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For the Love of Pets Contemporary Architecture and Design for Animals
Edited by The Images Publishing Group
What wouldn’t animal-loving humans do to create the perfect modern habitat for their cherished animals? Not surprisingly, pet owners are forever seeking ways to provide the best environment to make life for their pets as enjoyable and engaging as possible. Designing the perfect architecture and interiors for pets and animals of all shapes, sizes, species, and breeds is all about creating a seamless coexistence. Showcased here are heaps of fun and unique projects created by an inventive global design community. The charming, imaginative, and inspired interiors and architectural systems presented in this book offer a beautiful combination of aesthetics and creature comfort, be they for cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, chickens, turtles, horses, and many others. It also features funky cat cafés and special shelter ideas to keep both human and animals calm. This delightful book presents a lovable assortment of safe and sustainable pet-friendly projects, ideal for design- and animal-conscious folk who want to turn their interiors or workspaces into the most comfortable living/playpen environments for their beloved fur-babies (and other pets) to roam and rest.
A lovable assortment of petfriendly ideas to help design- and animal-conscious folk turn their interiors into happy places for their beloved furbabies (and other pets) to roam and rest.
9781864708998
The Images Publishing Group 7.5 x 9.875in. 248pp., 400 col. September 2021 $30.00/CDN$40.00 Paperback
A Palace in Sicily Jean-Louis Remilleux
With its sun-drenched sands and Mediterranean waters, Sicily has been a favored destination of travelers for centuries.
This book captures the sun-steeped aesthetic of the island, while detailing the restoration of one of its finest attractions: the i Loren o del astelluccio palace. Marquis del Castelluccio was one of the last “servals” or “leopards” of Sicil wealth aristocrats who ooded the island with lu ur . ollowing his death, his home fell to ruin. A half-century later, Jean-Louis Remilleux fell in love with this dilapidated 18th-century palace and made it his mission to restore it. n eiled for the first time in this beautifull illustrated book, the i Loren o del astelluccio pala o is one of the finest testaments to Sicilian architecture and art.
9781788841399
ACC Art Books 8.875 x 11.75in. 232pp., 184 col., 1 b.&w., 3 plans September 2021 $55.00/CDN$74.00 Hardback The stunning restoration of the beautiful Di Lorenzo del Castelluccio palace in Sicily — a photographic exploration of a Baroque masterpiece — now returned to its former glory.
A visually stunning exploration of the Deccan Indian architectural history — Blueprint-style plans of temples accompany 300+ photographs, and maps guide would-be travelers to these temple site.
Temples of Deccan India Hindu and Jain, 7th to 13th Centuries
George Michell
This beautifully illustrated book showcases the Hindu and Jain temples of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka built prior to the invasion of peninsular India by the Delhi sultans at the end of the 13th century. Focusing on some 50 historical sites, Temples of Deccan India begins with artificiall e ca ated ca e shrines dedicated to arious indu deities, before proceeding on to examine free-standing Hindu and Jain monuments sponsored by successive rulers of the Deccan.
Maps locate the temple sites, while passages of text illuminate the succession of dynasties that governed the Deccan from the 7th to 13th centuries. Educational, accessible and beautifully illustrated, this book will be of interest to anyone fascinated by Indian architecture.
9781788841382
ACC Art Books 9.75 x 13in. 384pp., 285 col., 82 maps and plans September 2021 $85.00/CDN$115.00 Hardback
Jock Peters, Architecture and Design The Varieties of Modernism
Christopher Long
A fascinating study of the life and work of modern architect and designer Jock Peters (1889–1934). The German-born Peters immigrated to Los Angeles in 1922, where he received wide-spread acclaim for his elegant interiors at the iconic Bullock’s Wilshire department store. Aside from looking at Peters’s work in America, including the years he designed film sets for oll wood, this book also e amines the architect s earl de elopment in German , specificall amburg and erlin, and the in uences that shaped his thinking.
Despite his early death, Peters managed to leave his mark on the modernist landscape in Southern California at a time when the new style was just emerging.
9781735600116
Bauer and Dean Publishers 8.5 x 10.5in. 304pp., 114 col., 147 b.&w. October 2021 $65.00/CDN$88.00 Hardback The architect and designer who, along with Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolf Schindler, and Richard Neutra, transformed 1920s Los Angeles into one of the art deco capitals of the world.
Homes to Inspire Architecture and Design from around the World
Philip Jodidio
World-renowned architectural writer and critic Philip Jodidio delves into his selection of the top twenty-six of the most contemporary and current house designs from around the world. He expertly articulates and examines the relationships between the architecture and the intentions of the design for the people who live there, taking into account how the architecture affects human behavior, what enhances the success of the design of each home in this collection, with an overview of current industry trends, and where to next for residential design innovation.
his beautifull presented book, filled with stunning photographs and detailed plans and diagrams, celebrates residential luxury, inspirational style and design innovation from around the globe.
9781864708752
The Images Publishing Group 11 x 13in. 348pp., 180 col., 80 b.&w October 2021 $70.00/CDN$94.50 Hardback Twenty-six homes located in sixteen countries and built by some of the world’s elite architects: the best examples of contemporary residential design chosen by Philip Jodidio, author of the best-selling Home for Our Time.
Botanical Buildings When Plants Meet Architecture
Judith Baehner
The green architecture movement is a worldwide phenomenon that addresses sustainability and a parallel awareness of how the built world is enriched by nature. This lavishly illustrated book presents the most beautiful and innovative buildings from around the world and explores how they incorporate plants and architecture in both interior design and construction. With inspiring projects and practical tips for both the professional and the enthusiast, the author explores the best of what’s green in houses large and small, apartment buildings, and offices.
Curved Bending Architecture
Agata Toromanoff
In Curved: Bending Architecture, the author seeks out the most sensational contemporary buildings from around the world that incorporate wavelike, rounded forms into their design. Curved forms in architecture are found throughout history (like the Colosseum in Rome) but today’s constructions explore the cur e to its utmost uid and freeform potential. From Zaha Hadid to Bosjes Chapel and from Brussels to China, this is a selection of amazing buildings by world class architects who think outside the bo and ha e redefined the built world around us.
The Future City Visionary Urban Design and Architecture
l n Griffiths
What might the city of the future look like and how might it meet the needs of future generations while limiting damage to our planet’s fragile ecosystem? This book introduces pioneering architects, designers and planners whose visions for an alternative urban future address issues such as climate change, population density, infrastructure, transportation and digital culture. It includes over 40 radical projects grouped into fi e ke categories: master planning and megacities, transportation and infrastructure, new habitats, green cities/urban farming, and smart cities. Each category summarizes trends that will drive the development of future cities, with each project representing a unique approach to urban development in the 21st century and beyond.
9789401475600
Lannoo Publishers 9 x 11in. 256pp., 275 col., 20 b.&w. June 2021 $55.00/CDN$74.00 Hardback
9789401476027
Lannoo Publishers 8.625 x 11in. 224pp., 190 col. October 2021 $50.00/CDN$67.50 Hardback
9789401478588
Lannoo Publishers 8.25 x 10.625in. 192pp., 180 col., 20 b.&w. November 2021 $55.00/CDN$74.00 Hardback
George Saumarez Smith
George Saumarez Smith, a director of ADAM Architecture, is celebrated for the elegance of his work as one of Britain’s foremost Classical architects. Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches, presents a selection of the drawings that he has made in the last 25 years, in a series of sketchbooks each of which is named after one of the Roman Emperors. The drawings display a supreme mastery that goes beyond technique and assumes the status of art. Simply by applying pencil to paper, aided only by a ruler to measure the building in front of him, Saumarez Smith pursues an adventure in the world of built form, whose aesthetic beauty will both amaze and delight.
9781916355439
Triglyph Books 9.75 x 12in. 240pp., 200 col. August 2021 $55.00/CDN$71.50 Hardback One of Britain’s foremost classical architects shares his notebooks that display a mastery of drawing and sketching that go beyond technique and assume the status of art.
As I See It A Life in Detours
Tom Kligerman
Tom Kligerman is a New York architect who adores travel and the different cultures of the world, recording vibrant details and evocative scenes on his iPhone as he journeys from India to New Mexico, from Beaux-Arts monuments to rustic barns, from ocean to mountaintop. The images have been curated into dynamic pairs that spark a conversation about the world and the different wa s of seeing it. he are accompanied b om s re ections, and those of his Instagram followers, in a series of captions, comments and mini essays. This book is a child of the pandemic, a time when people could only dream of traveling or relive past experiences, as Tom has done, from the image banks on their mobile devices.
9781916355460
Triglyph Books 5.75 x 7in. 240pp., 180 col. August 2021 $17.95/CDN$23.50 Hardback From an architect and his mobile phone, an album of what caught his eye as he traveled, and an invitation to look around us in a slightly different way.
