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Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

The limitations of the Modernist palette have long been recognized and contemporary architects are looking to the ancient values of stone to give new expression to their ideas. Its permanence is increasingly used to express a sense of civic stability or ground the fluid forms of contemporary archite...

Wydawnictwo: Braun

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon Press Ltd

Society is becoming preoccupied with the issue of landscape, not only as an area of design and study but also as it is affected by building development and the maintenance of eco-systems. This interest ranges well beyond the immediate professions of landscape architecture, architecture and town and ...

Wydawnictwo: Dorling Kindersley Publishers

To commemorate Chelsea 2000, with its state-of-the art marquee for the next millennium, this is the official book about the most prestigious flower show in the world. It covers Chelsea past, Chelsea present and Chelsea future and tells the story of what you can see and what you don't see.

Wydawnictwo: Braun

Street furniture is the secret star of urban outdoor design. Though rarely noticed at first glance, it significantly contributes towards the urban experience. Benches, fountains, street lamps, rubbish bins, post boxes, tourist information signs, bus stops as well as public toilets are items that reo...

Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

Now available in paperback, Avant Gardeners profiles the fifty most exciting contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, it presents an encyclopaedic look at the most advanced thinking in garden design and offers a rich archive fo...

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon Press Ltd

"The Contemporary Garden" is an illustrated survey of 100 iconic and innovative gardens in the world, spanning from the early 1920s to the present day. Accessible and easy-to-use like Phaidon's popular "The Garden Book", this informative source book includes an unrivalled range of gardens by designe...

Wydawnictwo: Harry N. Abrams

This collection of people and their homes comprises an important social document, a Who's Who of the uppermost echelons of Palm Beach society. John Loring's introduction provides a brief history of Palm Beach accompanied by vintage photography. The text accompanying each home will consist of extende...

Wydawnictwo: John Wiley & Sons

Inspiring. Beautiful. Practical. In the last decade or so, the modern family house has undergone a design revolution as modern décor and furniture have become the standard and living spaces have opened up for family interaction. In this book, Caroline Tilston takes us out the back door and c...

Wydawnictwo: University of California Press

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. ...

Wydawnictwo: Rockport Publishers

Illustrated with vibrant color photography, The Art of Outdoor Lighting: Landscapes with the Beauty of Lighting is not only inspiring but practical. These chapters help pinpoint challenging lighting situations, illuminate common lighting mistakes, and offer accessible solutions. Above all, they defi...

Wydawnictwo: Prestel

'Gardening' declared the London Times recently 'is the new sex' and certainly interest in horticulture has never been more fevered. The latest in Prestel's highly successful Icons series looks at the masterpieces of garden design and how their influence has affected our understanding of this ancient...

Wydawnictwo: New Holland Publishers

Reflecting the current trend for taking the inside outside and treating the garden as another room to be decorated, Outdoor Living is a lavishly illustrated book depicting the many varied design styles used for outdoor areas today. Each chapter features the myriad different architectural and design ...

Wydawnictwo: Thames & Hudson LTD

This is the latest book by a popular and highly professional writer who has opened the eyes of thousands of readers to both the complex beauty and the practical implications of garden design. The first part offers a worldwide survey of garden philosophies, and the modern phenomenon of garden tourism...

Wydawnictwo: Harry N. Abrams

The sumptuous palace and gardens of Versailles were designed to represent both Louis XIV's celebration of himself and a perfectly balanced integration of art and nature. Millions of tourists have long admired the gardens for their beauty and enduring mystery. The allees and parterres resonate with m...

Wydawnictwo: Harry N. Abrams

Renowned garden photographer Mick Hales has traveled around the globe to capture some of the greatest gardens in the world. Large and small, elaborate and intimate, public and private, tropical, subtropical, and temperate--all manner of gardens are featured in this lavish book filled with spectacula...

Wydawnictwo: Prestel

At a time when many of the past decades

Wydawnictwo: Ashgate Publishing Company

A study of the ways landscape was perceived in nineteenth-century Britain and France, this book draws on evidence from poetry, landscape gardens, spectacular public entertainments, novels and scientific works as well as paintings in order to develop its basic premise that landscape and the processes...

Wydawnictwo: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Grounds for Knowledge is an engaging and knowledgeable guide to CSH Laboratory's buildings both historic and new, and to the 150 species of trees that surround them. The superb color photography and detailed maps invite exploration of the newly designated Bungtown Botanical Garden. Buildings and lan...

Wydawnictwo: Princeton Architectural Press

"Peter Walker and Partners / Nasher Foundation Sculpture Garden" focuses on his garden in Dallas, Texas, a set of 'outdoor galleries' showcasing the Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. A museum without a roof, the garden, with its subtle balance of art and nature, is also a seren...