Interior Design Books

Inspiring to see combinations of leadlight, painting and all the variants of slumping and etching/sandblasting. So many fantastic ideas, traditional and contemporary.Great to see a book that shows ideas suitable to apply to large scale projects as well as smaller jobs. Best glass book I've found so far.

This book is an outstanding display of custom idea's for the entire home. The photo's bring to life 1000's of interior and exterior shots, that give you idea's from all over North America. Different styles, materials, concepts, roof lines, sidings and unique designs are fully explored throughout the book. If you want idea's while building a custom home, that are state of the art, and displayed with beautiful photographic pictures that you can build from, this is an excellent book to have. The text fully explains the use of materials and explain sections of the pictures that I would not generally have seen. I have only just received my copy of Architectural Inspirational and have received some excellent feedback from my friends and neighbours whom I have shared my recent purchase.

This is an excellent book. It provides a comprehensive overview while supplying specific design applications on the topics of natural and electric lighting. It illuminates many technologies and design principles with straight forward language and clear reinforcing graphics.
I teach architectural lighting at the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaii. I have reviewed many lighting books for this class and have found the Egan and Olgyay text to be very appropriate for the beginning and advanced student as well as a very useful desk reference for design proessionals.

Tempera offers a number of advantages over other media used to render architectural designs. Those advantages are explained along with guidance on selecting materials, detailed lessons in tempera technique, tips on office layout and start-up, and practice strategies --from initial client meetings to presentations. Numerous examples of finished work are shown in color

Robert Fitzgerald has captured the essence of Mediterranean style in this superb book. Like his other masterpieces, Art Nouveau and Italian Country, Robert combines exquisite photos with enlightening prose. This book is a true pleasure.

I've heard that this is a beautiful coffee table book with extremely well written text.

Ann Heuer's Townhouses is an extraordinary photographic survey of the development of the townhouse and an inspiring volume for interior design ideas and concepts for remaking any home in emulation of this vintage style. Heuer presents a diversity of facade styles, architectural details, and distinctive outdoor spaces ranging from courtyard gardens to rooftop decks. Also covered are elegant light fixtures, door knockers and nobs, oversized furniture, paint treatments, decorative iron railings and more, all adding a period theme to a redesigned interior. Profusely illustrated throughout with spectacular color photography, Townhouses is a welcome and highly recommended complement to any personal or professional interior design reference collection.

I bought this book simly looking for an addition to my architectural library, but I fell in love with it. I never imagined the flexability of materials before I picked up this book. I strongly recommend it.

This serie is absolut outstanding, You will love it if your are a hardcore fan of the simple expression of complex thoughts in good architectur.

A comprehensive guide to the planning and design of all types of imaging facilities for health care: radiology, MRI, CT scan, PET scan, etc. Clearly written, abundantly illustrated, this book belongs on the reference shelf of any architect working on health care facilities.