ARQUITECTURA Y DISEÑO

Through beautifully photographed residences, which have an exquisite layering of classic and modern furnishings, Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez discusses how to bring sustainable elements into your living space. She employs organic forms, stone and wood pieces, and natural weaves with texture, such as seagrass, caning, bamboo, and rattan. For her urban dwelling she adds tropical greenery and flowers to enliven the interiors, and her eco-friendly family lodge, immersed in the bush wilderness, is surrounded by lush plantings. International designers and artists who have inspired her are also profiled—from sustainable architect Elora Hardy to designers India Hicks, Nate Berkus, and Kenneth Cobonpue. Full of design and entertaining ideas, Embracing Natural Design is for those who are interested in achieving an environmentally conscious lifestyle.

Book nooks—miniature dioramas of charming spaces designed for display as a bookshelf insert or as a bookend for a book collection—have taken social media by storm. They have been widely embraced with great enthusiasm in the world of crafting and creative hobbies as they blend a love of coziness, a celebration of storytelling, and an interest in decor. Fun to make and to collect, these miniature worlds are endearing and contemplative, drawing inspiration from scale modeling to create imagined universes, settings, and characters inspired by daily life, nature, favorite books, or movies. This volume blends how-to advice with inspirational imagery showcasing twenty approachable, easy-to-do, small-scale projects full of charm and enchantment.

Explore the emotional connection that a home can have to a person’s life with Feels Like Home from Lauren Liess, the TV and social media star and author of Habitat and Down to Earth A house is a feeling. That is the conceit behind designer Lauren Liess’s third book, which explores the emotional connection between the way we decorate our homes and our daily lives. She advises readers to think beyond just the objects in their homes and explore how design informs an intentional, happy, and authentic life. The book includes practical design information, with never-before-seen case studies on a variety of homes including a farmhouse, a home in the woods, a Spanish colonial, and other more traditional homes. Each case study explores a hardworking design aspect (such as proportion, scale, and color), while also focusing on the emotional aspect of the home. With chapters inspired by the themes of comfort, calm, excitement, belonging, carefree, love, and contentment, Feels Like Home provides inspiration while also serving as a beautiful object itself.

De Castellane turns her eyes to the gorgeous garden of her own private residence in the French countryside to offer insight into how she makes nature her muse. From delicate spring blossoms to vibrant summer bouquets starring on sun-kissed tables, autumnal herbariums, and enchanting winter fetes, each chapter is about a color of her favorite flowers and is complete with informative captions and texts uncovering her tips for living and entertaining à la française. De Castellane offers her recipes for bouquets and perfect tablescaping with examples from her own house: readers discover the journey of a flower from the garden to the tabletop. This book is a must-have guide on how to imbue every day with flair, beauty, and joie de vivre.

El filósofo estadounidense Nelson Goodman fue uno de los pensadores analíticos más destacados del siglo XX, con contribuciones innovadoras en los campos de la lógica, la filosofía de la ciencia, la epistemología y la estética. Este libro es una introducción a los principales aspectos de la filosofía de Goodman en relación con la arquitectura y el entorno construido. El pensamiento de Goodman es particularmente atractivo por su aspecto constructivo: no hay un mundo dado e inmutable, sino que tanto el conocimiento como la realidad se construyen y se reconstruyen constantemente. Otras teorías, como la deconstrucción, implican implícitamente desmontar los preceptos modernos, pero la concepción de Goodman de la construcción de mundos ofrece una forma positiva y constructiva de entender cómo se hace y se rehace una realidad diversa. El enfoque de Goodman hacia la arquitectura no es solamente un pensamiento relevante, que proporciona nuevos conocimientos para comprender el entorno construido, sino que sirve también como ilustración del pensamiento analítico sobre la arquitectura. Este libro muestra que los métodos, los conceptos y las formas de argumentar característicos de la filosofía analítica son herramientas útiles para examinar los edificios de una manera novedosa y fructífera, y sin duda mejorarán las habilidades críticas de los arquitectos que proyectan y que piensan sobre la arquitectura.

Gucci nació del deseo de su fundador, Guccio Gucci, de crear su propia empresa, una que igualara en calidad a los prestigiosos equipajes ingleses con estilo propio. Guccio contagió esta pasión a sus hijos Aldo, Rodolfo y Vasco, quienes contribuyeron con su padre a crear una firma en la que la elegancia y Es la éxquisitez de los materiales eran innegociables, Con Tom Ford como director creativo, "Gucci asaltó el trono del prét-a-porter. A lo largo de los años, el monograma Gucci, los bolsos Bamboo o el mocasín Horsebit han seducido a generaciones, que siguen viendo en Gucci una marca de lujo que marca tendencia.