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Building Better : Sustainable Architecture for Family Homes
, Gestalten, 2014 Hardcover, 240 pages, ENG. edition, NEW !, Full color, Including an index. ISBN 9783899555127.
In the book BUILDING BETTER. Sustainable Architecture for Family Homes, both architects and homeowners have their say. Families talk about their ideas, desires, motivations, and real experiences. Against this background, Building Better is both a practical and inspirational guide for anyone who sees sustainability not as limiting, but rather as a creative opportunity. As such, it is an essential reference for everyone who wants to build a better home. For anyone who is in the process of building or renovating a home, sustainability is a critical issue?- especially since energy is likely to remain costly for the foreseeable future. Choosing to use resources responsibly makes as much of a statement about a home as the selection of floor plans, building materials, or furniture. Ideally, our homes should be sustainable and look good at the same time. BUILDING BETTER. Sustainable Architecture for Family Homes showcases single-family homes from around the world whose architecture proves that sustainable and attractive are not contradictions. The book?s selection of outstanding, top-quality work provides feasible examples for a new generation of homeowners with a discerning sense of style and environmental responsibility.
Hide and Seek, The Architecture of Cabins and Hide-Outs
, Gestalten, 2014 Hardcover, 24x30cm, Full color, 256 pages, English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9783899555455.
The highly individual cabins, hideaways, and summer homes featured in Hide and Seek offer their owners exceptional, yet convenient ways to escape urban routines and embed themselves into the land. These imaginative structures meld traditional architecture with modern living in fascinating and surprising ways. Whether located in the forest, on the water, or in the mountains; whether light and minimalistic or dark and cozy, the compelling dwellings exemplify how to create remote shelters that bring calm and balance to our hectic lives. With the right concept, furniture, decor, and atmosphere, even small or basic designs become stunning sanctuaries.
WorkScape, New Spaces for New Work
, Gestalten, 2013 Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm, 240 pages, full color, English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9783899554953.
WorkScape reveals how trailblazing companies from around the world are redefining where we work and how we work together. The book showcases office spaces by innovators such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, Monocle, KPMG, Red Bull, and Urban Outfitters that promote new forms of work, creativity, and collaboration.
Our House in the City, New Urban Homes and Architecture
, Gestalten, 2014 Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm, 256 pages, full color, English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9783899555189.
Adventurous urban living can simply mean home sweet home. This book showcases unconventional architectural concepts and townhouses for today?s cosmopolitan families that range from the creatively economical to the sleek and high-end. These dwellings encompass completely new constructions as well as thoughtful renovations. Such targeted repurposing reclaims derelict pieces of the urban landscape for the residential sector.
Chamber of Curiosity, Apartment Design and the New Elegance
, Gestalten, 2014 hardcover 24x30cm, 256 pages, full color, English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9783899555172.
The most fascinating apartments are always those that reflect the essence of their occupants. The Chamber of Curiosity is a captivating selection of interiors from around the world that tell compelling stories of their owner?s unconventional personalities and life paths. Each page transports the reader into their eccentric, deeply personal, and consistently fascinating spaces. We are welcomed into the private worlds of exotics, dandies, and hedonists featuring stunning work by architects and designers as well as objects collected by savvy hunters and gatherers. In the collage-like rooms showcased in this book, anything goes except uniformity. Its rich images are complemented by portraits of trailblazing interior designers and additional texts about the featured owners and their furnishings.
Oasis, Wellness, Spas and Relaxation
, Gestalten, 2013 Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm, 256 pages, full color, English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9783899554991.
Oasis showcases a stunning selection of baths, spas, retreats, and other relaxing getaways that not only cater to our personal well-being, but also creatively push the frontiers of hospitality, interior design, and architecture. This book brings together a rich assortment of contemporary locations for indulging both our bodies and our minds?places to let go, be pampered, relax, and refocus. From public saunas to choice health clubs and five-star resorts, the spectrum of retreats ranges from minimalist spaces of tranquility to glamorously opulent temples of body care. Brimming with lavish photographs, Oasis serves as the ultimate guide to addressing and re-imagining our physical and mental need for escape and tranquility.
