In recent years, mid-20th-century modern furniture, ceramics, glass, and textiles have become hugely popular among people who appreciate the stylish contribution that these pieces make to today's home. Modern Retro will inspire you to create a look that combines classics by such visionaries as the Eameses, Bertoia, and Aalto with thrift-store ...
A noted designer surveys twenty-five beautiful high-rise apartments from Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, and the United States, exploring the history of high-rise living and the architects who envisioned it as a solution to the population problem. 10,000 first printing.
A stunning celebration of architectural modernism features classic homes by such design innovators as Mies van der Rohe, Charleas and Ray Eames, and Alvar Aalto, chronicling modern home style from its inception to the interiors of today.
This magnificently illustrated text leads readers through the process of home improvement and supplies clear examples of how easy it can be to transform the home.
Created by modern classics dealer Andrew Weaving and design commentator Neil Bingham, "Modern Retro", now in paperback, shows you how to take the best designs in furniture, glass, ceramics and textiles from the 1920s to the 1970s and use them throughout your home in a relaxed, individual way.
Sarasota in the 1950s was a small community graced with an alluring natural beauty. What set it apart from so many Florida beachfront towns was the concentration of artists, writers, and architects who gathered there--including author MacKinley Kantor and architects Paul Rudolf and Ralph Twitchell--a unique confluence of talented and daring ...
Explains the concepts behind the Modern movement and demonstrates how Modern can be achieved in today's interiors. It is for those that wish to live in a Modern way, but not necessasrily in a modern home. It contains a directory of Modern houses to visit, and of shops and suppliers.
Unless you are in the enviable position of commissioning a house designed to your own specifications you are probably living in a home that was built decades, if not centuries, ago. Yet little in the way we live today is catered for in the traditional home. What we require from our living space has led us to rethink the way we use and design the ...
As we reach the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, our passion for retro style shows no signs of fading. From the cerebral elegance of mid-century modern to the flamboyant opulence of the 1970s, retro interiors still have enormous appeal. In Living Retro, Andrew Weaving celebrates retro style in all its guises. It's a multi ...
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