Interiors Architecture: The Most Innovative Projects of the Year - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8495832860 ISBN 13: 9788495832863

Publisher: Loft Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Integrating homes into their surroundings and creating attractive interior spaces which satisfy the needs of their owners are the main aims that today's interior designs seek to achieve. With new materials, ecological concerns and expanding conceptions of what 'home' can mean the possibilities are almost infinite. This volume presents some of the most outstanding projects in recent years, both traditional spaces (with modern solutions) and new ideas of home. 34 striking examples of houses and apartments have been brought together allowing readers to appreciate the magnificent combinations of decorative styles and imaginative solutions employed by architects and designers. Trendy lofts, warm ice palaces, converted factories, optical illusions, dual use home/office spaces and grandiose attics are just some of the spaces depicted here with clear photos, text and plans.

About this title

From the Back Cover

These days the panorama of the design of home interiors is dominated by the highly interesting results created by author architecture. Based on this creative concept, new technologies have monopilized a determining role making it possible to fulfill the desire of owners and the caprices of some architects. Today, private residences possess an infinite range of designers thanks to the wide variety of materials and the ecological revolution which make the incorporation of new architectural elements possible. Then again, both furniture design and chromatism are important in reflecting the personality of the owners and thus clarifying their tastes and preferences. This book includes a selection of contemporary international homes combining both traditional spaces and the new and revolutionary concepts of the home. The constructions in this book exist in both urban and rural spaces, thus opening up another research route: the integration of the house into the surrounding environment.

From the Inside Flap

Integrating homes into their surroundings and creating attractive interior spaces which satisfy the needs of their owners are the main aims that today's interior designs seek to achieve. With new materials, ecological concerns and expanding conceptions of what 'home' can mean the possibilities are almost infinite. This volume presents some of the most outstanding projects in recent years, both traditional spaces (with modern solutions) and new ideas of home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Loft Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8495832860
• ISBN 13: 9788495832863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 255
• Editor: Paredes Cristina