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Algonquin Books
Out on the Porch Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)
by Algonquin Books (Calendar)
With over one million copies sold, the Out on the Porch calendar is a celebration of the good life. Of ice-cold lemonade on hot summer afternoons. Of the rhythmic thump-thump-thump of a beloved rocker. Of beautiful views and pure, put-up-your feet relaxation. For 2009, kick back on a dozen fantastic porches, porticoes, and verandas (in your imagination, at least). A charmingly rustic terrace in New York's Hudson Valley. A Bahamian porch swathed in green, pink, and yellow. And a sweeping Maine veranda with gorgeous ocean views. Photographs are accompanied by porch quotes from literature, and you can share the tranquility using the twelve full-color postcards included.
Gerry Kopelow
Architectural Photography: The Digital Way
by Princeton Architectural Press (Paperback)
In this day of online media, architects and designers are increasingly faced with exciting and critical marketing and publishing opportunities. Simply documenting a project is no longer enough. Architectural Photography the Digital Way teaches the reader how to take first-rate photographs of buildings, inside and out. Step-by-step instructions help you learn how to choose the right kind of camera, to use it effectively, and to enhance and manipulate your images. This complete course begins with an introduction to the world of digital imagery and its unique aesthetic considerations. Advanced chapters cover areas such as perspective correction and other features made possible by image editing software. Illustrated with a wealth of color photographs and diagrams, this clearly written, easy-to-use handbook will be your indispensable guide whenever you pick up the camera.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy (The Center for Land Use Interpretation American Regional Landscape Series)
by Blast Books (Hardcover)
Millions of people in New York and New Jersey consider the Hudson River as familiar as their own backyard yet only have a superficial knowledge of the landscape and land use of this river's waterfront. This beautiful book deepens readers' understanding with an aerial portrait of the river’s shores from the Battery, at the southernmost tip of Manhattan, to the river's origin near Albany. Focusing on man-made sites rarely seen by those who travel along the river’s banks — some of which can only be seen aerially — the book showcases the shore area’s vanishing (or vanished) avenues, prisons, power plants, quarries, parks, condos, and redevelopments. Up River’s photos and accompanying succinct text tell the story of how this river was used in developing industry and modern America from Revolutionary times through 19th-century exploitation of the waterfront to the beginnings of environmental activism that protects famous vistas from the quarriers ...
500 Bungalows
by Taunton (Paperback) (Release Date: 2006-10-03)
Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year there are numerous books, magazines and floor plans published that are all geared to the bungalow enthusiast. Taunton Press has published several bungalow-related books to great success including Bungalow Style and Updating Classic America: Bungalows. 500 Bungalows features an irresistible package at an incredible price, making this the perfect stocking stuffer or impulse buy.
Linda Leigh Paul
Cottages by the Sea, The Handmade Homes of Carmel, America's First Artist Community
by Universe Publishing (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2000-11-18)
Carmel, California, has always been a community of artists, writers, and freethinkers. During the early part of its rich history, the area was home to Robinson Jeffers, Mary Austin, Ansel Adams, Charles Greene, Jack London, George Sterling, Upton Sinclair, and Henry Miller, among other great artists of the twentieth century. During the late 1980s, actor Clint Eastwood, a longtime resident, served as mayor.While much about Carmel has changed since the days when Robinson Jeffers could be seen strolling the beach, the area remains one of America's most beautiful. It is also home to many of America's most charming but rarely seen cottages. In Carmel's residential district-- a very private, heavily wooded area surrounding the shops and tourist attractions of the town's often busy main street-- there are no sidewalks or streetlights. The U.S. Postal Service does not offer mail delivery. Homes have no addresses; they are simply known by name. Here, it is not uncommon for tourists, so ...
Thomas H Garver
The Last Steam Railroad in America
by Harry N. Abrams (Hardcover)
Greene & Greene
by Gibbs Smith, Publisher (Hardcover)
In a collection of unequalled photography by Marvin Rand, a whole new interpretation of the legendary California brothers and architects, Charles and Henry Greene, is revealed in Greene & Greene, published by Gibbs Smith. Renowned photographer Rand has documented the architectural work of the Greenes since 1959, when he accepted a request from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to photograph sconces and lighting. He has been enamored with the Greenes ever since, building a body of work that is unsurpassed.
Bedrock City (Place Space)
by Ammo Books (Paperback)
The first of four titles in a continuing series of books by Todd Oldham that highlight remarkable people places and spaces, features an essay by designer Michael Graves.
Luxury Hotels Spa & Wellness
by teNeues (Hardcover)
At these top hostelries, you'll receive the levels of comfort and convenience you'd expect from the finest hotels, but you'll also feel revitalized thanks to their emphasis on relaxation and wellness. The book features lavish full-color photography of luxury spas from The Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, to The Ritz Carlton South Beach, Miami, to The West Cape Hotel & Spa, South Africa and Rajvilas in Jaipur, India. Whether a fully equipped spa, where you'll receive an array of pampering treatments, or a kitchen that emphasizes healthy and invigorating menus, here are some destinations where you can be sure to leave feeling better than when you checked in.
Julius Shulman, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Owen Edwards, Philip J. Ethington, ...
Julius Shulman, Modernism Rediscovered
by Taschen (Hardcover)
Modernist masterpieces lost and found: Rare photographs by Julius Shulman TASCHEN's Modernism Rediscovered brought to light for the first time some 300 forgotten architectural masterpieces, drawn from photographer Julius Shulman's personal archives. Paying tribute to houses and buildings that had slipped from public view, Shulman's stunning photographs uncovered a rarely seen side of California Modernism. This extensive, three-volume follow-up to that remarkable volume brings hundreds more architectural gems into the spotlight. The photographs, most of which are published here for the first time in a book, depict buildings by Albert Frey, Louis Kahn, John Lautner, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, and more, as well as the work of many lesser known architects. Not just restricted to the West Coast this time, the images were taken all across the United States as well as in Mexico, Israel, and Hong Kong. Widely considered the greatest architectural photographer ...