A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes), some have wheels((Romany vardoes), some float; some are made of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary. But all are home. Take Shelter explores the way people live all over the world and beyond--from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from an underground house in Las...

"The book presents 50 remarkable award-winning masterpieces all over the word. They are categorized into seven sections: commerce, office, culture, religion, sport, and scientific research and industry. Each work is shown by means of high quality photos, detailed plans as well as texts. The book presents the current condition of modern architectural design from various aspects, and discusses the implementation possibilities of architectural designs...

"Space for exhibiting products can be perceived as artistic work, which must combine perfectly with the products exhibited with regard to cultural and aesthetic aspects. Thus it is definitely a challenge for designers to create such a "work" in a limited time and space. It is to be innovative as well as serving as a background to boast the products. At the same time, it needs to be understandable and interesting enough to attract visitors as soon...

"The book is a comprehensive introduction of 2011 Pritzker Prize winner Portuguese architect Eduardo Souta de Moura and his brilliant works. Often described as a neo-Miesian, but one who constantly strives for originality, Souto de Moura has achieved much praise for his exquisite use of materials - granite, wood, marble, brick, steel, concrete - as well as his unexpected use of color. Along with his architecture practice, Souto de Moura is a professor...

"Nowadays people value not only the quality of what they buy, but also the pleasure and the comfort they feel when buying. So the store should offer its customers not only the ease of shopping, but also an enjoyable shopping experience. The book is a collection of 44 selected projects, categorised into five sections according to their functions: Household Products, Clothing and Accessories, Living Products, Electronic Products and Toys. With brief...

"For those who love New England, here is a matchless portrait by one of its most distinguished artists and observant admirers. Samuel Chamberlain photographed New England for more than forty years, examining it from every angle and capturing its unique spirit and enduring character with the lens of his camera. The image Mr. Chamberlain presents here is a distillation of his finest photographs of New England. From tall church spires rising above village...

"One hundred years ago Charles and Henry Greene developed a new and distinctive architectural and decorative style that blended Arts & Crafts and Asian influences with California sensibility and obsessive attention to detail. That innovative style is instantly recognizable today. "David Mathias, author of this richly personal appreciation of the Greenescomes to Greene and Greene from the perspective of an amateur woodworker with a fine aesthetic sense....

"Nowadays, hotels is not just a place to sleep, but provides many other services. Therefore, hotel design, from facade to interior decoration, has become increasingly complex and is paid more and more attention to. This book selects 37 excellent hotel projects (including hotel designed by Frank O. Gehry) and is categorised into five parts - resort, brand, eco-friend, boutique and luxury. Each project is presented through beautiful images, exquisite...

"The book, co-published by LST Publishing House and McGraw-Hill, is a collection of 45 award-winning projects from three "Good Design Is Good Business" conferences since 2006. The conferences, sponsored by "Architectural Record" and "BusinessWeek", award excellent projects in six categories: Best Public Project, Best Commercial Project, Best Residential Project, Best Preservation Project, Best Planning Project and Best Green Project."--

"This book not only presents award winning green architecture, but also tells architects how to combine new concepts with materials, and how to deal with the problems they often confront with in the process of conception and construction. As the concepts of environmental protection and energy conservation are gradually filtering into our minds, green architecture catering to the requirements of the times has begun to receive global attention. Green...