Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques

Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1997
Genre: Color decoration and ornament
ISBN: 0684874342

Through the use of more than 400 instructional and inspirational color photos and a unique 16-page color selector on graduated pages, the author of "Decorative Style" and "Lighting Style" demystifies the art of using colors, textures, paints, and surface finishes to create dramatic and distinctive effects in any home.

Decorative Style

Decorative Style
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1990
Genre: Color in interior decoration
ISBN: 0671691422

Shows forty decorating styles and demonstrates special painting techniques.

The Techniques of Decorating

The Techniques of Decorating
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1995
Genre: Decoration and ornament
ISBN: 9780751301809

Kevin McCloud is a leading influence in interior design. His unique and refreshing approach stems from a background in art history and the theatre. Using a repertoire of techniques ranging from the traditional to the self-invented, he offers an unsurpassed array of rich effects and a sure guide to effective styling.

The Best of Grand Designs

The Best of Grand Designs
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2012-10-11
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0007494459

A complete celebration of Britain’s favourite architectural show.

Grand Designs Handbook

Grand Designs Handbook
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780007307425

DIV Packed with tools and tips, this essential guide provides the instructions any aspiring self-builder needs to ensure that their vision becomes reality. Organized into three main sections—Thinking, Dreaming, and Doing—guidelines are provided that cover every aspect of the build, from finding a plot, obtaining planning permission, and commissioning and briefing architects and builders up through implementing the build itself. Structured around fundamental locations—urban, suburban, and rural—a host of successful projects are featured, including, a reinvented violin factory, a converted barn, and a glass pavilion on a beach. Suggestions for using green design and building techniques are also provided. DIVDIV Kevin McCloud is an interior designer and the author of several books, including Bathrooms, Choosing Colors, Grand Designs, Grand Designs Abroad, and Lighting Style.

Choosing Colours

Choosing Colours
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Color in interior decoration
ISBN: 9781844004409

Interior decoration.

Kevin McCloud's Lighting Style

Kevin McCloud's Lighting Style
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1995
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

From flickering firelight and romantic candles to state-of-the-art micro systems, this innovative visual guide displays a breathtaking range of lighting effects for every mood--emphasizing affordable choices for the average homeowners. Over 275 4-color photos. 20 color and b/w line illustrations.

Kevin McCloud's Colour Now

Kevin McCloud's Colour Now
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Color in interior decoration
ISBN: 9781849492195

Kevin McCloud of Channel 4's Grand Designs shows you how to master colour, how to use it in sophisticated ways and how to employ it to transform your surroundings. Featured are 65 tried-and-tested palettes tuilt from over 100 compatible colours that can be used as decorative blueprints for your own home - whether period, modern, rustic or urban. Useful tips and trade secrets on colour relationships and how to manipulate the palettes are included, while every swatch is also matched to a commercially available paint. Informative, accessible, authoritative and inspiring - this book will enable you to unlock a world of colour.--Cover.

Iconic

Iconic
Author: Karen McCartney
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1760872725

Karen McCartney's Iconic Australian Houses books are re-imagined so cleverly in this freshly redesigned, encyclopaedic book, which brings together in one volume the best of 50 years of Australian residential architecture.' Lucy Feagins - The Design Files Iconic: Modern Australian Houses 1950--2000 showcases, in a fresh, new and collectible edition, the best residential projects from the previously published works 50/60/70 and 70/80/90 and which formed successful exhibitions shown at the Museum of Sydney. Completely redesigned in a new format, with revised introduction, this classic will find audiences both new to and familiar with the gems of Australian modernist architecture. Featuring houses from: Harry Seidler, Peter Muller, Roy Grounds, Peter McIntyre, Russell Jack, Robin Boyd, McGlashan Everist, Enrico Taglietti, Neville Gruzman, Bruce Rickard, Hugh Buhrich, Ian McKay, Iwan Iwanoff, Ian Collins, Richard Leplastrier, Glenn Murcott, Barrie Marshall, Ken Woolley, Lovell Chen, Wood Marsh, Andresen O'Gorman, Durbach Block, Sean Godsell, Stutchbury and Harper, Donovan Hill.