Описание: A captivating portrait of the greatest British gardens and the lords, ladies and gardeners who own and manage them.
Автор: Dominic Bradbury Название: New Country Houses Pb ISBN: 0789208539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780789208538 Издательство: Abbeville Press Цена: 4115.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The thirty houses featured in this beautifully illustrated volume range from a Portuguese vacation home whose granite facade blends seamlessly into an ancient system of agricultural terraces to a Japanese family residence whose translucent walls glow like a paper lantern in the nighttime, but they all embody the same contemporary architectural trend: a radical shift in thinking about the residential architecture of the countryside. An increasing exodus from the stresses of urban living has brought a positive and powerful design consciousness out of the cities into new and challenging environments. New Country Houses explores how architects today seek to reinvent the country house and develop a new rural architecture for the twenty-first century, rather than simply remodeling or recreating the methods and manners of the past.Exercising his keen eye for architectural style, the author divides the book thematically into four chapters which correspond to contemporary architectsGCO primary approaches to the challenge of designing for the countryside: organic, vernacular, contemporary, and experimental. The individual case studies within these chapters include insights from the architects themselves and are augmented by both detailed plans and elevations and no fewer than 175 full-color interior and exterior photographs. A full complement of supplementary featuresGCoan introduction tracing the history of the country house, a bibliography, and an indexGCoensures that this book will serve as a guide and inspiration to architects, their clients, and all readers who are interested in the aesthetically groundbreaking, flexible, and ecologically conscious way of living represented by todayGCOs new country houses."
Автор: Moore Beata Название: Year in the Life of the Cotswolds ISBN: 0711228590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780711228597 Издательство: Frances Lincoln Рейтинг: Цена: 2579.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Set in the heart of England`s countryside, the Cotswolds occupies the area between Gloucester, Bath, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon. Beata Moore`s glorious photographs show the charm of the Cotswolds through the seasons.
Описание: The 1767 decision to divide Prince Edward Island among elite British grantees shaped Island history for more than a century. Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island examines this history through the lives of four women who, due to the vagaries of family formation and inheritance, became Island landlords. As absentee owners of large estates, each of the four women faced challenges from those who wanted land redistributed in freehold lots to actual settlers. Their individual management strategies were determined in part by class standing and marital status, as well as individual eccentricities and prejudices. Drawing on family and official papers, Rusty Bittermann and Margaret McCallum provide engaging portraits of these women - orphaned heiress, prudent wife and property manager, countess estranged from her husband, independent spinster - as they negotiated relations of power and privilege in a domain dominated by men. Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island is a compelling narrative that provides a unique perspective on landed society in England in the age of industrialization and reform, making an important contribution to trans-Atlantic, British social, legal, and women`s histories.
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