Decoration category: 89 books
Design Rules
The Insider's Guide to Becoming Your Own Decorator
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Recipient of the Gold Medal in the Living Now Awards-Home Improvement
The essential do-it-yourself guide from one of the top designers in the country that uncovers the secret home design rules used by the pros
Many design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that...
by Gregory Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Take a journey into a part of London that you never knew existed. Explore the city’s many Art Deco office buildings in a profusely illustrated two part ebook by award winning author Gregory Edwards. In amongst the great jumble of styles present in Central London you will find the Art Deco offices...
by Trevor Yorke
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Most of England’s country houses are packed with masterpieces of art and antiques. They also have vast landscaped gardens, often with lakes and fountains. Recent television series and films (such as Downton Abbey and Gosford Park) have spurred on the public’s interest in these grand and glamorous...
Decorative Sketches
Architecture and Design Influenced by Nature in Early 20th-Century Paris
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
At the turn of the 20th century, artists and craftsmen throughout Europe and America were profoundly affected by a new art style that took its inspiration from nature. Generally referred to as Art Nouveau, the trend influenced all manner of creative types, from painters, illustrators, and architects...
The Grammar of Ornament
A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts - The complete and unabridged full-color edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
The complete and unabridged full-color edition
First published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones (1809–1874), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly...
by Robert Chitham
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2004
This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a valuable reference for designers.
The...
Victorian Architectural Details
Designs for Over 700 Stairs, Mantels, Doors, Windows, Cornices, Porches, and Other Decorative Elements
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Hundreds of rare illustrations depict wide range of design alternatives for prospective homeowners and other customers of the late 19th century. While the collection includes elevations and floor plans for a variety of handsome, private residences and commercial structures, the emphasis is on architectural details — from dormer windows to balconies.
by Michael Littlewood
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for architects, landscape architects, other professionals and students designing external works.
Volume I, Enclosures, covers walls (free-standing, screen and retaining), fences, gates, barriers...
by Irene Alegre
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
150 Best Terrace and Balcony Ideas is the ultimate resource for innovative terrace, roof garden, patio, and balcony design ideas for outdoor spaces of all shapes and sizes. Featured inside this lavish guidebook are 150 never-before-shared tips and techniques provided by internationally renowned architects...
Architecture That Speaks
S. C. P. Vosper and Ten Remarkable Buildings at Texas A&M
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
When the A&M College of Texas opened its doors in 1876, its early buildings followed a Victorian architectural style. Classical architecture came to the campus with the Academic Building, after the 1912 fire that destroyed Old Main. Subsequent buildings generally followed this neoclassical path,...
Gothic Ornament
Architectural Motifs from York Cathedral
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
These royalty-free motifs feature exquisite specimens of the sculptured ornaments from northern Europe's largest medieval cathedral. York Cathedral features soaring Gothic architecture and a vast interior, parts of which date back to the 13th century. Reproduced from a rare 18th-century volume, this compilation consists of 175 illustrations, selected from throughout the building.
Sundials
History, Theory, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
"His lively pen, his direct and simple style, his expressive vocabulary, his avoidance of pedantry, his conciseness in the exposition of his thoughts make his book a pleasure to read." — Henri Michel, International Academy of the History of ScienceThe story of man's efforts to measure time is a...
by Sylvia Blanc, Alan Blanc
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Stairs are a fundamental and universal feature of buildings. The late Alan Blanc had a lifetime's obsession with stairs and steps and provided a definitive reference source that bridges the aesthetic and practical aspects of staircase design. His wife Sylvia, who worked with him on the first edition,...
by Sandra Espinet
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Luxury homes with international panache.
“The essence of my interior design work seeks to reflect the evolving interplay of the domestic and the international, while remaining true to my intent to create alluring family living spaces and home environments.”
Sandra Espinet (pron....