Книги видавництва Frechmann Kolon

In times when environmental awareness is increasing, wood is an attractive alternative to other mineral based or manufactured materials. The production of wood products uses less energy (usually sourced from finite fossil fuels) compared with other ...

The Loft, which originally constituted a type of clandestine life, has become a concept applicable to large, renovated spaces, where the existing structure has been incorporated into everyday architecture. Consequently, old factories, storage areas ...

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 citie...

One of the toughest challenges for architects and interior designers is providing a high-quality product whilst juggling with a budget. The delicate economic climate in many countries across the globe has further reinforced this trend, or need. This ...

Beautiful, strong and gritty images track the relationship of man and his industrial creations. Big and powerful and striking in every way, man and machine's, aeroplanes, engines, ships, guns, turrets and complex geared mechanisms provide an arre...

The book intends to show the main stages of drawing history from the beginning of 20th century, with particular regard to European development. Through a large selection of images, the reader is introduced to the knowledge of the most important artis...

The book delineates the evolution of photography from its invention until the 21st century, through the main figures who have done the history of this modern art. The appearance of photography have led to a revelation in the art and culture's wor...

Satanism, skulls and distortion? Indeed, but much much more. Currently, some of the best international artists have broken the boundaries of metal and hardcore and reached new heights with work for bands such as Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, B...

The lack of available surface area, budget restraints or solely seasonal use are the main criteria that lay behind these small-scale dwellings. This book showcases the expertise of architects in tackling a project despite the determining factors that...

A beautiful book combining a multitude of exquisite images of important Minimalist works around the World. 600 pages showing the different ways of how to interpret and express minimalism in interior design and architecture.

Country decoratinghas long been a much-loved style of interiors the world over. From the traditional British (chintz patterned wallpaer) of American coutry look (quilts, rag rugs and American folk art) tp the more elegant Europaen styles, such as Fre...

Fashion illustration fulfils several objectives for designers. At the very outset of the design process, it helps turn an idea – which until then only existed as a tangled web of possibilities in the designer’s mind – into something...

After a century during which it was preferable to bury the past under the rubble left by the passing of advances in science, trendsetting artistry and social revolutions, today we once again look to previous eras. In this context, contemporary int...

The volume explores the contemporary reinterpretations of age-old materials in a variety of exceptional new projects which are grouped into houses, buildings and landscapes. the projects have little in common other than the fact that they take inspir...