A dean of American decorating offers his most important projects to date, revealing the foundations of his distinctive style. In his latest book, Jeffrey Bilhuber distills thirty years of expertise and creative inspiration designing beautiful and brilliantly modern rooms. Presenting a diverse range of Bilhuber's most recent and important work from around the country, this lavish volume is centered around forty signature statements-pithy and insightful bedrock principles and axioms that have fueled the designer's process, allowing the reader to glean the essence of his masterful approach to decorating. Bilhuber, in bright and rich prose, offers ideas and inspirations such as: What surrounds us must bring us pleasure; Rooms should reveal themselves gradually like a glorious book, and Rooms can be successful but still remain flat-that's when you add horsepower. Featuring projects from city townhouses to rambling country houses in New York City, Palm Beach, Aspen, San Francisco and Seattle, the decorator's optimistic and classically informed point of view encourages readers to embrace their own unique vision to create interiors that are as confident as they are contemporary. illustrious 30 year career, and eager to share the magic behind his method

The definitive monograph on the legendary Mexican architecture firm known for its soulful, sensual modernism. Although architect Ricardo Legorreta has been often labeled a high modernist, his buildings and that of his firm are rooted in the traditional architecture of his native Mexico. Best known for geometric and planar buildings with stucco walls, painted in reds and coppers, yellows, purples, and blues, the classic Mexican house plan is a recurrent theme in Legorreta's oeuvre, with courtyards, water features, and arcades playing a prominent role. A protege of the modernist master Luis Barragan, Legorreta founded his own studio in 1964 and was joined in the early 1990s by his son Victor, when the firm became Legorreta + Legorreta. Legorreta features more than thirty projects from the past decade, ranging from an elegant residence in Beverly Hills and a seaside retreat in Greece to condominiums in Acapulco and houses in Mexico City. The book also includes major commercial, institutional, and educational projects in the United States, Mexico, Qatar, Kenya, and Guatemala.

In 1932 nineteen-year-old John H. Howe arrived at Taliesin as a charter member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship. There he would remain for the next thirty-two years, earning a reputation as "the pencil in Wright's hand" before establishing his own architectural practice in Minnesota. This is the first book to tell Howe's story and also the first full account of his place in the history of modern architecture-as chief draftsman and valued interpreter of Wright's designs and as a prolific architect in his own right. Illustrated throughout with Howe's sublime drawings, this biography is a testament to the underappreciated architect's extraordinary design and rendering skills. Influenced by Wright's principles of organic architecture, Howe operated under the conviction that "the land is the beginning of architecture." Architectural historians Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley show how this belief worked especially well for Howe in Minnesota, where his buildings appear to have grown naturally and organically from the landscape. Also remarkable are the visionary architectural schemes Howe created while serving time in prison during World War II as a conscientious objector-futuristic visions that anticipated Eero Saarinen's later designs for airports and Victor Gruen's for America's first indoor shopping mall. An enlightening look at an exemplary life in architecture, this book finally brings the accomplishment-and significance-of John H. Howe to the fore and at the same time illuminates a fascinating chapter in American architectural history.

Jede Familie sollte ein Familienfotoalbum haben. Im heutigen modernen Zeitalter, wenn Fotos bei Social Media hochgeladen und vergessen werden, sind Fotoalben besonders wichtig. Es kann sehr viel bedeuten, Fotos aus Papier von den wichtigsten Ereignissen der Familie zu haben.

Toda familia deberia tener un album de fotos familiar. En los tiempos modernos actuales donde las fotos se suben a medios sociales y se olvidan, los albumes fotograficos son especialmente importantes. Tener copias fisicas de fotografias de los acontecimientos mas importantes de la familia puede ser bastante significativo."

An iconic figure in American culture, Frank Lloyd Wright is famous throughout the world. Although his achievements in architecture are stunning, it is his importance in cultural history, Jerome Klinkowitz contends, that makes Wright the object of such avid and continuing interest. Designing more than just buildings, Wright offered a concept for living that still influences how people conduct their lives today. Wright's innovations in architecture have been widely studied, but this is the most comprehensive and sustained treatment of his thought. Klinkowitz presents a critical biography driven by the architect's own work and intellectual growth, focusing on the evolution of Wright's thinking and writings from his first public addresses in 1894 to his last essay in 1959. Did Wright reject all of Victorian thinking about the home, or do his attentions to a minister's sermon on ""the house beautiful"" deserve closer attention? Was Wright echoing the Transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson, or was he more in step with the philosophy of William James? Did he reject the Arts and Crafts movement, or repurpose its beliefs and practices for new times? And, what can be said of his deep dissatisfaction with architectural concepts of his own era, the dominant modernism that became the International Style? Even the strongest advocates of Frank Lloyd Wright have been puzzled by his objections to so much that characterized the twentieth century, from ideas for building to styles of living. In Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of Thought, Klinkowitz, a widely published authority on twentieth-century literature, thought, and culture, examines the full extent of Wright's books, essays, and lectures to show how he emerged from the nineteenth century to anticipate the twenty-first.

Nada es mas preciado que la familia, y mantener los recuerdos de aquellos momentos especiales da conversaciones fantasticas. No hay mejor forma de mantener un registro de esos recuerdos preciados que tener un album fotografico de familia. Con un album como este podras mantener esos recuerdos con facilidad, y lo mejor es que podras hacer las anotaciones necesarias en cada imagen e incluso anadir la fecha y lugar en los que fueron tomadas las imagenes

Rien n'est plus precieux que la famille et le souvenir de ces moments privilegies fait le sujet de grandes conversations. La meilleure facon de tenir un journal de ces souvenirs precieux est de posseder un 'Album Photo Familial'. Avec un tel album, vous pourrez garder facilement une trace de ces precieux souvenirs et de plus vous pourrez faire des annotations a chaque photo ainsi que la date et le lieu ou elle a ete prise.

In his first book, acclaimed interior designer Jay Jeffers displays the sophisticated yet playful spirit of his work. Jay Jeffers is known for his fearless and inventive use of colour and pattern, his brilliant mix of art and furnishings - including antique, vintage, modern - and the redefinition of traditional style from his modern point of view. Luxurious but livable, his designs always include a fresh and lively kick: a high-gloss, tangerine-hued ceiling, or a hallway papered in a cheeky print. In his first book, Jeffers presents twenty-five of his most stunning projects, divided into four sections: Collected Cool, captivating rooms that are thoughtfully layered, revealing themselves over time through myriad details; Bold Bespoke, interiors viewed through a sartorial lens, with custom elements essential to their unique style; Unabashed Glamour, rooms that make an instant impression, with their luxe finishes, sumptuous materials, and sparkle; and Casual Chic, comfortable but stylish spaces with a sense of ease from materials like linen and cotton. In each section, Jeffers shares his process and gives guidance and quick tips for recreating the look at home. Witty and exuberant, filled with details on process, colour, furniture, and accessories, Collected Cool will be an endless source of information and inspiration.

Puesto que la siguio durante toda su vida, Richard Neutra (1892-1970) debia apreciar la maxima de Socrates, el gran filosofo griego: "una vida sin examen no tiene objeto de vivirla para el hombre." En sus libros, en sus conferencias, incluso en sus conversaciones informales, Neutra reexaminaba constantemente no solo su propia vida, sino tambien la vida de los demas - presente y pasada - y el mundo, natural y humano, en que habitaban. En ningun otro lugar se hace esto mas patente que en "Vida y forma," su autobiografia publicada por primera vez en 1962, y que ahora, tras anos de estar descatalogada, ha vuelto felizmente a la vida.

A diferencia de "Disenar para sobrevivir" (1954), su magnifica coleccion de ensayos, profunda y filosofica, Neutra opta por otro enfoque en "Vida y forma," y adopta un acercamiento mas ligero y desenfadado. Parece como si Neutra, normalmente tan serio y vehemente, se diera aqui permiso para mostrar su ironico sentido del humor y para sondear determinadas areas de su experiencia personal que nunca antes habia examinado tan de cerca. Esto incluye recuerdos hasta ese momento no contados de sus padres y hermanos, de su infancia, y de su educacion en la Viena imperial, asi como de sus duras experiencias como oficial de la artilleria austriaca en la Primera Guerra Mundial y de los inicios de su conciencia arquitectonica en respuesta a las obras de Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Erich Mendelsohn, Louis Sullivan y Frank Lloyd Wright.

Al igual que las autobiografias de Sullivan y Wright, "Vida y forma" se concentra en los primeros anos de Neutra, tanto en Europa como en America. Como es natural relata en sus memorias los encargos mas conocidos como la Lovell Health House (1929), su propia Van der Leeuw Research House (1933) y la casa Von Sternberg, pero tambien se detiene en algunas construcciones mucho menos famosas como la pequena y casi ignorada casa Mosk (1933). "Vida y forma" tambien confirma la obsesion de Neutra con el paso del tiempo y su firme resolucion de no perderlo nunca.

Como Sullivan y Wright, Neutra evita escribir una cronica de los hechos, para proponer mas bien, a sus setenta anos, una meditacion sobre los aspectos de su vida y su trabajo que retrospectivamente le parecen mas interesantes y significantes. En vez de "incluirlo todo," prefiere presentar un relato honesto de la memoria de su vida. Al escribir mi propio libro "Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture" (Oxford University Press, 1982; Rizzoli Press, 2006), me base en "Vida y forma" siempre que necesite presentar las experiencias de Neutra con su autentica voz. Para las generaciones futuras de arquitectos, historiadores y lectores, es una gran noticia tener este libro disponible de nuevo.

- Thomas S. Hines, Profesor emerito de Histora y arquitectura, Universidad de California Los Angeles

Honored with the 1990 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for a lifetime of outstanding achievement, Fay Jones is an Arkansas original. In receiving the medal from Prince Charles of Great Britain, Jones was hailed as a "powerful and special genius who embodies nearly all the qualities we admire in an architect" and as an artist who used his vision to craft "mysterious and magical places" not only in Arkansas but all over the world. This book accompanied a special museum exhibit of Jones's life and work at the Old State House in Little Rock. It traces Jones's development from his early years as a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff, to the culmination of his ability in such arresting structures as Pinecote Pavilion in Picayune, Mississippi; Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas; and Chapman University Chapel in Orange, California. Through the black-and-white photographs of the homes, chapels, and other buildings that Jones has created and the accompanying captions and interviews of the architect, the reader is allowed a view into this man's remarkable talent. Designing structures that fuse architecture and landscape, the organic and the man-made, Jones has created special places which touch their viewers with the power and subtlety of poetry. Herein we learn why. From the Foreword by Robert Adams Ivy Jr.: "Fay Jones's architecture begins in order and ends in mystery. . . . His role can perhaps best be understood as mediator, a human consciousness that has arisen from the Arkansas soil and scoured the cosmos, then spoken through the voices of stone and wood, steel and glass. Art, philosophy, craft, and human aspiration coalesce in his masterworks, transformed from acts of will into harmonies: Jones lets space sing."

Shivdatt Sharma (b. 1931) is one of the most prolific Indian modernist architects. Starting out as an architect in the Chandigarh Capital Project Team led by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Sharma subsequently became Chief Architect of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He then went into private practice. Sharmas architecture is a distinct blend of the core principles of Modernism, interpreted through the lens of contemporary Indian realities. Modernism was adopted as both symbol and instrument of nation-building in Nehruvian India. Working alongside designers and artists, architects went to work building innumerable small townships, universities, public institutions, housing estates and infrastructural projects across the country. Progressive businesses also patronized Modernism as full participants in the project of nation-building. The Modernism in India Series documents the extensive heritage of Modernism and modern architecture in India. Bringing to light the work of a forgotten generation, this series documents work that is currently under threat by the forces of globalization. This well-illustrated book documents Sharmas work from the early days, when it was a part of the experimental and innovative ethos of Chandigarh, to the present. He has designed for a range of public and private clients across the world. Along with a portfolio of selected works, this book includes critical essays, interviews and a chronology of projects.

Barry Byrne (1883-1967) was a radical architect who sought basic principles as fervently as his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright and his inspiration Louis Sullivan, forging an individual style with taut planar skins enveloping modern space plans. In 1922 he designed the first modern Catholic church building, St. Thomas the Apostle in Chicago, and in 1924 he travelled to Europe where he met Mies, Mendelsohn, Oud, and other modernist architects there. He was the only Prairie School architect to build in Europe, designing the concrete Church of Christ the King, built in 1928-31 in Cork, Ireland. A dedicated modernist and progressive Catholic, Byrne concentrated for much of his career on Catholic churches and schools throughout North America, many of them now considered landmarks. This book charts the entire length of Byrne's work, highlighting its distinctive features while discussing the cultural conditions that kept Byrne in the shadows of his more famous contemporaries. Illustrated by more than one hundred photographs and drawings, this biography explores the interplay of influences and impulses--individualism and communalism, modernism and tradition, pragmatism and faith--enduring throughout Byrne's life and work.