wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Yesterday's Structures: Today's Homes: Today's Homes
ISBN: 9780764310140 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Explore fifty-six innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures into modern family homes, apartments, and condominiums. Includes more than 290 images and plans. The accompanying text describes how each historical, industrial, or agricultural structure was spared the wrecking ball, and transformed from derelict to dwelling by an innovative architect. Among the larger buildings rebuilt are churches, schools, factories, barns, a lighthouse, a giant gas tank, and even a missile silo. Smaller structures are not overlooked either, as a smoke house, garage, and a chicken coop are redesigned as...
Explore fifty-six innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures into modern family homes, apartments, and condominiums. Includes more than 290 i...
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194,08 zł |
Inside Art Deco: A Pictorial Tour of Deco Interiors from their Origins to Today
ISBN: 9780764322754 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Art Deco brings to mind a glamorous era of brilliant architecture, striking interior design, elegant furniture, and superb objets d'art. The term evokes an era of the 1920s and 1930s that prized elegant design elements combined with exotic materials, subtle colors, and the finest workmanship. This amply illustrated survey traces the origins of Deco interiors in Europe and follows its American transformation, with concepts of beauty in design expanded to include stream-lined and machine-made interpretations. Many of the most beloved buildings and their interior spaces in America's cities were...
Art Deco brings to mind a glamorous era of brilliant architecture, striking interior design, elegant furniture, and superb objets d'art. The term evok...
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254,01 zł |
A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry
ISBN: 9780764315190 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For over a century the majority of America's major sculptors chose one particular foundry to cast their works in bronze. That foundry was the Roman Bronze Works and its castings (and often the initials R.B.W.) represent a vast and fascinating collection of sculptures, ranging from the monuments of French and Saint-Gaudens to the cowboys of Remington and Russell, from the grand and graceful figures of Paul Manship and the charming salon pieces of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, to the brilliant abstractions of Archipenko and Calder. To study the ledgers and archival photographs of Roman Bronze Works is...
For over a century the majority of America's major sculptors chose one particular foundry to cast their works in bronze. That foundry was the Roman Br...
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430,19 zł |
Architecture Walks: The Best Outings Near New York City
ISBN: 9780813547343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area. Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites...
Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern de...
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131,12 zł |
Exploring Nature's Bounty: One Hundred Outings Near New York City
ISBN: 9780813552491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When lifelong friends Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison set off on their outings in the region, they are always on the lookout for the gifts that nature offers. Exploring Nature's Bounty, their ninth collaboration, invites us to share the rich array of agricultural delights they've discovered within a two-hour radius of New York City--from beautiful vineyards to the latest in hydroponic greenhouses to peach-filled orchards to community farms and historic sites. The places chosen all welcome visitors who will see first hand the art of agriculture, pick their own produce, help...
When lifelong friends Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison set off on their outings in the region, they are always on the lookout for the gifts that ...
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143,55 zł |
Amazing Space: Architect Designed Houses Under $300,000
ISBN: 9780764306426 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Come and explore forty-eight original houses, recently produced by American and Canadian architects for their clients. Pour over the wide variety of innovative house designs represented in over 235 images and plans. While many of these homes are one-of-a-kind works of art, all of the houses presented were produced with an eye for economy. How each budget-minded architect kept the cost low, using a combination of economical construction techniques and clever technological innovations, is discussed and illustrated. Ranging from starter homes to retirement houses, from vacation retreats to...
Come and explore forty-eight original houses, recently produced by American and Canadian architects for their clients. Pour over the wide variety of i...
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194,08 zł |
The Architect's Garden: 45 Original Landscapes
ISBN: 9780764331305 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Visit 45 varied and strikingly beautiful gardens designed by architects to complement architectural design and function. Gardens surrounding homes are as varied and unexpected as architecture itself and can be designed in ways that are practical, environmentally sound, and strikingly beautiful. Original gardens add living space and drama to a home and settings for art, and havens for entertaining or contemplation. The designer of each landscape has created an original solution that stretches the boundaries of what we think of as our "backyard garden." Ranging from traditional (Asian,...
Visit 45 varied and strikingly beautiful gardens designed by architects to complement architectural design and function. Gardens surrounding homes are...
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194,08 zł |
A Guide to Green New Jersey: Nature Walks in the Garden State
ISBN: 9780813532301 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. New Jersey is a state of surprises. Did you know there was a castle in Passaic County? Or that Essex County's Branch Brook Park, rather than Washington, D.C., has the largest concentration of flowering cherry trees outside of Japan? Did you know you could walk through a bamboo forest on the Rutgers University campus, dig for fossils in Middletown's Poricy Brook, visit an owl haven on the site of the Battle of Monmouth, or see wild river otters in Salem County? Despite its proximity to major urban areas and its high population density, the state has dozens of absolutely marvelous natural...
New Jersey is a state of surprises. Did you know there was a castle in Passaic County? Or that Essex County's Branch Brook Park, rather than Washingto...
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132,50 zł |
Eco-House Renovations: 45 Green Home Conversions
ISBN: 9780764339295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether you live in a town house, a village colonial, a country barn, or a coastal saltbox, you can convert your old house into an ecologically sound new house. This design book provides inspiration for aesthetically pleasing and practical renovations that can change the environment one house at a time. Starting with a section on basic planning, this guide walks you through some major considerations necessary to the success of an eco-renovation. Tour 45 projects around the country, including homes that have been reconfigured, renovated, added to, or otherwise redone to address everything from...
Whether you live in a town house, a village colonial, a country barn, or a coastal saltbox, you can convert your old house into an ecologically sound ...
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254,01 zł |
History Walks in New Jersey
ISBN: 9780813539690 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. New Jersey has a varied and fascinating history-from its earliest Native American settlements, through its central role in the Revolutionary War, to its strategic position in the major events of our country's past. In History Walks in New Jersey, Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison treat readers to a comprehensive statewide guidebook that includes detailed information on forty-eight of the best sites for historical walks. These outings take the history enthusiast through beautiful green landscapes, natural preserves, and picturesque settlements. Whether you are an amateur historian, a...
New Jersey has a varied and fascinating history-from its earliest Native American settlements, through its central role in the Revolutionary War, to i...
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138,02 zł |
Artwalks in New York: Delightful Discoveries of Public Art and Gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island
ISBN: 9780814736609 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Completely updated, the new edition of this acclaimed guide brings us 33 tours of public art, covering the length of the island, from the Cloisters and Harlem in northern Manhattan, to Central Park and the museum mile, to Rockefeller Center and Chelsea, and all the way down to the southern tip at Battery Park City. This indispensable guide also covers the outer boroughs, from Snug Harbor, Staten Island to the Socrates Sculpture Park and the Noguchi Museum in Queens, from Wave Hill in the Bronx all the way to the botanical gardens in Brooklyn. The perfect guidebook for residents and... Completely updated, the new edition of this acclaimed guide brings us 33 tours of public art, covering the length of the island, from the Cloisters... |
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367,28 zł |