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Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Architecture and Interior Design Ser.
A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), ...Show more
Chinese Furniture : A Guide to Buying Antiques by Karen Mazurkewich; A. Chester Ong (Photographer)
Category: Craft | Series: Architecture and Interior Design Ser.
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles--from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still avail ...Show more
French Interior Design by Chris van Uffelen; Chris van Uffelen
Category: Interior Design | Series: Interior Design Ser.
This new series about the diversity of regional interior design starts with two titles, this one about French interiors. The volume opens the doors to the inner worlds of this country to reflect on the private and the public realms. French Interior Design is showing the similarities as well as the diffe ...Show more
Japanese Interior Design by Michelle Galindo
Category: Interior Design | Series: Interior Design Ser.
Japanese interior design is marked by contradictions. Simple color schemes belie complex and playful con - cepts, hyper-modern spaces are created using only tra - ditional materials, and the relationship between nature and human architecture is sometimes tense, sometimes harmonious. Some aspects do rema ...Show more
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