Название: The Architecture of Michelangelo
Автор: James S. Ackerman
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
Год: 1961
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 372
Размер: 59 MB
Язык: English

In this widely acclaimed work, James Ackerman considers in detail the buildings designed by Michelangelo in Florence and Rome—including the Medici Chapel, the Farnese Palace, the Basilica of St. Peter, and the Capitoline Hill. He then turns to an examination of the artist's architectural drawings, theory, and practice. As Ackerman points out, Michelangelo worked on many projects started or completed by other architects. Consequently this study provides insights into the achievements of the whole profession during the sixteenth century. The text is supplemented with 140 black-and-white illustrations and is followed by a scholarly catalog of Michelangelo's buildings that discusses chronology, authorship, and condition. For this second edition, Ackerman has made extensive revisions in the catalog to encompass new material that has been published on the subject since 1970.

Название: Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity, 2nd Edition
Автор: Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman
Издательство: Pearson
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Размер: 87 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Moving back and forth between the long view of historical trends and close-ups on major works and crucial architectural themes, this lavishly-illustrated survey explains specific qualities of periods in depth and the complex illuminating differences between them in social, intellectual, and aesthetic terms.

Название: Everything Home Decorating Book
Автор: Cheryl Kimball
Издательство: Everything
ISBN: 1580628850
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 313
Размер: 124 Мб
Язык: English

An extensively illustrated, practical guide to home decorating for individuals of all tastes and budgets offers a room-by-room plan for designing a home interior, offering simple instructions and creative ideas on how to transform one's home environment by sprucing up walls, floors, windows, lighting, furniture, accessories, and more.

Название: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decorating Your Home, 2nd Edition
Автор: Mary Ann Young
Издательство: Alpha
ISBN: 0028638298
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 330
Размер: 120 Мб
Язык: English

Ever look around the walls of your home and think, "Blah!" Do you have Martha-Stewart envy? Do you buy decorating magazines by the dozen and just end up throwing up hands at the impossibility of the task of re-doing your home? Fret no more. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decorating Your Home, Second Edition gives clear, easy-to-understand instruction to turn the most humble abode into a work of art. This brand new, updated second edition has even more photos than before to help you get a picture-perfect vision of your decorating dreams. An all-new chapter on decorating resources on the Web, as well as how to use such hot tickets as e-Bay to get that perfect item for your home at a perfectly low price.

Название: A Tiny Home to Call Your Own, 2nd Edition
Автор: Patricia Foreman
Издательство: New Society Publishers
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 12 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Do you feel as though you're living in an expensive and ill-fitting home filled with too much stuff? Do you have too much space filled with too many things, constantly dealing with house maintenance and financial upkeep? Living in a tiny home could be the solution. But how do you know? Tiny house guru Pat Foreman examines the hows and whys of tiny-home living, to help you assess whether it's the right solution for you.

Название: Building Systems in Interior Design
Автор: Sam Hurt
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 420
Размер: 14.9 Mb
Язык: English

Building Systems in Interior Design takes an entirely new approach to teaching this essential topic for Architects, Designers and Building Engineers. Written to prepare students for the real world and packed with practical examples, the book will foster an understanding of specific issues that are critical to those features of technical systems that most directly affect design. The book stresses the ever-present nature of these systems: they are everywhere, all the time.

Название: Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe
Автор: Sheri Koones and Robert Redford
Издательство: Harry N. Abrams
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 83 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The rising cost of fuel and the growing commit­ment to protect the environment have sparked exciting innovations in prefab home construction. Showcasing the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication to build incredibly energy-efficient, green homes, Prefabulous World features sophisticated examples of eco-friendly home design in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, the United States, England, Germany, South Africa, and beyond. With floor plans, multiple images of the exterior and interior of each home, and an extensive resource section listing architects, builders, and suppliers, this book is a vibrantly illustrated yet practical guide that reveals how living in a beautiful, well-built, energy-efficient home is achievable for us all.

Название: Landscaping for Privacy: Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space into a Peaceful Retreat
Автор: Marty Wingate
Издательство: Timber Press
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Размер: 38 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn't have to stare at the back of the neighbors' garage when you want to relax on your patio.

Название: Making Plans: How to Engage with Landscape, Design, and the Urban Environment
Автор: Frederick R. Steiner
Издательство: University of Texas Press
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 204
Размер: 52.8 Mb
Язык: English

In Making Plans, Steiner offers a primer on the planning process through a lively, firsthand account of developing plans for the city of Austin and the University of Texas campus. As dean of the UT School of Architecture, Steiner served on planning committees that addressed the future growth of the city and the university, growth that inevitably overlapped because of UT’s central location in Austin.

Название: Understanding Tall Buildings: A Theory of Placemaking
Автор: Kheir Al-Kodmany
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 268
Размер: 26.8 Mb
Язык: English

In recent years, the rapid pace of tall building construction has fostered a certain kind of placelessness, with many new tall buildings being built out of scale, context and place. By analyzing hundreds of tall buildings and by providing hundreds of visuals that inspire, stimulate and engage, Understanding Tall Buildings contends that well-designed tall buildings can rejuvenate cities, ignite economic activity, support social life and boost city pride. Although this book does not claim to possess all the solutions, it does propose specific tall building design guidelines that may help to promote placemaking.