Focusing on the profound effect that art, craft, and color can play in any interior, this book presents Hollis’s masterful new residential projects, in which the curation of art, objects, and custom furnishings are key to the character of the spaces.
Passionate about designing buildings and neighborhoods that quietly transform the urban environment, Torti Gallas is committed to improving cities, towns, and distressed communities throughout the United States and around the world. This fully illustrated book shows how they have combined the disciplines of architecture, planning, and urban design into a single practice, creating housing and mixed-use buildings that bring catalytic change to urban neighborhoods: the mixed-use apartment buildings, rowhouses, and single-family homes that comprise the fabric of a city. Their work hearkens back to a tradition that, before World War II, created some of the country’s finest neighborhoods, including Forest Hill Gardens in Queens, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, and Russian Hill in San Francisco. Featuring 60 built projects, this book shows how Torti Gallas is dedicated to raising the level of this architecture to a new high.
Revealing the richly visual and cultural details that are the essence of Mexican style, award-winning design editor and photographer Newell Turner has done for Mexican design what legendary culinary pioneer Diana Kennedy did for Mexican food.
Elegantly organized around nine decisive decorative periods that have shaped México’s unique design journey to the present day, Mexican: A Journey Through Design establishes a visual dialogue with the reader that beautifully captures the depth and subtleties of the country’s aesthetic legacy.
Innovatively combining period and contemporary furniture and art in a sophisticated mix, the homes of Isabel López-Quesada are inspirational and unforgettable. In At Home, the Spanish designer tells her own story. The perfect gift for admirers of her work, and an ideal introduction for those new to the designer.
Presentado en un elegante estuche, I Guerra Mundial en imágenes y II Guerra Mundial en imágenes cuenta, a través de más de ochocientas fotografías, los sucesos más importantes de nuestra historia más reciente. Cada tomo está ordenado de forma cronológica y ofrece una explicación pormenorizada y precisa del curso de los acontecimientos.
Marqués de Sade pronto cobró fama de libertino, término muy usado en esos tiempos sedientos de libertad para designar a quien hacía un mal uso de ella, esto es, a quien se entregaba a sus deseos más extravagantes y singulares principalmente en el terreno de la sensualidad y de la sexualidad. Esta edición de las Obras Maestras de Marqués de sade consta de cuatro volúmenes.