A History of Interior Design

Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements and the international political and social developments that have informed or challenged its evolution. This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to anyone who appreciates interior design as well as antiques, furniture design, textiles, decorative decorative

Interior Design: Fourth Edition

  For one/two-semester introductory courses in Interior Design. A comprehensive, applications-oriented introduction to the evolving field of interior design, with a focus on the challenges facing designers in the 21st century. Emphasizing good solutions to real problems by examining best practices from the past and present, the author details details

Interior Design Course: Principles, Practices, and Techniques for the Aspiring Designer (Quarto Book)

Not every home owner or apartment dweller can afford to hire an interior decorator, but this book and a bit of do-it-yourself spirit are all that’s needed to give living interiors an elegant, professionally finished look. Presenting all the design principles and techniques needed for creating beautiful rooms, Interior Design Course advises readers on how to to

Color in Interior Design

Create dazzling color schemes for any indoor space. You’ll quickly sharpen your color skills–and open the door to a more rewarding and profitable career with John F. Pile’s Color in Interior Design. He takes the mystery out of working with color, showing you step-by-step. how to plan color relationships in an organized and systematic way…prepare way…prepare

Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques

Develop the skills you need to deliver presentations that sell. This unique resource focusing on the visual design and presentation skills of the interior designer, offers thorough, process-oriented coverage on the planning, layout, and design of interior building spaces, complete with a broad range of real-world examples. The author’s author’s

Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning, 2nd Edition

The “Silver Bible” — thoroughly revised, updated and redesigned Interior designers, architects, and other design professionals can still turn to the field’s beloved “Silver Bible” for a wealth of information related to the design and planning of residential and commercial interiors. But now, Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning, Second Edition Edition

ASC Signal Relocates Texas Earth Station Antenna (ESA) Division

ASC Signal Corporation has relocated its Earth Station Antenna engineering, customer support and product line management staff to a new facility located in Plano, Texas. This new building features office and laboratory space that will be used for the company’s development of antennas, feed systems, antenna controllers, and earth station systems. In addition, at a nearby location, ASC Signal has a high performance antenna test and range facility that supports the testing and measurement of antennas... 

Think Like an Architect (Roger Fullington Series in Architecture)

The design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environment useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest. We dream about how we might live, work, and play. From these dreams come some 95 percent of all private and public buildings; professional architects design only only

Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures

This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on “Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules),” “Building Components (Elements),” “Building Methods (Structures),” and “Buildings (Examples),” the book now includes a new new

Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

A milestone in modern thought, Space, Time and Architecture has been reissued many times since its first publication in 1941 and translated into half a dozen languages. In this revised edition of Mr. Giedion’s classic work, major sections have been added and there are 81 new illustrations. The chapters on leading leading