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Architectural remodels that involve extensions and additions expand the usable size of a home and boost its value. An undersized home and the need for upgrading non-functional amenities are motivating factors aimed at transforming a home into a perfect fit for one's lifestyle, taste and budget. The combination of additional space and the implementation of interesting architectural details that use the new alongside the old often appears as a compelling alternative to the seamless home where lines between original structure and addition - or expansion - are impossible to discern.

Created in collaboration with MoHen Studio in Hong Kong, this volume is the definitive selection of the most impressive architecture and interior design works in Asia. MoHen Design International is a network of inventive, integrated teams crafting superior architecture and design solutions for clients across Asia and around the globe. This award-winning company creating schemes for residential, contract, office and hospitality design in Shanghai, Chongqing, Tokyo and Taiwan. The practice was initially set up by Mr. Hank M. Chao as a platform for cross-disciplinary collaborations. Today the German, Spanish, American, Japanese, Australian, Taiwanese and Chinese press has reviewed the practice's work. Heart+Design League is the brand name of the Association of Asian Architects and Interior Designers. The book focuses on the design of contemporary bars, clubs and restaurants, hotels and private villas, houses and landspace architecture interventions. Using the unique language of colour, light and geometry, the interiors are sensuous and eventful, and space is carefully choreographed into stylish environments. The examples illustrated are sensuous and eventful, excellently designed and developed feeling to discriminate trends, resulting projects with timeless design leading a way to achieve a well-balanced style

The projects in this book convey the ingenuity and skill of architects and designers who create interesting but smaller-sized living environments. These spaces suggest urban lifestyles which, while not typical, seek to maintain basic standards of quality and comfort. The designs of these environments are the result of a search for superior functional flexibility that makes the most of every inch of space. Among the imaginative solutions in evidence are walls that contain and conceal household equipment, or furnishings that can be moved to create different areas. Although some are based on simple items of furniture, and others are highly experimental prototypes, all the projects in this volume reveal unquestionable architectural sensitivity.

When we think of a loft, we usually think of large open spaces with clearly visible remnants of their industrial origin, converted into homes. Distinguished by their high level of modernity and noteworthy contrasts, they tend to reflect the personalities of their owners more than any other type of construction. But, what happens when there is limited space? Is it possible to have a loft, with all its characteristics, in a space that measures less than 120 square metres? This book contains dozens of examples of small lofts from all over the world. They demonstrate that, even with severe space limitations, it is possible to achieve, maintain and even enhance the essence of a post-industrial New York loft. Of course, this requires the optimum combination of artistic sensibility and architectural ingenuity. In full colour throughout, with nearly 500 photographs.

The construction of small houses is increasing. It is an accessible option, adaptable to any environment, eliminating unnecessary elements to include only basic functions without renouncing comfort. Through the pages of this book we travel to countries across the world to discover a little bit about ways of life in those countries and how this is reflected in small house architecture. Mountain houses, city houses or on the coast, this book showcases many different styles but all with a common bond: careful construction and well thought out aesthetics to optimise space whilst respecting the environment and integrating the house into its surroundings.

ARCHITECTURE TODAY is a review of 140 projects, 40 the most important contemporary architectural firms from around the world. In addition to well-known, eg .- FORM4 Architecture, Querkraft, RZAPS or UNStudio, the book presents emerging talents of modern architecture, whose projects are already recognizable and widely commented. Each of these around the world offices, particularly developing your own style and creates design solutions that express contemporary ideas of comfort, functionality, durability and quality. At 500 pages are presented a variety of projects, from large-scale infrastructure projects to small projects residences, houses and interiors. Among the more than 800 pictures are also selected visualizations of the most interesting projects that have not yet been realized. Each project is presented in addition to the gallery also includes plans of buildings.

Slow living is a fashionable lifestyle idea emphasizing a slower approach to all aspects of everyday life. This beautiful book brings the slow living concept to home design and shows a wide selection of relaxed home interiors, designed as a reaction to the discomforts of busy working lifestyles where work and commuting creates stress. The book illustrates interiors designed and organized around natural materials, friendly furniture and gentle layouts to create a pleasant atmosphere in modern living spaces. 300 beautiful colour photographs showcase ideal homes featuring warm fireplaces with real fires, cosy leather sofas and soft cushions, lots of exposed wood beams and panelled ceilings, natural light and calming creamy colours.

Eugeni Pons is one of the most internationally renowned architecture photographers nowadays. Following his first bestselling title,The Interiors Book (Hyde Park Editions, 2015, ISBN 9788499368542), this new illustrated volume presents an astonishing selection of his photographs from some of the most recent restaurants, hotels, shops & boutiques, cafes around the world. The book is essential reading for all of those professionals or design students interested in the new trend of commercial spaces.

For over 15 years the multidisciplinary studio of Axel Nieberg has worked on a diverse array of projects across various fields including architecture, interior design, landscaping, lighting design and product design. Well known for a minimalistic use of form and an extraordinary way of directing light in combination with natural materials, the expressivity of his work is a result of the haptic quality of the chosen materials. In terms of the Japanese Wabi-sabi doctrine, great value is put upon simplicity and the natural aging process of the materials, which is increased by the development of a patina. Architectural Nuances examines his architectural output, buildings which create a unique impression through their unconventional presence, characterized by massiveness combined with well-defined openings and interesting lines of sight.

This latest addition to the Architecture Today series presents exciting contemporary commercial and industrial design projects by thirty professional architects from around the world. Bars, restaurants, shops and boutiques, hotels, cafes...the role that architecture plays in branding, marketing, and the ultimate success or failure of commercial ventures cannot be underestimated. Indeed, the relationship between the design of commercial spaces and customer behaviour is an increasingly researched and highly specialised subject. More than 500 full-colour photographs and 200 technical drawings and plans of more than 100 magnificent works by thirty of the most notable international architects are included in this valuable resource for landscape designers and architects.

Ibiza is an island of magical contrasts that reflect the passage of time through its history, colonisations and its people of different roots, customs and ways of understanding its particular tolerance and idiosyncrasy. The island has a magical light, lined with light blue in the sky and turquoise in the sea, especially in spring and autumn, where the digital sigh of a camera's frame can capture the brightness and colour of the sensations that can be experienced through its places, architecture and people. This is a guide to Ibiza created from a photographic viewpoint, seeking the value of the locations through the eyes of two unique artists with the camera. The photographers have found a new way of understanding the environment, with the care, dedication and ecological respect, revealing shapes and colours that people otherwise may not have fully appreciated. This book will introduce you to the beauty of secret, magical and surprising Ibizan locations and buildings that your senses will never forget.

This book presents thirty-two leading German architectural practices and their signature projects. Whether in the areas of housing, commercial, administrative, and public architecture or in the renovation and revitalization of existing buildings, all have one thing in common: the architects are concerned with sustainable design and reject short-lived trends. This policy manifests itself in minimalistic architecture as well as in the combination of tradition and modernity. The focus is always on a holistic solution that gives expression to an individual attitude to life. To these ends, the respective needs, passions, dreams, and desires of the clients are brought into unity with the specific location and surrounding environment, as well as the climatic and socio-cultural conditions.

From the day when a machine made it possible to challenge Earth's gravitational force, aeronautics and later astronautics have fascinated humanity. This book features classic and little-known photographs of the planes that have marked the history of the sky's conquest, of the 20th-century's military conflicts, and the development of commercial air transport. Discover in over 300 photographs the heroes and pioneers that conquered the sky and the technology that permitted humans to fly.