Looking into an array of ultra-chic hotels across the USA, this book includes insider anecdotes about famous guests and infamous incidents and provides commentary revealing details of the glamorous, hip and stylish hotels in the USA. It focuses on the work of both established and new-generation architects and designers.
Mixing aesthetics, architecture, arrondissements and elegance in a very Parisian way, this illustrated work on Paris aims to show the city is in all its light, shade, glamour and grandeur. From magnificent squares to exquisite side streets, tucked-away gardens to quiet neighbourhood bistros, it shows the grace that underline The City of Light.
There are few destinations more alluring than resorts. The combination of an evocative location, lavish rooms, exceptional service and architecture that's designed to inspire, has long been irresistible to travellers. This book looks at world-class destinations.
What is it about the beach? What is it about the idea of owning a seaside retreat that prompts so many of us to window shop for properties that are a thong's throw from the sea? This work describes beautiful seaside hideaways around Australia.
Goes inside the private spaces of some of the world's most magnificent penthouses and apartments and offers a rare insight into not only the designs and lifestyles experienced in these palatial 'mansions in the sky' but also a look at their amazing vistas. This volume showcases the cache of living among the clouds.
After an ill-fated affair with the Queen Mother's equerry, a young London-based Australian journalist, Janelle McCulloch, runs away to Paris to restore her pride. The city leaves an indelible print, and she returns many years later to live there for a year.
Includes projects which demonstrate how 24H Architecture employs creative solutions that incorporate decoration and an eye for detail, without straying from the authenticity of solutions produced by modern construction technology.
Many view apartment-living as the way of the future, and this book demonstrates just why it can be so desirable. With over 50 apartments set in the various destinations, it demonstrates why so many people are choosing to call an apartment home. It also offers a glimpse into some of the world's beautiful homes, from penthouses to pied-a-terres.
The colours black and white have for centuries represented inimitable luxury and unparalleled glamour. Think of tuxedos and little black dresses, or beautifully styled interiors featuring a mix of high white period ceilings and black, mid-century modern furniture. This title features the cool beauty and crisp, graphic edge of these two tones.
In need of inspiration - for work, life and love - two friends, an architect and a writer, set off in nervous search of America and all its cheesy, breezy, glossily glamorous, red-blue-and-white-striped charm.