concern for Jay Morrish, who was voted golf architect of the year in 1996. He prefers a more literary approach to his design. He likens the detailed craftsmanship of his courses to the careful precision of a poet. Each element must support the other in a beautiful arrangement of natural landscape and manufactured course. Although nature is a large part of any outdoor sports arena, it is often the technological advancements that make the golf course's design sustainable. Karl F. Grohs and Rainer Preissmann, the founding principals of Deutsche Golf Consult, present the topic of improving older courses by updating the existing designs, materials, and buildings to combine the traditional beauty with modern comforts and accessibility. Ronald Fream, an architect with experience in sixty countries, discusses the development of the craft-course design from St. Andrews to the educational and technological advancements that allow new courses to be cost-effective.

About the Author
Paul Daley is the author of Links Golf: The Inside Story, which was the second-place winner for the USGA's Golf Book of the Year Award. He is a member of several organizations, including the U.S.-based Tillinghast Association, the Golf Society of Australia, Australian Golf Writers Association, and the Australian Society of Authors. He is also the managing director of Full Swing Golf Publishing. Pelican has previously published the first two volumes of Daley's Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective. Daley, a member of the National Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, plays from a handicap of seven.

Golf is a game that turns even the weekend player into an armchair architect, an enthusiast for the possibilities of golf-course design. In this fourth volume of collected essays, leading golf architects from fifteen countries present their ideas, providing a much-needed international assessment of the principles and practices of golf architecture.

Near the end of the nineteenth century, golf courses moved toward the hearthland, creating the need for thorough reconfiguration of the natural landscape in the clearing of trees and the cultivation of grass to create interesting holes. With the completion of the National Golf Links of America in 1911, the art of golf-course design was born.

The essays and photographs included here represent the tremendous variety of approaches to design principles, from affordability and locality to considerations of the effect of time on the initial design and for specific aspects of the game. The contributors to the book constitute an international "who's who" in the world of golf architecture, with essays from the major golf-course-design firms around the world, award-winning golf architects, and renowned golfers.

About the Editor
Paul Daley is the author of Links Golf: The Inside Story, which was the second-place winner for the USGA?s Golf Book of the Year Award. He is a member of several organizations, including the U.S.-based Tillinghast Association, the Golf Society of Australia, Australian Golf Writers Association, and the Australian Society of Authors. He is also the managing director of Full Swing Golf Publishing. Pelican has previously published the first two volumes of Daley?s Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective. Daley, a member of the National Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, plays from a handicap of seven.

About the Author
Paul Daley is the author of Links Golf: The Inside Story, which was the second-place winner for the USGA's Golf Book of the Year Award. He is a member of several organizations, including the U.S.-based Tillinghast Association, the Golf Society of Australia, Australian Golf Writers Association, and the Australian Society of Authors. He is also the managing director of Full Swing Golf Publishing. Pelican has previously published the first two volumes of Daley's Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective. Daley, a member of the National Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, plays from a handicap of seven.

Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. Revealing both the art and science of golf course architecture, it takes readers inside the designer’s mind through each step to designing a golf green, golf hole, and golf course. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses. Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition provides a wealth of accessible and helpful information on golf course architecture chronicling every facet of designing, building, renovating, and restoring a golf course.