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When Sonja, a Belgian interior decorator and Joel, Catalan and a
master carpenter met, they were working on restoration projects for
listed buildings in the Eastern Pyrenees. From this professional
encounter, which augured a sentimental one, Les Amandiers was born.
Their first showroom, on the road to Le Muy in 2007, transferred in
2010 to the entrance of Sainte-Maxime. During this time they
envisioned, designed and developed a collection of beautiful indoor
and outdoor furniture. Starting from high quality raw materials
they conceive contemporary furniture in French oak for the interior
and in Red cedar or Padouk for the outdoors. Following Joel’s
long illness and death in May 2017, it marked the end of one era
for Les Amandiers, but the beginning of another. Sonja, along with
her team embarked on new projects including the purchase of a
village house in Grimaud, and made it another showroom for the
spirit of Les Amandiers Home. Les Amandiers Home offer a unique
custom service from their workshops in Sainte-Maxime and
Saint-Etienne. A team of 12 carpenters put their skills to work
every day to carry out the various furniture orders made in France
and abroad. It is in the purest tradition of ancestral
craftsmanship that the workshop team works to produce a truly high
quality collection. In their first monograph, Les Amandiers Home
show an overview of their high-end projects in the Var countryside,
in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, in the French Alps and abroad. Text in
English and French.
Quartier Brugmann - L'Art de Vivre in Brussels' Most Stylish Area
translates the unique atmosphere of this neighbourhood, compared to
London's Notting Hill and Paris' Saint-Germain, into a book
of three parts: I. A short architectural introduction through the
Brugmann district, explaining the origins of the place and
the important houses and buildings of the Brugmann square, the
Avenue Lepoutre, the Avenue Molière... II. Interviews with 30
Ambassadors who talk about their interest in the neighbourhood: why
they live and/or work there, which are the addresses they can
recommend... III. A walk along the best addresses (galleries,
boutiques, restaurants...) of the place Georges Brugmann, the Rue
Franz Merjay and the surrounding avenues and streets. Text in
English and French.
In recent years, there has been a real revival and appraisal of the
works of the mid-century modern movement among architects and
interior designers: the furniture, lighting and objects designed by
Alvar Aalto, Charles & Ray Eames, Eileen Gray, Poul Henningsen,
Arne Jacobsen, Pierre Jeanneret, Finn Juhl, Vladimir Kagan, Poul
Kjaerholm, Florence Knoll, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Borge Mogensen, Serge Mouille, George Nakashima, George Nelson,
Verner Panton, Ico Parisi, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti, Jean
Prouve, Sergio Rodrigues, Jean Royere, Eero Saarinen, Arne Vodder,
Jules Wabbes, Ole Wanscher, Hans J. Wegner, Jorge Zalszupin and
many others is integrated in their most exclusive projects and
their best pieces are sold at record prices at Christies, Philipps,
Sotheby's... In the U.S., the mid-century modern movement in
interiors, product and graphic design and architecture was a
reflection of the International and Bauhaus movements including the
works of Gropius, Florence Knoll, Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van
der Rohe. Brazilian and Scandinavian architects were very
influential, with a style characterised by clean simplicity and
integration with nature. In Europe, the influence of Le Corbusier
and the CIAM resulted in an architectural orthodoxy manifest across
most parts of post-war Europe that was ultimately challenged by the
radical agendas of the architectural wings of the avant-garde. A
critical but sympathetic reappraisal of the internationalist
oeuvre, inspired by the Scandinavian Moderns and the late work of
Le Corbusier himself, was reinterpreted by groups such as Team X,
including structuralist architects and the movement known as New
Brutalism. This chic, over-sized coffee table book is an essential
object for all mid-century design aficionados, interior designers
with a passion for the modernist 1950s and for refined readers
seeking inspiration for their own interiors. In 20 reports,
interior designers and passionate collectors of mid-century
furniture, lighting, objects and artworks show how carefully
selected touches of high-end mid-century modernism can contribute
to a unique living environment.
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