Architecture Of The Classical Interior

Architecture Of The Classical Interior
Author: Steven W Semes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2004-08-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393730753

The principles of classical architecture applied to the design of interiors, both residential and public. A practicing architect shows how the elements that constitute the classical interior-wall and ceiling treatments, doors and windows, fireplaces, and stairs-can be composed into rooms satisfying both aesthetic and practical criteria. Historic and contemporary examples illustrate both generic and specific solutions for designers working in the classical tradition today.

Classical Architecture

Classical Architecture
Author: Robert Adam
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1991-04-25
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

In Classical Architecture Robert Adam traces the history of classical design to the present day and provides examples of virtually every one of its applications.

Classical Swedish Architecture and Interiors 1650-1830

Classical Swedish Architecture and Interiors 1650-1830
Author: Johan Cederlund
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393731729

A lavishly illustrated history of Sweden's most significant works of architecture is paired with capsule biographies of many of the region's top contributors, in a volume that includes coverage of such structures as the royal palace of Stockholm and the Pavilion at Haga.

New Traditional Architecture

New Traditional Architecture
Author: Mark Ferguson
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-03-22
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0847835456

This beautifully illustrated volume presents Ferguson & Shamamian's finest work, including new houses, apartments, alterations and additions, and unbuilt design plans.

The Art of Classical Details

The Art of Classical Details
Author: Phillip James Dodd
Publisher: Images Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1864702036

-A lavish and beautifully illustrated sourcebook of classically inspired architectural detail -A valuable resource for architects, interior designers, builders and home decorators -Featuring a foreword by renowned interior designer David Easton -Highlights projects by US architects including Marc Ferguson & Oscar Shamamian, Peter Pennoyer, Quinlan Terry and Gil Schafer. Features a foreword by David Easton, arguably America's most respected decorator. Contributors also include historians Jeremy Musson and David Watkin. In The Art of Classical Details, classically trained architect Phillip Dodd takes a close-up look at some of the finest examples of neo-classical architecture in the world today. Covering the fundamentals of classical architecture, such as Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite columns, and featuring the work of skilled contemporary classicists, including Julian Bicknell and Ken Tate, The Art of Classical Details is the definitive guide to today's world of neoclassical architectural detailing.

Get Your House Right

Get Your House Right
Author: Marianne Cusato
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781402736285

Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates qualities that once were taken for granted in home design: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and even sustainability. Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, has authored and illustrated this definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right--to the eye and to the soul. She teaches us the language and grammar of classical architecture, revealing how balance, harmony, and detail all contribute to creating a home that will be loved rather than tolerated. And she takes us through the do’s and don’ts of every element of home design, from dormers to doorways to columns. Integral to the book are its hundreds of elegant line drawings--clearly rendering the varieties of lintels and cornices, arches and eaves, and displaying "avoid” and "use” versions of the same elements side by side.

Contemporary Classical

Contemporary Classical
Author: Andrew Skurman
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-09-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781616890889

Architect Andrew Skurman is an unabashed classicist. His award-winning San Francisco-based firm, Andrew Skurman Architects, specializes in designing superbly crafted custom residences inspired by the building traditions of French châteaux, Mediterranean villas, and Georgian country houses. Skurman draws on an extensive architectural library of European and American design with the precision of an eminent art historian, skillfully adapting timeless design elements to suit today's lifestyles. Collaborating with well-respected contractors, interior and landscape designers, lighting and audiovisual experts, and other consultants, Skurman blends modern comfort and conveniences into traditional settings. Featuring gorgeous photography and exquisite watercolor studies, Contemporary Classical showcases an exceptional range of residential work, including the new Pelican Hill Resort on the Newport Coast of California.

Classical Principles for Modern Design

Classical Principles for Modern Design
Author: Thomas Jayne
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1580934978

Interior designer and decorative arts historian Thomas Jayne takes on the redoubtable Edith Wharton and her co-author Ogden Codman, whose 1897 book The Decoration of Houses is acknowledged as the Bible of American interior design. Wharton and Codman advocated for classical simplicity and balance, replacing the excesses of the Gilded Age. In Jayne’s view, “The Decoration of Houses is the level-headed, indispensable book on the subject. It is not an overstatement to say that it is the most important decorating book ever written.” How much of Wharton and Codman’s advice and how many of their principles are still applicable today? In Classical Principles for Modern Design, Jayne argues that Wharton and Codman’s fundamental ideas about the proportion and planning of space create the most harmonious and livable interiors, whether traditional or contemporary. His authoritative and engaging text traces contemporary ideas about design elements and furnishing rooms back to Wharton and Codman and shows where his design approach coincides and where it diverges from their views. The book follows the chapter organization of The Decoration of Houses—chapters on walls, doors, windows and curtains, ceilings and floors, etc.—and adds important new perspectives on the design of kitchens and the use of color, both major subjects that Wharton and Codman did not address. Drawing on his own work at Jayne Design Studio, Jayne has selected elegant, traditional interiors that demonstrate these principles. Projects range from a restoration of historic eighteenth-century public rooms in Crichel House in Dorset, England, to a mountain retreat in the wilds of Montana to an array of luxurious New York City apartments and country houses in the Hudson Valley. Captured in lush photographs by Don Freeman and others, all speak to Thomas Jayne’s commitment to the primacy of function, quality, and simplicity, derived from the ancient tradition of classical design. As he says, “Tradition is not about what was. Tradition is now.”

Elements of Form & Design in Classic Architecture Shown in Exterior & Interior Motives Collated from Fine Buildings of All Time on One Hundred Plates

Elements of Form & Design in Classic Architecture Shown in Exterior & Interior Motives Collated from Fine Buildings of All Time on One Hundred Plates
Author: Arthur Stratton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1987
Genre: Architectural design
ISBN:

"This book aims to initiate all who are concerned with the design of buildings into first principles of arrangement, irrespective of style, period or fashion, and its scope is deliberately focussed on the most elementary of known forms. The culminating periods of Greek and Roman architecture have here been drawn upon as well as the whole range of matured Renaissance architecture in Europe, and the book has been compiled not only from actual buildings but also from the wider field of projected designs. In the illustrations, all the buildings and motifs are presented in their simplest aspect, free from confusing detail, so that the main lines of the various schemes can be understood at a glance and the different forms compared."--BOOK JACKET.

Architecture and Interior Design

Architecture and Interior Design
Author: Buie Harwood
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 9780132885881

Combined and edited version of 2 separately published works: Architecture and interior design through the 18th century, and Architecture and interior design from the 19th century.