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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: «Clean plates don't lie.» Dan Barber. Great chefs are not self-effacing or meek — there's no room for indecision in the professional kitchen, where the slightest stumble can send an entire restaurant into the weeds. So it follows that even in quieter moments, what chefs have to say is usually opinionated and always illuminating. The Chef Says invites readers to the ultimate food-lover's dinner…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The Dakota. The Apthorp. The San Remo. The names of these legendary New York apartment buildings evoke images of marble-lined lobbies, uniformed doormen, and sunlit penthouses with sweeping Central Park views. Built from the 1880s through 1930s, classic prewar apartments were designed to lure townhouse dwellers reluctant to share a roof with other families. Billed as private mansions in the sky,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day commences is the perfect time to pause and enjoy a sense of renewal and vitality. On the morning of December 7, 2006, Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes each took a digital photo of everyday objects randomly arranged on their kitchen tables and, unbeknownst to one another, uploaded them to the website Flickr. A Year of…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This is a book of quotations by and about architects, and architecture. One quotation per page, the quote on the left and right side of the spread will in some way respond to each other. The Architect Says will resemble a dinner party, with an architect from the eighteenth century sitting next to one practicing today, or two contemporary architects talking to each other: complimenting, competing,…

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: All of us struggle at one time or another with creative block. Always striking at the worst moment, it can leave you feeling completely paralyzed. Take solace in knowing that you are not alone. It happens to everyone and is actually and inevitable part of the creative process. Breakthrough! Is a lively compilation of strategies and personal tips for combating creative ruts offered by leading…

Скачать книгу (размер 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 167) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Скачать книгу (размер 947 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 187) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: This series of small primers on drawing encourages readers not only to pick up a pen and start drawing, but to see the world that surrounds them with fresh eyes. Visual thinking and using ones imagination are skills that are often neglected in todays world. With author Peter Jenny's help, readers will learn to perceive their environment in a new way and will soon follow his lead, discovering the…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Increasingly, architects are hired to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the movement to reuse buildings presents a variety of design challenges and opportunities. Old Buildings, New Designs is an Architecture Brief devoted to working within a given architectural fabric from the technical issues that arise from…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work». Chuck Close Inside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings there are the end products of a process involving not only creative inspiration, but also plenty of physical and logistical details. It is these «cruder», more mundane aspects of a painter's daily routine that motivated Brooklyn artist Joe Fig to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Volume-a word that refers to sound, collections, and the measurement of space-is a crucial characteristic of both graphic design and popular music. While expressing different aspects of these two pervasive cultural mediums, the term also introduces a discussion on their many links. Volume: Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture is a collection of both new and classic writings by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Think big, design small. This is the rallying cry of a new generation of architects and artists who aim to improve the lives of city-dwellers through small-scale public design projects. Using the city as an open-source platform for ideas, these visionaries create urban interventions to address problems specific to urban life. Small Scale presents fifty ingenious yet simple projects ranging from…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The geographic region around the North Pole is a raw and exotic area of untouched nature and inescapable beauty. Unique among the Earth's ecosystems, it includes both a vast, ice-covered ocean and a treeless region of tundra. Building in this extremely cold climate requires an advanced degree of ingenuity and resolve. Ecological conditions including high winds, snowdrifts, and permafrost,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Effortless and inevitable are architect Steven Harris's two favorite words. With sensitivity to the surrounding landscape, Harris designs homes custom-made to his client's daily-lived experience. His dining rooms are not aggrandizements of tradition, they are places to eat, to gather, or even work; his entry halls are not the primary places of arrival, but rather the final segments of a long…