Decoration Ornament category: 89 books

Take a journey into a part of London that you never knew existed. Explore the city’s many Art Deco office buildings in a profusely illustrated two part ebook by award winning author Gregory Edwards. In amongst the great jumble of styles present in Central London you will find the Art Deco offices...

Art Deco design is a jazzy celebration of the Machine Age, mass production, geometry, and the straight line. In Palm Beach County, sleek themes are seen representing tropical, nautical, masculine, and stylized motifs that reflect speed and technology. Elements include eyebrows, flat roofs, porthole windows,...

A well-designed Swedish room, whether an antique-filled country home or a contemporary industrial loft space, has a calm and feel-good quality that literally permeates the atmosphere. See how some of the most authentic advocates of Swedish design are using these ideas in their own homes, places of...

A formidable textiles house and decorative tastemaker for more than 80 years in the world of high-end interior design. Scalamandré is revered for its comprehensive offerings of fabrics, wallcoverings and trims available to-the-trade through design centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia....

Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style," has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of optimism to create the style of the future. Although the Detroit metro area is primarily known as an industrial region, it boasts some of the finest examples...

La Green Economy è un nuovo modello di sviluppo economico rispettoso delle implicazioni ambientali e sociali, che da alcuni anni costituisce un punto di riferimento delle politiche di sostenibilità attuate da Regione Toscana. Il numero degli eventi organizzati dalla pubblica amministrazione e dalle...

Swedish Country Interiors showcases homes that have a wide spectrum of interpretations of Swedish country style—rustic, rural, urban, comfortable, family friendly, elegant, simple, complex, grand, humble, and eclectic. Also found are numerous examples of Swedish country living that the homeowners...

Most wallpaper books are about surface design. This one looks below the surface to discover the material culture of wallpaper as it became popular in Europe and came to New France and New England. It asks important questions; Was wallpaper really only for the well-to-do? Who were the people who...

Today’s modern living is more than great style and good decorating; it’s a way of life. For the past several decades, Barclay Butera has dedicated himself to creating beautiful spaces for his discerning clientele. In his fifth book, Modern Living, we invite you to take in sixteen exceptional homes,...

A sincere love of the subject, and a strong conviction of the importance of the preservation of such facts as I have dredged up from the Sea of Oblivion, have given me heart for my work. The gradual changes of Old London, and the progress of civilisation westward, are worth noting by all students...

The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. One day, the houses will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will...

A superb treasury of decorative wrought iron, this well-illustrated volume presents an informative survey of the ancient craft's practice throughout England. Its history can be traced simply by admiring the crisp black-and-white illustrations of gates, railings, screens, and other elaborately rendered works. 241 black-and-white illustrations.

Extrait : "L'histoire du Palais du Luxembourg est fort complexe. On peut rechercher en quelles mains son sol a passé ; c'est son histoire immobilière. On peut envisager sa construction et ses transformations, suivant ses affectations successives ; c'est son histoire architecturale. Et celle-ci a un...

Encuentra en el libro:Las consideraciones que necesitas si piensas restaurar tu fachadaQué colores son los más apropiadosCuál debe ser la orientación correcta de una fachadaQué tipo de materiales hay disponible en el mercadoLo que debes saber al planificar y construir la fachada