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Container Atlas - A Practical Guide To Container Architecture * hb

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Editors: Han Slawik et al.

Containers are modular, affordable, and internationally available. This comprehensive guide documents this extraordinary contemporary architectural phenemenon and reveals a profound variety of functional and aesthetic building possibilities.

Gestalten, 2010; 256 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

hb € 49,90

Den Haag * pb

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Auteur: Maarten Schmitt

In deze tweede forum-uitgave over het auteurschap in stedenbouw is het de beurt aan Den Haag en de stadsstedenbouwer Maarten Schmitt, die er de afgelopen 11 jaar de regie voerde over stedenbouw, architectuur en ontwerp van de openbare ruimte.

Forum, 2009; 80 pp.; NL; ills. b/w & col; pb

pb € 24,50

Design without Fashion - Works by Theodore Waddell, Architect * hb

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Author: Theodore Waddell

The first autobiographical monograph on the American architect and designer Theodore Waddell. The designs in this book span 51 years, from 1955 to 2006, and encompass various stages of development.

Skira, 2010; 192 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

hb € 39,99

Doolhoven en Labyrinten in Nederland - Beschrijvingen van doolhoven en labyrinten per provincie * pb

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Auteurs: Fons Schaefers et al.

Nederland kent een indrukwekkend verleden en heden aan doolhoven en labyrinten. Voor het eerst zijn alle toegankelijke voorbeelden samengebracht in een handzame gids. De gids bevat een uitgebreide ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis, maar ook handige tips voor het oplossen van doolhoven en hoe zelf een doolhof aan te leggen.

Hef Publ., 2007; 127 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; pb

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Dream Palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age * hb

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Author: David Wallace

Wallace conducts a tour of 25 of Hollywood's most lavish and intriguing theatres, hotels, restaurants, and residences, lately restored to their original glory. Seen here in 200 colour photographs are Frank Lloyd Wright's Sowden-Hodel Residence, the Streamline Moderne residence of Wallace Beery, Cecil B. DeMille's extravagant Mediterranean Revival house, El Capitan Theater, Richard Neutra's Holiday House Motel and many others.

Abrams, 2006; 239 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hb

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Eco - An Essential Sourcebook for Environmentally Friendly Design and Decoration * pb

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Author: Elizabeth Wilhide

This beautifully photographed book provides information on eco-sound building technology, materials, and products, while explaining how to incorporate them into our lives. Most importantly Eco shows us that ecological design can be beautiful.

Rizzoli, 2006; 184 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; pb

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Ettore Sottsass - Architect and Designer * hb

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Authors: Ronald Labaco et al.

Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007, is best remembered as the founder of the design collaborative Memphis. As this book demonstrates, however, Sottsass was a pioneer in all major fields of design.

Merrell, 2006; 160 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford - Thirty Years of Correspondence * hb

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Editors: Robert Wojtowicz et al.

Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford were both passionate writers, keenly aware of world events.Their letters from 1926-1958 covered a wide range of topics -the spread of International Style, political events, their friends and rivals.

Princeton, 2001; 294 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful - Designing the American Way of Living * hb

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Editor: Virginia Terry Boyd

During his 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright also contributed to the modernization of home furnishings. His genius seems to have touched upon nearly every aspect of the home, as shown here by his windows, chairs, lamps, vases and textiles.

International Arts, 2007; 168 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Glamour - Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture * Hc

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Editors: Joseph Rosa et al.

As one of the most alluring yet illusive concepts in contemporary style, glamour is an ideal that permeates our visual culture. This lavishly illustrated book radically revises our understanding of glamour in fashion, industrial design, and architecture.

Yale, 2004; 192 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Glory of the Sultans - Islamic Architecture in India * hb slipca.

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Author: Yves Porter, photos Gerard Degeorge

Between the 12th and the mid-19th centuries, most of the Indian subcontinent was under Muslim domination, giving rise to a unique blend of Islamic, Turkish, and Persian influences. This lavishly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive view of this architectural fusion, explaining in depth the key monuments of each period and region, including the Taj-Mahal, Homayun's tomb at Delhi, and the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore.

Flammarion, 2009; 303 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hb slipca.

hb slipca. € 64,95

Great Houses of England and Wales * hb

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Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, photos Christopher Simon Sykes

In this chronological selection of 32 of the most notable houses of England and Wales, the author and photographer present a panoramic history of the evolution of the great house. This lavishly illustrated selection tours acknowledged architectural masterpieces such as Castle Howard, Tredegar House, Ragley Hall, Longleat, Compton Wynyates, Blenheim Palace a.o. It is also a history of great families and their descendants.

Laurence King; 424 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hb

hb € 49,95