Treehouses bring out the child in all of us. Serving as private retreats, guest houses, or play spaces for family and friends. In this magical volume, Pete Nelson takes us on a fascinating around-the-world journey to discover how treehouses are designed, built and enjoyed in a wide variety of cultures.
In the summer of 1927, in a suburb of Stuttgart, an exhibition housing settlement built by sixteen of the leading architects of the Modern Movement opended to the public. Greeted as a major event by advocates and opponents of the new architecture, the Weissenhof Siedling continues to excite strong interest. This unusally cohesive yet varied group of apartment buildings, row houses, and single-family houses--hailed by Philip Johnson as "the most important group of buildings in modern architecture...
Villa Mairea is one of the finest houses of the twentieth century. For those familiar with it from only a few images, this book is a revelation. Alvar Aalto used his knowledge of vernacular building, Classicism and Modernism to create a building that is at once humane, rich and lyrical. The result is a work that remains technically innovative and timelessly alluring. Launched in 1991, the Architecture in Detail series attracted immediate acclaim and now comprises more than 60 titles. These boo...
This is the updated standard history of one of the greatest royal palaces. Founded as a formidable fortress beside the River Thames in 1070, the centuries have brought memories as varied as enriching. In 1110 King Henry I holds his court 'for the first time at the New Windsor'. In 1348 King Edward III founds the Order of the Garter. Here, in what before long is to become 'Shakespeare's Windsor' of ditch and mead and midnight bell, Queen Elizabeth I celebrates the first Christmas of her reign. Wi...
Presenting a variety of acclaimed, contemporary beach houses from regions including Australia and New Zealand, North and South America, Europe, and Asia, each beach house is illustrated by stunning full-colour photography. Including coastal, riverside, and lakeside residences, "21st Century Beach Houses" offers a glimpse inside remarkable waterside retreats located in some truly spectacular environments.
Barber's Turn-Of-The-Century Houses (Dover Architecture)
by George F Barber
Place of My Own, A: The Education of an Amateur Builder
by Michael Pollan
Creative souls have always craved a space in which to bring forth their artistic ideas and develop their practice. Continuing the tradition of the contemporary arts practitioner working from a home studio, many creative folk will often prefer to carve out a space within their own residence. Artists' Homes examines the residences of a select group of professional artists who work across a broad range of artistic styles, from writing, photography, and painting through to music, sculpture, and pott...
A book about French cuisine which offers an invitation to experience the gastronomy of France's finest homes where rich culinary traditions have been passed down through successive generations. As well as traditional fare, there are aristocratic creations from chateaux all over France, which have been adapted for the modern kitchen. The book also provides an atmospheric picture of life on the chateaux estates, including the production of wine, cheeses and olive oil.
The house has always been at the forefront of architectural design. This book is intended to serve as a guidebook to the issues and debates surrounding the contemporary home. It investigates the ways in which architects meet the needs of modern living, but also reinterpret the form of the house, creating blueprints for the future. Each of the projects included here takes a different approach to solving the age-old problem of shelter, comfort and delight. The book is in two sections. The first co...
Great Houses of Ireland
by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Sykes