Upstate
Upstate

Author: Lisa Przystup

Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1580935362

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This inspiring collection of compelling and characterful interiors will have city and country dwellers alike dreaming of carving out a personal haven far beyond the big city. Through two hundred newly commissioned photographs and engaging profiles of twelve unique, personal, and creative interiors on both sides of the Hudson, Upstate features a variety of spaces--from tranquil minimalist retreats to exuberant small-town residences. Among them are a farmhouse of globetrotting food photographers, a lavender-hued Victorian brimming with eclectic curios, a striking cottage with modern furnishings and elegant Georgian bones, and the country-house-on-acid of an artist and art director, complete with giant mushroom side tables and permanently installed party streamers. Shared by these distinctive spaces is a common approach to decoration that centers on collections gradually accumulated, delights in the handmade, embraces the beauty in imperfection, and values comfort and character above all.

Living Spaces
Living Spaces

Author: Jessica Tolliver

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781586635701

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A writer whose work regularly appears in House Beautiful and Home introduces you to a whole new way of thinking about decorating. Her strategy: the problem in one area can solve a problem in another. Rearrange spaces and uses, change lighting, switch adult and kids' living areas, house your hobby in your guest room, and much more. Before-and-after photos with call-out illustrations highlight each possible change.

Living Spaces
Living Spaces

Author: Brad Mee

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781402713934

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Brad Mee--the interior designer seen on HDTV and The Christopher Lowell Show, and the subject of a profile in USA Today--goes straight to the heart of the home, so you can transform it to suit your desired lifestyle. Whether you're starting from scratch or renovating a dated space, creating a vibrant, multi-functional living room is easy, with the help of expert designer Brad Mee and his newest entry in the Design Is in the Details series. Is your household a whirlwind of action, desperately in need of a quiet refuge? Or do you long for a lively room where all the family can play? Page by page, Mee offers easy-to-follow advice on how to determine the purpose of the room, select an appropriate style, and provide a heaping dose of decorative detail--from canvases to carvings--at every turn.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Living Space
Frank Lloyd Wright's Living Space

Author: Gail Satler

Publisher:

Published: 2000-04

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780875805863

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This sociological analysis of Wright's architecture examines the interaction between people and the spaces they create. Satler shows how Wright explored a new architectural dimension, the space in which we live. Focusing on the Larkin Building (1904) and Unity Temple (1907), works that Wright considered important but that have received little attention, Satler delineates the social nature of space. She provides an analytic framework through which to understand Wright's buildings and his writings, revealing how the history of such works and cultural landscapes offer a basis for making social, political, and spatial choices about the future. Wright's specific architectural works provide a framework for constructing social histories of places and people because his designs represent a natural way to build and to live within a larger social landscape. This original study will appeal to sociologists, architects, urban and architectural historians, urban planners and anthropologists, and those interested in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

David Adjaye: Living Spaces
David Adjaye: Living Spaces

Author: David Adjaye

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 050034325X

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A dazzling tour of fifteen contemporary houses designed by David Adjaye, one of the most influential architects of his generation Houses or domestic buildings are often among the first projects young architects design. For David Adjaye, such early commissions connected him to a rising generation of creators with whom he shared a range of sensibilities. His artistry, clever use of space, and inexpensive, unexpected materials resulted in many innovative and widely published houses. After fifteen years of practice and a raft of high-profile projects around the world—including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC—houses represent a smaller portion of Adjaye’s work but are more potent as a result. Selecting projects that are challenging because of their sites, complexity, or architectural possibility, Adjaye has both expanded and sharpened his domestic design, taking it in new directions and to new locations. This monograph presents the fifteen finest and most recent examples, from Africa to Brooklyn, from desolate farmlands to urban jungles. Chronicled through informed descriptions and detailed and photographically rich visual documentation, the results testify to the importance of Adjaye’s growing inventiveness and provide powerful ideas for residential architecture.

Pemba
Pemba

Author: Corinna Del Bianco

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1000259285

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Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. Self-built houses born from need, in haste and with limited economical resources are often considered to be temporary structures but frequently become an integral part of the urban fabric, representative of a local culture of living. The study is part of the Spontaneous Living Spaces research project, and through a variety of documentation tools, it investigates the evolution of the architectural and urban elements that characterize self-built dwellings in Pemba. The evolution of the spontaneous living culture creates new forms of living in the city connected to local cultural expressions and the environment. These are placed in relation to the traditional and contemporary living cultures, settlement trends and the natural environment. Covering a history of housing in Mozambique and unpacking four settlement types in Pemba, this book is written for academics, professionals and researchers in architecture and planning with a particular interest in African architecture and urbanism.

Happy
Happy

Author: Amanda Talbot

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13: 1743439423

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Amanda Talbot demonstrates how architecture and interior design at their best can make us safer, healthier, more efficient, enlightened and productive - all contributing to a fundamental sense of wellbeing. In essence, Happy shows us ways in which design can help us live a happy life. This global survey reveals how designers are creating joyous living spaces that play to our emotions, speaking to our hearts as much as to our heads, through strategic planning and execution and by using carefully chosen colours, textures, quality of materials and finishes. Chapters (which incorporate case studies from homes around the world, as well as styled images) include 'Colour', 'Communal', 'Down time', 'Edit', 'Flow', 'Humour', 'Light', 'Location', 'Memories', 'Nature', 'Order', 'Play', 'Senses' and 'Spontaneity'.

Space
Space

Author: Michael Freeman

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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In ultra-crowded Japan, the constraints of space and form inspire rather than confound. That is readily apparent in this fascinating volume featuring impossibly tiny, narrow, odd-shaped habitats that have been transformed into peaceful, elegant oases through the innovative use of light, openness and visual harmony.