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Eames House
Charles and Ray Eames were the most innovative and broad-based of American designers. The Eames House was one of his few experiments with architecture. Highly successful, it is one of the most important of the Case Study series and a significant building of the post-war era.
Eames House
Earth from the Air
A pictorial record of the astonishing features - natural and man-made - of our planet on the eve of the new millennium. In Yann Arthus-Bertrand's full-page colour photographs, we find fish markets on the beaches of Senegal, beautiful islands in French Polynesia, rice fields in Bali, glaciers in Argentina and the spire of the Chrysler building in New York, among many more.
Earth from the Air by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Early Georgian Interiors
An authoritative and lavishly illustrated survey of the interiors of the grand houses of early eighteenth-century Britain. The interiors of the great country and town houses built in Britain in the eighteenth century were splendid creations, increasingly extravagant as fashions changed and aristocratic home owners attempted to outdo one another. This gorgeous book surveys the decorative schemes of these fabulous homes, considering the combined effects created by design, furniture, textiles, silver, and artworks.
Early Georgian Interiors
Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream
Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer of residential suburbs whose socially conscious ethic, progressive planning, and elegant modern design for moderately priced housing in California still serves as a standard for housing developments today. Defying conventional building industry wisdom by hiring a group of progressive architects to plan subdivisions and design reasonably priced homes, Eichler provided more than 11,000 residences that helped meet the dramatic need for post-World War II housing with extraordinary commodity and style.
Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a landmark and one of the world's premier tourist attractions in Paris. The tower is a technological masterpiece and was designed by Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923). To celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution an international exposition was held in Paris in 1889. A competition was held for designs for an appropriate monument. The contest was won by the bridge engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel was a French engineer who founded his own company in 1866. He was one of the first engineers to use wrought-iron structures for bridges and buildings.
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower by Barry Bergdoll
England's Lost Houses
Of all the photographs in Country Life's extensive archive, none are more poignant or intriguing than the images of houses that have been lost. For the first time, these have been gather together to provide a powerful impression of the richness and variety of the English country house and of the treasures that were destroyed through demolition or fire in the twentieth century.
England's Lost Houses: from the Achives of "Country Life"
Exploring Concrete Architecture
In the last ten years, concrete has reemerged as a prime building material and is highly rated amongst architects - in particular the younger generation - because of its sculptural qualities and interesting textures. There have been great advances in the material itself, with many varieties, textures and colours of concrete now being available even types of concrete which can withstand the aging process of the elements as well as natural stone.
Exploring Concrete Architecture: Tone, Texture, Form
