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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > General
A master of his genre, Scott Mitchell is celebrated for his warm
approach to connecting the built and natural environment. Sought
after for their minimalist, material-driven aesthetic, Mitchell's
houses are studies in space, materiality, and light. Emphasizing an
elegant spatial order, his projects respond to the natural appeal
of their locations, be they bucolic retreats on Long Island or
resplendent beach houses overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The first
volume on his work, Scott Mitchell Houses is a sublime exploration
of the architectural designer's impressive portfolio of projects.
Dynamic compositions of light and shadow with a masterful use of
concrete, Mitchell's monolithic forms draw on the surrounding
environment via floor-to-ceiling windows that open onto vistas so
cinematic that Tom Ford utilized one of Mitchell's homes in his
neo-noir film Nocturnal Animals. Through previously unpublished
photographs, readers are given an exclusive view into eight pivotal
projects that span the globe from the Hamptons to Melbourne,
featuring images by Ross Bleckner, Scott Frances, Trevor Mein, and
Steve Shaw. Sure to appeal to fans of architecture and interiors,
this book is an ode to a becalming modern luxury.
Zeals, an English Country Manor House in Wiltshire, was filled with
life, dogs, books, flowers and a grand piano in the Great Hall. It
was a house for landed gentry, but is now on Historic England's 'At
Risk' register. This fascinating house has a rich history. Charles
II took refuge at Zeals on his flight to the coast and a family
member was beheaded by Oliver Cromwell for daring to confront his
parliamentary troops. The house has medieval origins, but there
were later additions - predominately those from the nineteenth
century by Victorian architect George Devey, as well as earlier
changes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The
Chafyn-Grove family, later Troyte-Bullock inheriting in a sideways
move, lived at Zeals for 500 years until the mid-twentieth century,
when the fate of the estate mirrored that of many others in
England. Jennie Elias charts the joys and tragedies of generations
of Zeals residents, with characters ranging from haughty to
charming; eccentric to prejudiced. There were failures through
political levelling down and cultural change, but also of their own
making. This definitive history also explores and celebrates the
architecture of Zeals.
Against a backdrop of international intrigue and intense spiritual
warfare, architect Marga Jann takes us on a seat-gripping journey
through a quartet of academic assignments -- with much more at
stake than her professorial mission. Based at Cambridge, she
unwittingly finds herself embroiled in a dangerous and
diplomatically-sensitive battle between MI6/CIA operatives and
Saudi Intelligence--a narrative she daringly recounts in this first
part of a riveting trilogy. Most people are unaware of the
interconnected real and spiritual wars around us and therefore lack
the tools to attain true victory in seemingly random everyday
battles. In this unusually constructed, engrossing
semi-autobiographical novel, Jann highlights the power of prayer in
exposing and conquering the workings of darkness while sharing
important contemporary socio-cultural and geopolitical insights not
typically revealed in mainstream media.
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