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Product Description: Viennas elegance and monuments reflect its once exalted status as the showpiece of an empire but Austrias capital is also a generous, open-armed city where everyday life plays itself out in world-famous cafes, wine taverns, and restaurants...read more

Product Description: Vienna’s once exalted status as the showpiece of an empire is reflected in the elegance and monumentality of its architecture. But behind and beyond the stately façades, design innovations are transforming interiors and resulting in exciting new residential and commercial buildings being constructed at the city’s edges...read more

Product Description: A collection of travel writing by continental writers about Cork, Ireland from medieval times to the present.

The island of Ireland, north and south, has produced a great diversity of writing in both English and Irish for hundreds of years, often using the memories embodied in its competing views of history as a fruitful source of literary inspiration. Placing Irish literature in an international context, these two volumes explore the connection between Irish history and literature, in particular the Rebellion of 1798, in a more comprehensive, diverse and multi-faceted way than has often been the case in the past. The fifty-three authors bring their national and personal viewpoints as well as their critical judgements to bear on Irish literature in these stimulating articles. The contributions also deal with topics such as Gothic literature, ideology, and identity, as well as gender issues, connections with the other arts, regional Irish literature, in particular that of the city of Limerick, translations, the works of Joyce, and comparisons with the literature of other nations. The contributors are all members of IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures). Back to the Present: Forward to the Past. Irish Writing and History since 1798 will be of interest to both literary scholars and professional historians, but also to the general student of Irish writing and Irish culture.

Product Description: This book presents an extensive look into developments in concrete architecture in the twenty-first century. International examples testify to the creative possibilities of this fascinating building material.

Product Description: More and more architects and designers view wallpaper as an important element in interior decoration. The pendulum has even swung back toward strongly expressive patterns, making creative use of walls a hot trend in interior architecture.

The finest spa in Bangkok, the most spectacular resort island in the Maldives, the hottest club in Beirut, the hippest hotel in New York, the most exclusive boutique in Paris, the best restaurant in Berlin, the newest museum in Tokyo, and the coolest plaza in Barcelona: all these and more are described in lush detail in Design Destinations Worldwide, a collection of the most spectacular, most exclusive, and hottest places on the planet. Around the globe, new shops, spas, bars, restaurants, and hotels are being established, or are being interpreted in new ways with tremendous fantasy and sparing no expense. Their creation involves not only architects, but also inspired interior decorators, artists, and fashion designers. These teams strive to meet the increasingly high standards of self-confident clients. They are the wellspring of creative trends, never at rest and always thrilling. The design destinations gathered in this book are the interstices of public life, generating ambiance that is both a gesture of hospitality and a means of connecting with others.

Product Description: How does water affect a space? Can the design of walls, floors and ceilings actively enhance the experience of water? In this volume, remarkable buildings from the sector of living by or on water bodies, public buildings, swimming baths and pools, as well as single objects and furniture are presented...read more

ASIN: 981245716X Product Name: Contemporary Hotel Design Category (item-type): books