Tropicality: Houses by Andra Matin (House) author-kari-herbert Year Released

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The world of interior design has never been as inviting as it is today The home has become a place of personal expression with the freedom to draw upon a diverse palette of influences styles and ideas iInterior Design Close Upi celebrates this diversity with a roombyroom tour of 100 inspirational homes From town houses to lofts farmsteads to cabins it steps across the threshold of all kinds of properties in the search for ideas details and designs that can be applied to our own private spaces This wideranging survey of contemporary interiors embraces a spectrum of design styles Featured designers and architects include some of the most original and creative minds from around the world such as Marc Newson Pierre Frey Autoban Shigeru Ban and Agns EmerybrbrThis book is arranged into ten chapters each of which concentrates on a specific interior style Presented in each chapter are ten houses or apartments whose aesthetic essence is captured within a doublepage spread celebrating the most spectacular space in the home Its story unfolds in the accompanying text and design elements and individual features are picked out in more detail on the following pages Full of inspiration information and ideas iInterior Design Close Upi will draw in anyone looking for a sourcebook for their own space

John Russell Taylor charts the artists' endeavour to re-create the smallest detail

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Tropicality: Houses by Andra Matin (House) author-kari-herbert Year ReleasedTropicality: Houses by Andra Matin brings together sixteen of the best houses designed by the architect and his studio over the last two decades. Chosen for their exquisite craftsmanship and lush tropicality, each house represents the architect's vision of relaxed living and innate feeling for tactile materials. These are cool environments, in every sense of the word, that exist effortlessly in harmony with their environment. From a house elevated on