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This third book in The New Style series offers a panoramic look at some of the most innovative cabin designs throughout the country. Cabins: The New Style is a collection of gateways for the modern isolationist. It includes many wonderful homes that range in size, have cutting-edge designs, and use sustainable materials while maintaining the warm feeling evoked by the traditional cabin. A showcase of some of the most elegant and imaginative designs today, this book highlights how modern architectural elements can be integrated into a rustic landscape. With full-color illustrations throughout, Cabins: The New Style is a must-have for architects and cabin dwellers alike.
The 14 projects featured in this volume range from completely self contained homes to towers affording panoramic vistas for quiet contemplation, to those functioning as home offices to innovative adaptations and renovations of existing structures.
This volume in the highly successful New American series offers an in-depthook at cutting edge interior design in homes and apartments throughout thenited States. More than 20 projects are featured by some of the mostrominent and creative architects and interior designers in the United States.elected for excellence in design and creative use of furnishings, colours,nd materials, each project is treated as a case study that includes a floorlan, and rich, professional photography of the interiors. Readers will findiverse design strategies and solutions applied to interiors of all sizes in wide range of styles and budgets.
Following the successful 25 Houses Under 2500 Square Feet and 25 Houses Under 1500 Square Feet, this book continues to explore the joys of living in compact, well-designed spaces. The twenty-five homes presented here, all recently constructed, offer an extraordinary range of architectural solutions for designing functional yet interesting, dramatic living spaces, ranging from a few hundred to 3,000 square feet. Each of the projects illustrates an innovative use of materials and careful attention to space and light. The informative text highlights the design and technical aspects of each house, and accompanying photography, architectural drawings, and site plans provide even further insight. 25 Houses Under 3000 Square Feet presents homes from coast to coast that everyone can relate to -- an abundance of exciting designs that are sure to inspire and amaze.
From small personal libraries, to gazebos, to studios, 'Rooms Outside the House' will present a broad range of building types and architectural styles. The book is highly illustrated with practical floor plans.
Following up on the successful book 25 Houses under 2500 Square Feet, this title will continue to explore, though case studies, the joys of living in compact, well designed homes. The 25 houses presented in the book offer an extraordinary range of architectural solutions for designing functional yet exciting, dramatic living spaces within a small envelope. The houses will range in size from a few hundred square feet up to 1500 square feet of heated space. As with 25 Houses, projects will be located throughout the United States with some coming from Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. Readers interested in building a primary residence, a weekend getaway, or a guest house will discover ...
Tropical Modernism details the modernist influence on residential architecture and gardens in the tropics. Over 30 projects from Fiji to San Juan, from Brazil to India are presented, complete with floor plans and landscape designs.
The first volume in an informative new series provides a close-up look at innovative architectural design and the use of wood in modern-day homes, in a visual study that features dozens of photographs, as well as floor plans and elevations. 15,000 first printing.
Provides a practical guide to interior decoration for small apartments, and offers tips on how to create efficient kitchens, appealing baths, adequate storage, and work and entertainment areas.
How do you maximize living space in increasingly small and expensive apartments that are being built in cities around the country? This stunningly illustrated book reveals how renowned architects -- including Stephen Alton, SA Architects, David Hotson Architects, and Gary Schoemaker Architects -- have solved that problem in their designs for small apartments and lofts in New York, San Fransisco, Boston, and other major US cities where residential square footage is at a premium. These design solutions focus on innovative, multifunctional uses within small spaces: a dining area by night, an office by day; living rooms that morph into party spaces or media rooms; and free-standing closets that conceal everything from kitchens, to beds, to work stations. The projects exhibit excellence in design, along with innovative use of materials and construction methods. Each case study includes interior and exterior photography by some of the finest architectural photographers working today, accompanied by design drawings that include site plans, details, and floor plans.