Giraffe stretch out their necks and bat-eared foxes curl their tails to make handles for jugs, vases and tureens. Inquisitive monkeys peer over the edge of a planter, teasing the leopards below them. Magical creatures wear cloaks of flowers, spots and stripes. A turbaned Zulu figure sits astride a hippo … Colourful, imaginative, vibrant, delicate and dramatic – these are just some of the…
Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed through specially commissioned freehand drawings After a period in which computation-derived architecture―driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression―has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools th…
The leisure and tourism volume in the successful Top 100 landscape architecture series includes some of the most stunning, expansive built landscapes ever seen. The focus here is on entire cultivated luxury worlds. From the London Olympics Park to the Jincheng Botanical Garden, these projects share one thing in common: they make readers want to head straight there. The Japanese resort spa Hoshi…
Presents many of the most cutting edge designs for theatres, cinemas and concert halls.
Ten years after the publication of AMAN - The First Decade, Basil was invited to produce a follow-up to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Amanresorts group of luxury hotels. The assignment took him from Thailand to Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, France, the Turks & Caicos Islands, the US and China, where he photographed the 19 Aman properties illustrated …
The book is a selection of outstanding hotel proposals around the world in recent years. It introduces the modern hotel design ideas that would be trends in the future. Also, many new and advanced solutions and strategies of hotel design are involved. Generally, this is a collection of the designers’ vision for best future hotels. The book will bring new ideas and inspirations to designers to…
Buku Galeri Seni Rupa Pop: Arsip Galeri Pop Art/Galeri Aktuil/Puisi-Puisi Awam Majalah Aktuil (1975-1975) melengkapi seri lengkap karya Sanento Yuliman. Buku ini berisi sejumlah pengantar Sanento mengenai karya-karya seni rupa pop yang dimuat dalam rubrik "Galeri Pop Art"/"Galeri Aktuil, sejak No.177, Oktober 1975-No.197, Juni 1976. Selain mengantar kedua rubrik itu, Sanento juga menuliskan waw…
Buku yang ditulis oleh “the packaging guru” ini ditujukan untuk semua kalangan yang tertarik mendapatkan pengetahuan tentang pengemasan (packaging). Buku ini antara lain akan mengulas tentang: - Sejarah Kemasan - 1001 Basic Packaging - Ruang Lingkup Packaging - Proses Desain sampai Pemasaran Produk - Kemasan Kertas, Karton, Plastik Rigid, Semi-Rigid hingga Kemasan Gelas dan Logam - Ma…
Rumah etnik Sunda dikenal melalui variasi model atapnya, yaitu jolopong, tagog anjing, badak heuay, perahu kumureb, capit gunting, dan julang ngapak. Selain itu, rumah etnik Sunda juga dikenal dengan nuansa alami yang khas. Namun, banyak hal-hal di luar itu yang belum banyak diketahui, seperti penataan ruang, filosofi bangunan, bahan bangunan, hingga pola permukiman. Buku ini mencoba mengupa…
Commonly known as "vegetable steel," bamboo possesses strength and brightness. Available for sustainable development construction, carbon fiber is lightweight and durable. This book selects more than a hundred bamboo architectural and product designs.