ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO

The inimitable style of renowned French interior designer Madeleine Castaing, chronicled in-depth for the first time. While many were drumming to the beat of modernism in the early- and mid-twentieth century, French antiquaire and decorator Madeleine Castaing created her own look that was a unique blend of neoclassicism, Proustian romanticism, and pure wit. Her distinctive aesthetic vision has inspired tastemakers on both sides of the Atlantic, and her devotees--both then and now--are legion. Ocelot carpeting, opaline blue, "coolie" lampshades, and an eclectic mix of neoclassical furnishings ranging from English Regency to Napoleon III all formed part of the vocabulary of "le style Castaing." This lavishly illustrated volume--the first on her work--explores in-depth the elements of her style, and examines how she crafted interiors so emotive that visitors felt that they had stepped into a Balzac novel or a Proustian recollection. Her entire life and career are chronicled, from her early years in Montparnasse, the epicenter of artistic activity in Paris, to her incomparable country house Leves and her legendary shop on rue Jacob in Paris.

El dibujo es una herramienta cognitiva y creativa fundamental a la hora de abordar el proyecto arquitectónico. Bajo esta premisa Francis D. K. Ching nos ofrece en este libro una guía de referencia con la que aprender a utilizar el dibujo como técnica para pensar el proyecto.Organizado en tres grandes bloques que pasan de lo más descriptivo a lo especulativo —dibujo por observación, sistemas convencionales de representación gráfica y dibujo imaginativo—, el libro explica paso a paso la gran multiplicidad de conceptos y técnicas que entran en juego en el dibujo arquitectónico: desde los principios básicos de la expresión gráfica (la línea, la forma, la sombra o el espacio), hasta los sistemas de representación más frecuentes (el sistema diédrico, la axonometría y la perspectiva cónica) o los innumerables conceptos y herramientas existentes (tales como el rayado, la orientación, la escala, la estratificación o la diagramación).Además de los 1.500 dibujos ilustrados a mano y los cerca de 140 ejercicios que incluye el libro, esta nueva edición ampliada incorpora técnicas de dibujo por ordenador e incluye un CD con tutoriales. El estudiante de arquitectura y el arquitecto encontrarán en estas páginas una ayuda práctica y didáctica no solo para representar los proyectos, sino también para pensar espacialmente.

The architectural style of the classic American summer, the shingled house can suggest the beach, the countryside, the mountains, and even the city. AD100 architects Ike Kligerman Barkley, one of the most successful firms practicing in a traditional style today, presents 14 houses that celebrate the simple wood shingle's infinite flexibility--ranging from richly historic to sculptural and experimental. The New Shingled House includes examples throughout the fabled seaside resorts of New England--Martha's Vineyard, Block Island, and the Hamptons--as well as houses in California's Bay Area and Point Loma, on a pristine mountain lake in South Carolina, and a Scandinavian influenced family residence in Connecticut. All are characterized by a sense of graciousness and generosity that makes them unique spaces for the owners and enviable spaces for readers. The versatility of the shingle style allows the designers to explore formal ideas and to respond to client preferences and taste. The houses thus achieve the architects' fundamental goal: when their clients enter their new house for the first time, they should feel as though they have always lived there. This stunning visual presentation features new photography by noted interiors photographer William Waldron, who has captured the graciousness and generosity of the elegant interiors and welcoming porches and terraces that make these houses so inviting and timeless.