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Celebrated photographer and author Ricardo Labougle takes us on an odyssey through the most superbly decorated homes in Paris. Labougle’s striking photography highlights the rich variety of Paris interiors—from classical and rococo styling to more modern interpretations of decor. However inspiration strikes, a Paris interior will rise magnificently to the occasion, as demonstrated by internationally-acclaimed Jacques Grange’s contemporary apartment situated in a Regency palace, the innovative rustic modernism of Studio KO, Vincent Darré’s breathtaking painted wall designs, which combine XVIII-century and 1920s styles, and Jacopo Etro’s architecturally exquisite space, enhanced by mid-century décor and filled with objets d’art.

Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements, and vision of particular personalities becomes priority. The delicate task is to translate all the emotive associations and practical requirements of “home” into a workable, constructed reality. This publication rounds up 100 of the world’s most interesting and pioneering homes designed in the past two decades, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson,Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, and Peter Zumthor. Accommodating daily routines of eating, sleeping, and shelter, as well as offering the space for personal experience and relationships, this is architecture at its most elementary and its most intimate.

In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works from the National Library of Vienna, including many new images.

La 16a. edición de este manual mundialmente reconocido puede considerarse como una nueva edición. Por un lado, se ha conservado el magnífico planteamiento del original y, por otro, se ha actualizado su contenido con el fin de dar respuesta a las nuevas expectativas que han surgido en el mundo de la construcción, especialmente las exigencias medioambientales. Arte de proyectar en arquitectura es un manual de proyectos de construcción que reúne de forma sistemática los fundamentos, las normas y las prescripciones sobre recintos, edificios, exigencias de programa, relaciones espaciales, dimensiones de edificios, locales, estancias, instalaciones y utensilios con el ser humano como medida y objetivo. En esta edición se han revisado y actualizado muchos de los capítulos, entre los que se encuentran: instalaciones deportivas acuáticas, cubiertas, hoteles, evacuación de incendios, muebles y utensilios de cocina, establecimientos de comida rápida, fachadas de madera, normativas de ahorro energético, ascensores, arquitectura solar, rehabilitación y reutilización de edificios, etc. Además de completar los contenidos respecto a las anteriores ediciones, esta nueva versión es fiel a la obra de Ernst Neufert y continúa siendo una referencia bibliográfica de reconocido valor universal, un manual indispensable para arquitectos, arquitectos técnicos, ingenieros, constructores, profesores y estudiantes. Desde su primera edición alemana de 1936, se han realizado 39 ediciones en alemán y 16 en castellano, se ha publicado en 18 idiomas diferentes y se han vendido más de un millón de ejemplares en conjunto.

Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This collectible volume features luscious early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as color portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer. ​Featuring a number of never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Aarons: Style is a collection of the photographer’s most stylish work. Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph fashion: “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons. This coffee table book is perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.