Designing Your Dream Houses

Home Extended   Home Extended  presents in more than 300 images the variety of extended residential architecture.

City Houses   City living can present certain limitations. This book shows how architects overcome the challenge of building unique homes in the middle of a sea of houses. They create space where it is a scarce commodity. They preserve a sense of intimacy, despite being wall to...

Living With Wood   Filled with inspiring photographs, this title explores the constructive and decorative potential of wood.

Wood Houses   Wood Houses  documents wood as a building material in residential houses and includes both supplemental architects' plans and more than 100 interior and exterior photos.  

Natural Stone Houses   Natural Stone Houses  show current and modern architectural examples for the use of natural stone, earth, and concrete.

Living With Stone   This book offers a broad and comprehensive catalog of contemporary uses of natural stone in private homes, public buildings, and public spaces, with particular emphasis on both traditional and modern applications.

Lighting   This book contains over 200 examples of different lights and lighting solutions that combine with their surroundings to form a harmonious whole. Design and form are shown here in great variety.

City Apartments   This book shows how far we have progressed in the design of the modern apartment in the city, the place that millions of city dwellers call home. New trends in design and furnishing are tantalizingly depicted in stunning photographs of over 100 city apartments.

Bathrooms   Modern bathroom fixtures, new materials, and the use of color give designers many ways of creating individual bathrooms. Natural materials like stone, wood, ceramic, or textiles help shape a desirable ambiance. Striking design, clever extras, classy elements, wallpaper, art,...

Smart Apartments   This book looks at a selection of apartments which show a wide variety of architectural and design solutions suitable for different kinds of properties—from a small studio loft to a two or three-storey home. It looks at the work of international designers and...

Compact Houses   House design is evolving fast following trends and the needs of our society. A myriad of design schemes aim to meet diverse requirements and there is never a single solution to make the most of a living space. This book offers tips on different ways of creating...

Mini Houses   The lack of available surface area, budget restraints or solely seasonal use are the main criteria for the construction of these small-scale dwellings. This book showcases the expertise of architects in tackling a project despite the determining factors that may limit...

New Ideas For The Home   This book contains practical ideas that make the most of every room in your apartment or house.

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design This accessible book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design. Lavishly illustrated, it is both a great source of inspiration and a provocative record of some of the best examples of graphic design from the last hundred years....

Interior Voyages   One of the rising stars of interiors photography visits more than two dozen evocative spaces, offering endless interior design inspiration. With a unique eye that recalls themes once explored by Slim Aarons and François Halard, Matthieu Salvaing's lens does more...

Chair Anatomy: Design And Construction   Chairs are the design pieces that most of us use most of the time: from offices to dining tables, from lounging to working, the importance of good chair design to our well-being cannot be underestimated. Accordingly, designers and architects,...

Wood: Living And Working   Wood is one of the very best materials for building construction because of its versatility, its capacity as a thermal and acoustic insulator, its warm appearance, pleasant texture and feel and its ecological character. Architects love to use this natural...

Big Night In : Delicious Themed Menus to Cook & Eat at Home   Shun the “out out” crowd and plan your very own Big Night In with this fun and flavorful collection of themed menus for dining at home.   If you shudder at the thought of arriving home late with a greasy take-out in...

Relaxed Rustic: Bring Scandinavian Tranquility and Nature into Your Home   Inspired by nature, these beautiful interiors show how you can bring the natural world into your home whether you live in the country or the city. Relaxed rustic interiors are about embracing the pared-back...