From expansive mansions to summer cottages, from ultra modern to environmentally friendly "green" homes, "150 Best New House Ideas" is a comprehensive handbook showcasing the best new ideas in single-family home design. Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, this book provides an in-depth review of exemplary house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients.
Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, 150 Best Eco House Ideas features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients. Included here are the latest innovations in sustainable home design, including solar paneling, wind energy systems, environmentally-friendly heating and cooling solutions, thermal glazing, and trombe walls. 150 Best Eco House Ideas is both the perfect resource for designers, interior decorators, and architects, as well as an inspirational sourcebook for all homeowners interested in creating warm and inviting homes that cause only a...
ISBN: 978-0-06-196879-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: февраль 2011
Учебное пособие знакомит читателя с удобным и эффективным средством обучения американскому варианту английского языка, которое называется VOA Special English и является универсальным искусственным языком, созданным в 1959 году американской правительственной радиостанцией Voice of America специально для вещания на неанглоязычную аудиторию. Словарь этого адаптированного языка ограничен 1500 лексическими единицами, а...
ISBN: 5-98124-094-6
Издательство:
Добрая книга
Дата выхода: декабрь 2005
You`ll turn to this collection of wonderfully detailed, ready-to-use spot illustrations again and again: animals, insects, birds, furniture, tools, hardware, recreational scenes, ornamental borders and devices, fruit, flora, and much more. The black-and-white illustrations — filled with quaint, old-fashioned flavor — will add nostalgic flourishes to an array of projects!
ISBN: 978-0-486-99853-4
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Featured in this massive 800-page collection of residential architecture are houses as diverse in range and style as the countries in which they are located. From country estates to beachfront holiday retreats, lakeside houses to hip urban dwellings, the one thing all these houses share is quality design. Accompanied by floor plans, text and lush full-colour photography, 200 Houses is not only a beautiful coffee-table book but a valuable reference and source of inspiration.
ISBN: 978-1-86470-436-5
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Whether prompted by an uncertain global economy, a decrease in the average family size or a growing desire to tread more lightly on the land and share limited resources, more people are choosing apartment living than ever before. This trend, combined with a greater-than-ever range of construction and finishing materials, has led to a plethora of exciting new apartment builds and remodels worldwide. Today, both owners and architects are benefiting from the myriad of interior design and material options at their fingertips, making the dream apartment more attainable than ever before. This stunningly photographed digest of contemporary apartment designs is packed with ideas for making the most of any apartment layout, from small, compact...
ISBN: 978-1-86470-445-7
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The public`s appetite for new and excitingly designed hotels is insatiable. Never before have hotels been so earnestly responsive to the zeitgeist. How else can we explain the latest trends in design which at one extreme increasingly blur the border between lodging, lifestyle and living theatre, and at the other seek to reinvent the more discreet manners and style of the grand hotels of the late 19th century? 21st-Century Hotel highlights the latest examples of these trends and more as the international hotel sector finds newer and more imaginative ways to invent and reinvent itself in order to match the mood of the moment. A large-format bible of style for architects and interior designers, this book outlines the very latest...
ISBN: 978-1-85669-401-8
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Despite e-mail, cell phones and other modern conveniences, an important place still exists for the written letter, especially when it is used as a means of business communication. This revised and updated book presents correct business formats, then offes instruction on writing clear and concise letters for every imaginable occasion. Among them are letters of inquiry, credit letters, dunning letters, congratulatory letters, business announcements, invitations to business functions, and many more. Readerswill find many sample letters that they can adapt for their own uses. New in this edition is advice and instruction on effective e-mail correspondence.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4319-9
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Over 400 original, black-and-white, attention-getting graphics that pop, recede, and shimmer. Circles, squares, ellipses, curves, lines, and angles create unique visual effects that are at times strong and intriguing and sometimes — purely dazzling. Great for use in ornamental packaging, room decoration, and graphics, the illustrations can be cropped, enlarged, or used as is.
ISBN: 978-0-486-99747-6
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the Pyramids of Giza to the Guggenheim, this lively guide explains the key concepts and inventions in architecture clearly and concisely. Exploring the myriad ways in which the built environment is shaped and created, readers will gain a new and informed appreciation for architecture, from the classical orders of Vitruvius - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - to the to the most recent contemporary trends. Philip Wilkinson offers expert introductions to the most important architectural movements and styles throughout history, as well as describing some of the greatest architects` most important and representative works. So, if you`ve ever wondered when a building is just a building or art, or want to know more about Gothic vaults, trusses...
What exactly is a credit crunch? Why do footballers earn so much more than the rest of us? Which country is likely to be the world`s leading economy in 10 years` time? And how does economics affect each one of us, every day? In the seventh volume of the successful 50 Ideas series, Daily Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway introduces and explains the central ideas of economics in a series of 50 clear and concise essays. Beginning with an exploration of the basic theories, such as Adam Smith`s `invisible hand`, and concluding with the latest research into the links between wealth and happiness, he sheds light on all the essential topics needed to understand booms and busts, bulls and bears, and the way the world really works. Packed...
How to decorate with colour and pattern, add lighting, showcase art, and more; Tips and hints from professional decorators; A spectacular collection of more than 400 photographs; A Main Selection of America`s Homestyle Book Club House Beautiful gives us an inside look at how interior designers create their magic. It`s savvy, elegant, inspiring, and sure to equal the success of 750 Decorating & Design Ideas (1588162699), which has sold nearly 65,000 copies. Even those of us with great taste and a natural talent for decorating know that there are certain insider design skills and secrets accessible only to professionals with years of experience. House Beautiful: 750 Designer Secrets gives everyone access to this precious knowledge. This...
Featuring a lavish selection of ornaments — decorated with flowers, mythological creatures, and other fanciful touches — this treasury of royalty-free art also includes striking designs incorporating classical columns, a rich selection of heraldic designs, and a variety of charming calligraphic alphabets. A priceless resource for artists and designers.
ISBN: 978-0-486-40261-1
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Following “70’s Magazine Advertisement in Japan”, released in March 2007, this is a collection of the magazine advertisements created in the next decade, which is the time that the Japanese economy was growing rapidly towards its peak. People were enjoying their lives believing that the growing economy was going to continue forever. Reflected from the cheerful and a little frantic atmosphere of the time, magazine advertisements created in the 80s were “glittering” and “dreamy” according to a well-known columnist who contributed to this book.
ISBN: 978-4-89444-660-1
Издательство:
PIE Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Unlike pixel-based digital images that often distort, Vector graphics can be enlarged to any size without the loss of clarity or quality. This collection features hundreds of versatile Vector-based borders, cartouches, scrolls, and spot illustrations. Sources for these unusual, attractive graphics include Greek vases, Byzantine mosaics, German woodcarvings and ironwork, and Persian tiles.
ISBN: 978-0-486-99021-7
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: август 2011
This best-selling dictionary covers all aspects of finance and banking, from personal investments to international trading. It is indispensable for students and professionals of accountancy, banking, and commerce, and ideal for anyone involved in public finance or financial trading. Over 5.100 entries - 200 new to this fully revised and updated edition. Expanded coverage of central banking and monetary policy. New feature panels on key topics, including the Financial Times Share Indexes and bankruptcy law. Up-to-date coverage of the world`s important financial centres, reflecting recent changes to financial institutions.
This succinct and practical dictionary provides clear definitions of over 3,400 legal and specialist terms encountered in law enforcement. It is an essential reference resource for those investigating and prosecuting criminal offences and for expert witnesses, and is invaluable for students and trainees in these areas. Includes terms used in forensic pathology and medicine, ballistics, financial investigation, forensic computing, criminology, and psychology; International in scope - including European law, international criminal law, and human rights law; Fully cross-referenced and including citations from statute and case law; Supplementary material includes abbreviations and acronyms, recordable offences, disclosure code, and...
ISBN: 978-0-19-280702-1
Издательство:
Oxford
Дата выхода: август 2011
An authoritative and comprehensive dictionary containing 2,500 key economic terms with clear, concise definitions. It covers all aspects of economics including economic theory, applied microeconomics and macroeconomics, labour economics, public economics and public finance, monetary economics, environmental economics, and many others. There is strong coverage of international trade and many entries on economic organizations and institutions from around the world. This edition contains expanded coverage of common econometric concepts and highlights major theoretical concepts including agency, competition, equilibrium. Fully revised and updated, this edition now features recommended web links at entry level. These links are a valuable...
ISBN: 978-0-19-923704-3
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2009
The main subject of Sebastian Piras` portraiture is living artists who have been exhibited, collected, and celebrated on the world stage. Drawing on a life of artistic endeavours that has taken him from his native Sardinia to London, Paris, Berlin, and now New York, Sebastian is recognised as one of the world`s leading portrait photographers. This book, part of the unique IMAGES Pocketful series, presents individual portraits, studio shots, and artworks of many of the world`s most influential painters, sculptors, photographers, and mixed-media artists.
ISBN: 978-1-86470-293-4
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Предлагаемая Вашему вниманию книга является учебным пособием по научной лексике английского языка для подготовки к экзаменам высокого уровня — CPE, TOEFL и IELTS. В книге собрано более пятидесяти современных неадаптированных текстов из американских и британских изданий. К большинству текстов прилагается глоссарий, где объясняются наиболее трудные для понимания моменты.
The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters: Life in Society engages students with authentic academic readings, photos, graphs, and charts on stimulating topics from the field of sociology. Topics include peer pressure, the influence of the media, and balancing home and work. Students develop important skills such as reading critically, examining graphic material, highlighting, note taking, and preparing for a quiz. By completing writing assignments of different lengths, students build academic writing skills, respond to the readings, and incorporate what they have learned. The topics...
ISBN: 978-0-521-66616-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011