Pools (Good Ideas)

Montes, Christina

Loft

Cy Twombly's oeuvre featuring paintings, sculptures, works on paper and photographs displays a highly personal, literary character, but has undergone several profound transformations. The most decisive was the contact with Mediterranean culture caused by Twombly's with drawal from the New York art scene he moved to Italy in 1957. Greek gods, the Mediterranean light, Western history, literature and mythology all found their way into his art. In ever larger canvases he presents the drama of humanity as a sensuous and poetic vision of color, drawing and writing. At the occasion of Twombly's 80th birthday in 2008, our four-volume Catalogue Raisonn of the Paintings will be supplemented by a fifth volume covering the period 1996-2006 and thus, among others, his famous Lepanto and Bacchus cycles.

Cy Twombly: The Paintings 1996 - 2007

BASTIAN, Heiner

Reference

Preservation and conversion are two ways of dealing with the effects of time and entropy on buildings. Preservation implies few, if any, changes to the structure, but converting a building or space requires adapting it in order to meet the needs of different users over time. At some point most structures undergo alteration and changes, which can range from a minor extension of a working building to the complete renovation of a ruin. As such modifications accumulate over the years, so they record the superimposed cycles of change in uses, ideologies, technologies and economics, forming a palimpsest of the societies, people and lifestyles they have witnessed. This book illustrates this process by presenting a number of different conversion projects, including the regeneration of whole areas as well as the conversion of individual buildings. In addition to photographs of the new spaces, the volume includes sketches, floor plans, sections, interior elevations, axonometrics and all other relevant design and construction details.

Wow!: Converted Spaces

Arts & Photography

Fajardo, Julio

Architecture

Javier Barba was born in Barcelona to a family of architects. He studied in the city's School of Architecture and after working in his father's firm, he established his own practice, BC Studio. The projects designed by BC Studio are based on the concepts of integrated and Bioclimatic Architecture, respecting nature and its resources. In 1989 their project Semi-buried House was chosen by the commission of the European Community as one of the best examples of bioclimatic construction. Fitting each site with a building appropriate to its characteristics and understanding the needs and aspirations of the clients are essential factors in the development of all of BC studio projects.

Greenarchitecture.com

Barba, Javier

Focusing on the design process, "Sketch Landscape" explores the sources, the influences and the reasoning behind the projects of today's most recognised landscape architects. With its 500 fully illustrated pages, this book brings together the drawings, sketches, renderings and photographs of more than thirty prestigious international architects.

Sketch Landscape

Collin, Catherine

Country Chic Living

Country kitchens bring together all the things that make living in a rural setting appealing. Their layouts show an evident first-hand contact with local products; their design expresses the inspiration nature provides for their endless range of textures and colors. Country Chic Kitchens is an up-to-date and essential reference for the creation and design of these spaces dominated by a look forged by tradition, but which coexists harmoniously with the comforts and conveniences of modern living. The 216 pages of this book showcase spaces for cooking and eating, and readers will find a never-ending source of inspiration in them. The warmth and charm of the spaces presented offer countless ideas that are easy to bring to life. The book is completed with forty recipes for traditional Italian dishes bursting with the intense flavors of nature's bounty.

Country Chic Kitchens: A Precious Guide to Italian Style and Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

Terraces and balconies have the potential to become the crowning element of a building. They are extensions of enclosed habitable spaces to the open air and also external private areas in, and from which to view, the urban landscape. This book includes abundant design information to shape stylish and unique open spaces in residential environments and includes garden plans, practical ideas and valuable advice on materials and planting in a variety of locations and climates.

Step Outside: Urban Terraces and Balconies

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Sánchez Vidiella, Àlex

Gardening & Landscape Design

This beautifully illustrated book looks at examples of green homes around the world.

Blue Houses: Sustainable Homes

Paredes, Cristina

This book uncovers one of the most interesting architectural trends of recent times: the remodelling of underutilised spaces at the tops of buildings. These projects reveal the infinite ingenuity of architects and designers. While if we look beyond their architectural value to the overcrowded nature of large cities, the use given to these areas reveals a more rational, sustainable and intelligent application of architecture.

Cloud 9: Rooftop Architecture

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