Libros

Los avances técnicos, las crecientes exigencias de confort y la necesidad de una gestión económica y ecológica de los recursos energéticos han dado lugar al incremento del equipamiento técnico en los edificios. Debido a la amplitud de los conocimientos necesarios, inabarcables incluso para los (...)

El Inventario del Alcázar de Madrid de 1666 se redactó tras el fallecimiento de Felipe IV el 17 de septiembre de 1665. El documento refleja el afán coleccionista del monarca, quien en sus cuarenta y cuatro años de reinado multiplicó exponencialmente el número de obras artísticas en sus palacios. (...)

Ever since Tom Britt opened his New York based firm in 1964, he has been creating dramatic environments for his high-profile clients on multiple continents. His masterful design palette, with a wonderfully exotic slant, includes plush upholstered furniture, boldly patterned carpets, seductive (...)

Design legend Henri Samuel believed that a successful interior was one in which an observer never suspected that a decorator had been involved. This book takes the reader inside some of Samuel s groundbreaking and inspiring interiors, beginning with his first job assisting Stephane Boudin of Jansen (...)

Daughter of the late David Hicks and goddaughter to Prince Charles, India Hicks is known for her irreverent take on style. In her previous books, she invited readers into her homes on Harbour Island and in England. For her third book, India presents her own slightly madcap spin on entertaining. (...)

FINDING A FORM FOR THE TRAUMAS OF LOSS AND VIOLENCE Experiences of violence and loss take shape in the work of internationally acclaimed Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Although her sculptures and installations are often based on concrete events, feelings of grief, alienation and loss of home take (...)

An interior design book showing how the alpine context, with its snowy landscapes and forests, influences the choice of colors, materials, and atmospheres.This book addresses a very specific topic within interior architecture, namely that of mountains, where the context of the surrounding landscape (...)

Hardcover. This comprehensive monograph brings together over 100 works spanning five decades of Thomas Schuette's career and examines his artistic production across multiple disciplines.The Duesseldorf-based sculptor, draftsman, model maker, and sometime architect Thomas Schuette works in scales (...)

The most important, most visited, and most renowned of all of Britain's stately homes, Blenheim has been home to the Churchill family for more than 300 years.Regarded as perhaps the greatest of the stately homes and the finest example of baroque architecture in Great Britain, Blenheim is a treasure (...)