In this volume, the authors of many acclaimed books on style, including the "Essence of Style" books turn their attentions to the lands east of the Danube, and create "Mittel Europa" - an imaginary country with a gloriously real tradition of architecture and design. This is the heart of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, and its major cities are Vienna, Prague and Budapest - undoubtedly among the world's most beautiful. We travel with the authors to these quintessential Old World cities and the magnificent countryside to discover in the architecture, interiors and folk arts of the region a thriving design tradition that the 20th century once threatened to extinguish, but that now promises to enrich the decorative arts throughout the World. This book reflects an impressive variety of style and design, from the Baroque opulence of the Habsburgs to the rural simplicity of Slovakian peasants, from the bourgeois respectability of Biedermeier furniture to the revolutionary stylistic upheavals of the Jugendstil, the Vienna Secession, the Wiener Werkstatte, Czech Cubism and other expressions of the modern sensibility. Suzanne Slesin is the assistant editor of the Home section of the "New York Times". Stafford Cliff is a design consultant in London. Daniel Rozensztroch and Gilles de Chabaneix live in Paris.

Mittel Europa: Living in Style in Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Thelands of the Danube

Rozensztroch, Daniel

SLESIN,Suzanne

Stafford, Cliff

Arts & Photography

Thames&Hudson

More than 550 color photographs and accompanying text present a survey of the full range of styles in English interior design, illustrating the endurance of tradition and the vitality of new ideas and methods

ENGLISH STYLE (STYLE BOOK SERIES)

Photography & Video

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This title seeks not only to capture the authentic character of Greek interior design, but also the liveliness of Greek culture. It explores the dramatic geographical range of Greece from the Northern mainland with its oriental influences to the islands with their white-washed fishing villages.

Greek Style (Style Book Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Cliff, Stafford

Sociology

This text presents examples of residential lofts in London, New York, Paris, Chicago, Berlin, Los Angeles and Milan. Whether in former warehouses, converted schoolhouses, suites of offices, or one-time woodworking shops, the lofts all represent contemporary design and living. Confronted by the challenge of dealing with hundreds or often thousands of feet of raw space, loft dwellers have responded by devising some interesting design solutions. Here are lofts with open, free-flowing spaces, loft divided into rooms or arranged on different levels, artist's lofts, and lofts that function as home offices.

The Book of Lofts (Paperback) /anglais

Caribbean Style (Paperback) /anglais

Architecture

A flip and playful collection of postcards features accompanying  thoughts on love and romance from such authorities as Cher, Dorothy  Parker, George Bernard Shaw, Chico Marx, and Woody Allen. 20,000 first  printing.

Have Some Sand

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Random House Value Publishing

The authors of the International Style Library turn their attention to the land east of the Danube as they travel through Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and the surrounding countryside to find in the architecture, interiors, and folk arts of the region a host of thriving design traditions accessible again after a long isolation.Full-color photographs.

Mittel Europa

Foreword by Robert Rosenblum. Preface by Andr*e Putman. French Style captures the celebrated art de vivre of the contemporary French life-style. 450 full-color photographs.

French Style

Clarkson/Potter

English Style

An exquisitely photographed celebration of the designs and lifestyles of the sun-drenched islands. More than 600 full-color photographs.

Caribbean Style

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

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