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 | New hotel design by Otto Riewoldt
Feb 2006. Paperback. 240pp, 220 colour illus. In the recent years there has been a remarkable evolution in the design of hotels, with mainstream hotel chains rejecting characterless functionalism in favour of style-led individualism. The book gathers together over 40 of the best examples of hotel architecture and interiors from around the world.
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Alberto Pinto corporate: contemporary offices
Available 30 April 2006. 176pp. Alberto Pinto is the world renowned interior designer of palaces, vast residences, and prestigious apartments. His appetite for challenge, however, has led him to turn his talents to the service of the corporate world. Foyers, common areas and problems of traffic flow receive the designers full attention in the quest to improve daily corporate life for the buildings occupants and visitors.
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 | Brave new houses: innovative homes in California by Michael Webb
November 2003. 224pp, 265 colour & b&w illus. In "Brave new houses" Michael Webb illustrates how contemporary architects draw up and extend the modernist legacy that has come to define southern California's architectural history.
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Transport, engineering and architecture by Hugh Collis
October 2003. 240pp, 223 colour & 15 b&w illus. An exploration of the close relationship between architecture and engineering that begins with a historical survey and then divides into thematic chapters, within which Collis presents a selection of detailed case studies. Architectural practices include Foster, Grimshaw and Jaspert and Steffens.
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 | Masters of structure by Lyall Sutherland
2002. 224pp, 250 colour and 120 b&w illus. This book seeks to set the record straight on the contribution of engineers to building structures. It focuses on 25 case studies of projects by enginners around the world, with an examination of the relationship between enginner and architect in each case.
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Congress, convention & exhibition facilities: Planning, Design and Management by Fred Lawson
2000. Paperback. 256pp, 115 line illustrations, 100 b&w photographs. This handbook identifies the criteria and standards for use in planning, designing, equipping and operating conference, convention and exhibition facilities. It covers both purposely designed centres and other related buildings. This edition is updated to cover the technology and trends.
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 | International Contract Design
256pp, full colour. Hardbound. More than 300 colour photographs. Featuring offices, stores, restaurants, bars, hotels, and museum's, through-out the world. Perfect for the professional designer.
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Restaurants, clubs and bars: Planning, design and investment for food service facilities by Fred Lawson
Revised paperback. 360pp, 120line illustrations, 146 halftones. This handbook covers all aspects of planning, design and investment in commercial restaurants, from fast food outlets to night clubs, and also examines requirement for food services in the social and welfare sector. The book is uillustrated by many examples of the most interesting projects in the field worldwide.
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 | Restaurant 2000 by C Casamassima
176pp. A photographic survey of modern restaurant trends from around the world.
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Designing the world's best: Children's Hospitals
2003. 160pp, with colour illus. A guide much sought after within the multi-billion dollar health care industry. Features the successful programme developed by Bruce King Komiske. Colour photography showing major aspects of architecture and interior design.
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 | Calm working spaces by Lorrie Mack
176pp, colour photographs. Incorporating Western design philosophies and feng shui this text offers practical tips on how to create a well ordered work space and calm working enviroment in your own home. There are also ideas for furniture design using colour, texture and decoration.
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Office furniture by Tasarim
128pp, Published on glazed paper. The best choosen products of the well known firms all over the world. English/turkish text
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 | The twenty-first century office by Jeremy Myerson & Philip Ross
2003. 240pp, 200 colour & 80 b&w illus. This is a comprehensive survey of workplace design for the new century. It captures emerging themes and ideas in office architecture and interiors around the world, and illustrates key new trends through 45 international case studies.
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The New Office: with 20 international case studies by Francis Duffy
256pp, 350 colour photographs, 60 colour artworks. This text analyses what business brains are saying about new ways of working. From how to accomodate new kinds of technology and the dissolving of boundaries between office and home, to the innovative trends in products and services worldwide. Case studies review the design process.
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 | The creative office by Jeremy Myerson
Paperback edition. 240pp, 180 colour & 95 b&w illus. This work is a survey of desifn and architecture solutions for the modern workplace. Completed projects as well as virtual offices are covered, as are both newly-built and re-used structures. Each project is richly illustrated with plan drawings and photographs.
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Creative Advertising: Ideas and techniques from the world's best campaigns by Mario Pricken
2002. 263pp, 380 colour and 70 b&w illus. This book sets out the unravel the creative processes behind some of the most original and effective advertising campaigns of recent years. It showcases over 200 examples of international advertising from a range of media, including books, tv, film and the internet.
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 | Bar Excellence by C Casamassima
1998. 176pp, 250 colour illus. This book chronicles more than 40 of the world's most unique establishments offering customers stylish enviroments in which to relax and socialise, complete with food and drinks and good service. Packed with ideas, eye catching photographs and plans. This is a collection of the latest in design for clubs and pubs.
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Dining in style : 50 Great Hotel Restaurants of the world by M Wexler
1996. 160pp. This visual survey explores 50 great hotel restaurants of the world.
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 | Italian Interior Design
2001. 400pp, 350 colour illus. Italian design has an extraordinary reputation worldwide, but is there such a thing as an Italian aesthetic? In the worlds of fashion, cars, buildings and furniture, the answer is a resounding yes. For decades, Italian designers and architects have been appauded for their elegance, originality, and perfection. This book presents 34 remarkable interiors , each created within the past decade, by some of Italy's most admired designers.
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Shop Design by Aurora Culto
2001. 176pp, colour and b&w illus. This title is a shopping tour around the newest retail outlets in the world which have captured the public's attention and recognition, thanks to their exceptional interior and exterior architecture and design.
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 | Showrooms edited by Antonello Boschi
2001. 400pp350 colour illus. Today's showrooms enhance the shopping experience like never before. More than 300 colour photos clearly illustrate the virtually symbiotic relationship between a store's atmosphere and the wares displayed. the book is packed with colour both inspiring and absorbing.
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Fortnum & Mason: Windows for all seasons
2001. 160pp, 200 colour photographs. This photographic collection of the windows of Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly is accompanied by explantions of the creative process from original inspiration to physical installation by Christopher Blackwell, the display director.
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 | Elegant Hotels in Europe by W Black
1994. 192pp. A selection of international stylish hotels compiled by the editors of the hotel magazine.
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Hotels: International Design Portfolio by Moreno E Marcheso
1998. 216pp. This collection features many distinctive hotels and resorts whose designers are all known for their ability to produce some of the world's most beautiful hotels and luxurious resorts. A standard survey.
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| | Hotel design: planning and development by Walter A Rutes, Richard H Penner & Lawrence Adams
2001. 336pp, 32 colour plates, 126 b&w illus, 78 line illus. An exploration of hotel design, planning and development. It features photographs of significant developments, as well as their plans and data tables, and charts on the diverse trends that will contribute to advance the industry.
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Charming Hotels by P A Cerver
1999. 176pp, 330full colour illus. Out of the popular tourist spots, there are some hotels which have been designed in a very singular way. This test will allow you to discover some of those places through a list of very special hotels in Provence, Tuscany, Greece, Spain and the U.S.A.
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 | New Hotel by David Collins
2001. 224pp. Aimed at architects, designers and space planners, this design title looks at technological, social and cultural issues exploring the effects of architecture and design on those who use, as well as those who construct, hotels. Each chapter raises questions about the role of the modern hotel.
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Cool Hotels edited by Aurora Culto
2001. 400pp, 500 colour illus. Cool hotels is a colourful tour through the rooms, lobbies and restaurants of more than 75 hotels that are destinations unto themselves. Here are the hippest hotels in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Miami and Los Angeles.
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 | Hip Hotels: Escape by Herbert Ypma
256pp, 426 colour and 101 b&w illus. A collection of retreats in idyllic places all around the globe. From J P Getty's villa on the shores of Italy to a handful of luxurious tents on a remote island in the China sea, these escapes are simple yet sophisticated, catering to both our instinct for escape and desire for comfort.
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Hip Hotels: Ski by Herbert Ypma
2002. 256pp, 379 colour and 132 b&w illus. Whether you go for a remote lodge in the Canadian Rockies or Wild West authenticity, alpine log cabin or sleek contemporary style, in this volume Herbert Ypma, himself an avid skier, proves that there are alternatives to the tired formulae of the typical resort hotel.
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 | Hip Hotels: Budget by Herbert Ypma
2001. 256pp, 250 colour & 150 b&w half tones. The fourth in the series, revealing that all the ingredients that make a "Hip hotel" - fantasy, originality, style, location - are available at less than astronomical rates, if you know where to look; urban or remote, historic or post-industrial, Sunset Boulevard or the Australian outback.
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Hip Hotels: City by Herbert Ypma
256pp, 510 colour and 113 b&w illus. This guide features 44 hotels that are diverse in their gastronomy, architecture, ownership, location, atmosphere and design. From high design or high art to zen minimalism or cool kitsch, names such as Terence Conran and Anouska Hempel had a hand in creating the hotels discussed.
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 | Hip Hotels: France by Herbert Ypma
256pp, 387 colour and 201 b&w illus. This work brings together the most authentically individual of France's hotels in 24 of the country's choicest destinations. Every one of these hotels is a unique response to the geography, cuisine and design heritage of its location.
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New Retail by Rasshied Din
2000. 224pp, 250 colour photographs. This book is aimed specifically at architects, designers, space planners as well as those in the wider retail industry.
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| | The Flooring Book by E Wilhide
192pp, colour photographs. A rich fund of inspirational and sound advice for all the floors in your home - modern or period, urban or rural, sumptuous or simple.
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Floors by A Berman
168pp, 200 colour photographs and illus. A sourcebook designed to take the pain out of selecting floor coverings. Design inspiration is combined with solid and practical advice on techniques such as measuring and estimating, laying mosaics, grouting tiles, sanding and varnishing floorboards, and removing stains.
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