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Alpine Style: Bringing Mountain Magic Home - Hardcover

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by Kathryn O'Shea-Evans (Author)The definitive designer guide to creating a mountain-inspired home--with jaw-dropping imagery of alpine interiors interspersed with throwback shots of celebrities living large in the great outdoors.Alpine Style is a compendium of some of the most exquisite mountain interior design projects on the planet...as enchanting as the mountains themselves. Whether storybook and classic or sleek and modern, these alpine interiors from across the globe are tailor-made for...

Made for Living: Collected Interiors for All Sorts of Styles - Hardcover

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by Amber Lewis (Author), Cat Chen (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The trendsetting designer known for her effortless style shares the secrets of the art of layering, with more than 250 gorgeous photographs of her signature interiors. "Livability is my true north. The materials I use time and again all change with age and wear. Not only is that okay, it's how you achieve more than a re-creation of what you've already seen, or what somebody else has done. You can do this, too--I promise."--from t...

The Slow Down: For the Love of Home - Hardcover

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by Leanne Ford (Author)Designer and HGTV personality Leanne Ford shares design secrets and personal reflections on how she creates her warm, chic, and easy-going aesthetic--and how you can do the same Leanne Ford's imperfectly perfect designs inspire more than half a million social media fans daily. In this very personal design book, she shares her decorating philosophy, wry humor, and advice to live by. The Slow Down offers readers an inside look at how Leanne found her "wow does this need...

House Rules: How to Decorate for Every Home, Style, and Budget - Hardcover

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by Myquillyn Smith (Author)Finally, a decorating book that transcends trends and applies to every style! You want to create a beautiful, livable home, but you feel stuck. House Rules is your guide to understanding why some rooms look great and other rooms don't look quite right. From the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Cozy Minimalist Home comes this charming collection of one hundred memorable, universal decorating truths that apply to every house, style, and bud...

Stonehenge: A New Look at the Oldest Mystery in the World (Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument) - Paperback

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by Cynthia Medina (Author)Stonehenge stands today one signpost left along the way that identifies the building race. It bears witness to the vigour and vitality of a national religion already passed from the primitive into the metaphysical stage which embodied abstract ideas astronomical observations and a high and pure code of ethics.From pottery shards ancient burials and the silent stones themselves have come the amazing saga of a race of colonizers who created a unique civilization in bri...

The Love of Home: Interiors for Beauty, Balance, and Belonging - Hardcover

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by Kate Marker (Author)Effortlessly merging modern and traditional, Kate Marker reveals her secrets for designing a gorgeous home that inspires connection.Home is more than where the heart is-- it's where life happens. From early morning coffee to dinners with family and friends, Kate Marker establishes tailor-made spaces for thriving in your home each day. Whether it is maximizing comfort or creating efficient family-centered design, this is your guide to defining a vision for your home that...

50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright - Hardcover

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by Aaron Betsky (Author), Gideon Fink Shapiro (Author), Andrew Pielage (Photographer)50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright begins with a simple question. What lessons can designers today learn from Frank Lloyd Wright? Unlike recent books focusing on Wright's tumultuous personal life and the Taliesin Fellowship, and equally unlike certain works that paint Wright as a mythical hero or genius, this handsome and valuable volume aims to reveal some of the design tools Wright used to create ...

Sacred Sites. the Library of Esoterica - Hardcover

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by Jessica Hundley (Author)A visual pilgrimage through holy mountains, great pyramids, and golden shrines, Sacred Sites celebrates the ways we transform the world around us through ritual, creativity, and worship. Essays, interviews and more than 400 images explore spaces ranging from ancient temples to modern works of spatial art. Number of Pages: 520 Publication Date: July 04, 2024

New Hampshire Covered Bridges - Paperback

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by Harold Stiver (Author)A new guide to the more than 50 historic Covered Bridges in the New Hampshire area. Up to date information on each one. Included for each bridge are detailed directions and GPS coordinates. If you've ever spent time looking for a Covered Bridge and couldn't find it, or found that it was no longer there, you understand why it is important to have current information. There is a photo of each site as well as photo tips peculiar to that bridge. Some history and construct...

The Octagon House: A Home for All - Paperback

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by Orson Squire Fowler (Author), B. Madeleine Stern (Introduction by)In the mid-19th Century America was host to a curious architectural trend: the octagonal house. Such eight-sided homes-as well as schools, churches, barns, and businesses-were popping up across the country so quickly that by 1857 over 1,000 had been built. Though the craze has long since subsided, the book that started it all remains a valuable and curious artifact of architectural history. A phrenologist by trade and eccent...

The Essential Interior Design Handbook Volume One: An introductory guide to the world of Interior Design / Interior Architect / Spatial Design and how - Paperback

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by Darryl Peter Claxton (Author)Introducing 'The Essential Interior Design Handbook', the book with all the essential information needed for planning and carrying out your interior project of all shapes and sizes, from a small one-bedroom apartment to a large 1000-room Casino. It's formatted so that it's easy to read on your travels, inside the classroom or in the office. Full of essential knowledge, tips, tricks and processes to get you started in the exciting field of Interior Design.What i...

Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright - Paperback

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by Brendan Gill (Author)"Genius, egotist, mythomaniac, sexual rebel, master of media manipulation, the legendary Wright comes alive in all his cantankerous complexity. . . . A delight from cover to cover."--Kirkus Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is often described as the greatest of American architects. His works-among them Taliesin North, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax buildings, the Guggenheim Museum--earned him a good measure of his fame, but his flamboyant personal life earne...

The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship - Paperback

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by Roger Friedland (Author), Harold Zellman (Author)Frank Lloyd Wright was renowned during his life not only as an architectural genius but also as a subject of controversy--from his radical design innovations to his turbulent private life, including a notorious mass murder that occurred at his Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914. But the estate also gave rise to one of the most fascinating and provocative experiments in American cultural history: the Taliesin Fellowship, an extraordinary arc...

Parisian by Design: Interiors by David Jimenez - Hardcover

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by Diane Dorrans Saeks (Author)A beautiful apartment in Paris is something we all dream of. A bohemian retreat, full of character and charm. Here, designer David Jimenez inspires us with his interiors while sharing his secrets for how to decorate like a Parisian. Interior designer David Jimenez has lived and worked in Paris for years, where he's celebrated for his beautifully livable interiors. With a classic and modern style, Jimenez creates the type of chic French-influenced interiors that...

The Art of Gracie: Handpainted Wallpapers, Timeless Rooms - Hardcover

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by Jennifer Gracie (Author), Mike Gracie (Author), Zach Shea (Author)A glorious celebration of America's most storied handpainted wallpaper company, family owned for 125 years, featuring dozens of rooms by today's top interior designers. The story of Gracie wallpaper, founded in 1898 and still family owned by the sixth generation, is one of the great untold stories of American interior design. Best known for their exquisitely detailed designs, Gracie papers have been installed at the White Ho...

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Report copyright infringementby James B. Garrison (Author), Geoffrey Gross (Photographer), Brandt Bolding (Photographer)Nationwide there is a movement afoot to slow things down, to return to basics--be it in food, in lifestyle, in living--and the dream of life in a barn, of returning to the soil and to an idealized nature is extremely appealing; this book embraces the dream and shares some success stories, as evidenced by the buildings themselves--the book will appeal to all those tired of th...

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by Rose Tarlow (Author)An elegant manifesto for Rose Tarlow's approach of blending the personal with the aesthetic to create timeless, beautiful spaces. One of the most influential designers working in America, Rose Tarlow's signature approach is as much an emotional matter as it is one of color, light, fabric, and furniture. This essential book encourages readers to decorate with elegance and personal style through simple principles of creative design that are appropriate to any home. Finely...

Architectural Digest: The Most Beautiful Rooms in the World - Hardcover

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by Marie Kalt (Editor)An unrivaled survey of the most exciting contemporary interior design across the globe, curated by the editors of ten international editions of Architectural Digest. Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. With ten global editions, the magazine is an authority renowned all over the world for publishing only the very best of today's interior design.In t...

Restoring Notre-Dame de Paris: Rebirth of the Legendary Gothic Cathedral - Hardcover

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by Patrick Zachmann (Author), Olivier de Chalus (Author), General Jean-Louis Georgelin (Foreword by)Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann was on the scene when the disastrous fire erupted in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the evening of April 15, 2019. At the time he did not yet know that he would continue to document the events at the cathedral over the months that followed. Eventually, he clambered along scaffolding and up and down steep stairs, and he would, from atop an aerial work plat...

The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid - Hardcover

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by Jeanette Winter (Author), Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2017 Parents' Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect's life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and dreamed of designing her own cities. After studying architecture in London, she opened her own studio and started designing buildings. But as a Muslim w...

Living Wild: How to Plant Style Your Home and Cultivate Happiness - Hardcover

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by Hilton Carter (Author)In Living Wild, bestselling plant stylist, author, designer and family man Hilton Carter explores multiple ways to style your home with plants--and cultivate happiness along the way. The therapeutic benefits of living with and tending plants are well known--they offer a connection to the natural world that nurtures our mental and physical health. In Living Wild, Hilton Carter shows how to create a lush, stylish space with flourishing plants that bring life to your hom...

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Report copyright infringementby Olle Lundberg (Author), Andy Goldsworthy (Foreword by), Dung Ngo (Editor)A monograph on the work of San Francisco architect Olle Lundberg, with a foreword by Andy Goldsworthy. Lundberg Design is an award-winning architectural firm based in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco. Founded by Olle Lundberg in 1987, the studio focuses on the notion of craft--the unique piece or project handmade for just that client--and the use of recycled materials and objects...

Wonder City: How to Reclaim Human-Scale Urban Life

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Report copyright infringementby Lynn Ellsworth (Author)Reimagining our cities for a sustainable and human-centric future In her groundbreaking book Wonder City, Lynn Ellsworth delves deep into the heart of modern urban life, casting a critical eye on the transformative changes sweeping through cities like New York. This compelling journey into the world of urban development goes beyond the usual narra-tive, serving as a passionate call to action that encourages readers to actively participate...

Strangers Need Strange Moments Together: Designing Interaction for Public Spaces

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Report copyright infringementby Mouna Andraos (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Melissa Mongiat (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Eva Schindling (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Recentering the human experience in public space, Andraos and Mongiat create room for the whimsical in urban lifeMouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat, cofounders of the Montreal collective Daily tous les jours, invite fellow artists, urban theorists, policymakers and educators to take a joyful approach to building resilient urban commun...

How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors - Hardcover

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by Monica Khemsurov (Author), Jill Singer (Author)From the editors of Sight Unseen, an anti-decorating book that champions a new approach to interiors--simply surrounding yourself with objects you love. "A refreshing, and necessary, counternarrative to shop-this-look consumerism and the aesthetic sameness that afflicts so many interiors."--Vulture In the modern home, it matters less whether your interior is perfectly appointed and more if it's authentically personal, unique, and filled with ...

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built - Paperback

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by Stewart Brand (Author)Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time.From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei's Media Lab, from "satisficing" to "form follows funding," from the evolution...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Brudnizki (Author)Martin Brudnizki's maximalist style and ability to transform high-profile venues into iconic spaces have earned him a prestigious reputation internationally. This debut book explores how the celebrated designer uses the language of color to create glamorous interiors that are both opulent and deeply resonant, where every shade tells a singular story. For Brudnizki, color is an essential ingredient for storytelling and conjuring atmosphe...

What's That Building?: An Architectural Guessing Game

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Donnelly (Author), Jocelyn Cho (Artist)A playful introduction to design and architecture with cutaway scenes of ten buildings, featuring an interactive guessing game and search-and-findIn this interactive first book of architecture, children discover how architects design everyday buildings, from planetariums, aquariums, and airports to supermarkets and shopping malls, so that they best meet their users' needs. Set up as a guessing game, the book presen...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Scheerer (Author), Francesco Lagnese (Photographer)The newest projects from interior designer Tom Scheerer, whom The New York Times proclaimed "one of the true American greats" An interior designer walks into a room and at a glance knows exactly what needs to be done to transform it from ho-hum to sublime. That is Tom Scheerer's secret power, and it is seen on every page of Still Decorating. Featured in this--his third--book are 20 of his latest projects,...

Coastal Bliss: Beautiful Beach Houses from Around the World

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Report copyright infringementby Acc (Author)An inspiring journey through a carefully curated collection of stunning designer beach holiday homes across the globe and illustrated with full-colour aspirational images. Be whisked away to some of the world's most beautiful beach houses, where you can bask in the sunset, feel the ocean breeze, and relax in luxury with spectacular coastal views. Coastal Bliss features more than 40 holiday houses from around the world and showcases the very best, a...

S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large - Hardcover

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by Rem Koolhaas (Author), Bruce Mau (Author)S, M, L, XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings.The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a graphic overture that weaves together architectural projects, photos and sketches, diary excerpts, personal ...

A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Ison (Author)This fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives of some of the world's most beloved poets, novelists, and playwrights. The letters contain wisdom and life lessons from the likes of John Keats and Oscar Wilde, as well as shared feelings of loneliness from Charlotte Brontë, loss from Ovid, and love from George Eliot. With one lette...