J. Christopher Jaffe, Leo L. Beranek
An acclaimed acoustician presents a proven methodology for designing successful venues for concert performance in a variety of building types.More
David Cathers, Linda Parry, Diane Boucher, Et Al.
Gustav Stickley is revered not only as a furniture maker but also as a leading proponent for the American Arts and Crafts movement.More
Michael C. Kathrens
A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses.More
Stephen M. Salny
The life and work of the groundbreaking interior designer and inventor of the "California Look."More
Studio Marmo
Second Edition
With an additional 200 new samples, bringing the total to 752, this new edition of Stone Sampler provides swatches of natural stone, including marble, travertine, onyx, granite, quartzite, and limestone, available for use in construction and decoration.More
Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad
For centuries Italy has exuded a mythical aura: in no other country do
antiquity and modernity, history, art, landscape, and the graceful art
of living seem to merge and coexist with such simple elegance as in
this land steeped in over two millennia of cultural heritage.More
C. Howard Walker, Richard Sammons
With the revival of interest in traditional design, practitioners,
students, and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of
forms that so enriched our architectural heritage.More
Johan Cederlund, Lani Summerville-Sternerup
The beautiful, often breathtakingly lavish architecture and interiors of Sweden between the 1600s and early 1800s have been among the art world’s best-kept secrets.
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Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad
All trompe l’oeil painting uses light and shadow to create illusory forms and surfaces.More
John Zeisel, John P. Eberhard
This update of a classic text folds the new field of neuroscience for
design into well-established environment-behavior (E-B) methods and
approaches.More
Stephen M. Salny, Albert Hadley
The career of Frances Adler Elkins (1888-1953), sister of renowned
Chicago architect David Adler, spanned more than three decades.More
Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad
Sky and sea are the trompe l'oeil painter's favorite motifs for contemporary interiors.More
Steven W. Semes
The principles of classical architecture applied to the design of interiors, both residential and public.More
Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad
From a countryside panorama in a windowless room to a faux mosaic wall,
an intricately painted Oriental carpet to a soaring cathedral dome in a
single-story room, Trompe l’oeil painting offers an art form ideal for
contemporary interiors, adding color and aesthetic atmosphere and
responding to specific architectural needs and situations.More
Yannick Guegan
From the coauthor of the best-selling Handbook of Painted Decoration comes this advanced exploration of trompe l’oeil art and technique.More