New Loft Living

Author : Sharon Zukin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813513898
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loft Living written by Sharon Zukin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the dirty, cast-iron facades of nineteenth-century loft buildings, an elegant style of life developed during the 1960s and 1970s. This style of life -- of using the city as a consumption mode -- was tied to the presence of artists, whose "happenings," performances, and studio spaces shaped a public perception of the good life at the center of the city.

Author : Felicia Eisenberg Molnar
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781564965790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lofts written by Felicia Eisenberg Molnar and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lofts, by definition, are former commercial spaces that have been converted for residential use and living/working environments. But lofts, by design, are vast silent expanses, soaring arches, stalwart steel girders, massive beams, and all the powerful drama of a curtain-time stage set. The importance of urban loft design for the architectural and design world is highlighted in this collection of the finest, most dramatic of these transformed spaces.

Author : Orianna Fielding Banks
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780789303615
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lofts written by Orianna Fielding Banks and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A rich narrative based on a review of thirty-one architectural schemes, this book inspects the social themes and design trends of the loft movement. Benefitting from full-colour photographs - many specially commissioned - and plans, as well as interviews with architects, developers and the loft dwellers from around the world, Lofts offers both a critical history and an intriguing visual record of this singular building type."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Aaron Shkuda
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226833410
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lofts of SoHo written by Aaron Shkuda and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking look at the transformation of SoHo. American cities entered a new phase when, beginning in the 1950s, artists and developers looked upon a decaying industrial zone in Lower Manhattan and saw, not blight, but opportunity: cheap rents, lax regulation, and wide open spaces. Thus, SoHo was born. From 1960 to 1980, residents transformed the industrial neighborhood into an artist district, creating the conditions under which it evolved into an upper-income, gentrified area. Introducing the idea—still potent in city planning today—that art could be harnessed to drive municipal prosperity, SoHo was the forerunner of gentrified districts in cities nationwide, spawning the notion of the creative class. In The Lofts of SoHo, Aaron Shkuda studies the transition of the district from industrial space to artists’ enclave to affluent residential area, focusing on the legacy of urban renewal in and around SoHo and the growth of artist-led redevelopment. Shkuda explores conflicts between residents and property owners and analyzes the city’s embrace of the once-illegal loft conversion as an urban development strategy. As Shkuda explains, artists eventually lost control of SoHo’s development, but over several decades they nonetheless forced scholars, policymakers, and the general public to take them seriously as critical actors in the twentieth-century American city.

Author : Bridget Vranckx
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061348279
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 150 Best Loft Ideas written by Bridget Vranckx and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 150 Best Loft Ideas highlights the myriad ways a loft can work, and will help you create the loft you love Loft life isn't just for artists anymore. What began as an affordable alternative to the high-cost of living in Manhattan in the 1950s has become one of the most expensive and inventive ways of living today. From New York to Johannesburg, Buenos Aires to Barcelona, the lofts included in this book are variations on a simple open plan theme begun decades ago. Find lofts that double as both home and art gallery, where an artist's bedroom invades his exhibition space and the sleeping artist becomes a part of his own permanent collection. See family-inspired lofts with ample space for kids, complete with tire swings hanging from the living room ceiling. From former industrial factories, warehouses, garages, and schools, each loft featured here—whether it is a family home or bachelor pad, an office or an art gallery—offers a unique spin on the traditional concept of the loft.

Author : Elizabeth Wilhide
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781842226780
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Loft Living written by Elizabeth Wilhide and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lofts today come in all shapes and sizes and a host of interior styles, from raw and salvaged to sleek and sophisticated. What makes a loft a loft is no longer simply quantifiable in floor area alone but has to do with more fundamental qualities of planning and design, qualities equally applicable in more conventional surroundings. New Loft Living presents the latest take on the loft ideal, with a selection of new and innovative converted spaces from some of the most highly regarded architects and designers in Europe and the USA. Part 1: Space Planning examines the various structural ways to exploit volume and maximize the sense of space. It also looks at ways to balance open areas with more private enclosures with the use of freestanding pods and screens. Part 2: Decor and Design illustrates how loft spaces allow you to break free from the constraints of conventional decorating and gives comprehensive information on suitable finishes, materials and furnishings: everything from glass blocks and resin floors to mosaic. It shows how to make the most of focal points and features, and reveals the effectiveness of devices such as high-tech artificial lighting and photomurals.Part 3: Zones looks at patterns of use and explains how fully to exploit the space at your disposal, whatever your circumstances. Clever storage solutions free up space for everyday activities, while ingenious transformable fittings allow you to adapt space for different needs. Interspersed throughout are approximately 15 case studies, complete with floor plans, which offer insight into different spatial arrangements.

Author : Elizabeth Wilhide
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780789308184
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Loft Living written by Elizabeth Wilhide and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, the loft blueprint exerts a powerful influence on the design of our homes, both in terms of space planning and the use of materials. Lofts come in all shapes and sizes and a host of interior styles. what makes a loft a loft is no longer dependent on size and the presence of industrial details, but has to do with fundamental qualities of planning and design that are equally applicable in more conventional livings spaces. Written by leading interior writer Elizabeth Wilhide, "New Loft Living" presents the latest take on the loft ideal, with a selection of new and innovative converted spaced by some of the most highly regarded architects and designers in Europe and the USA. Part 1: Space Planning examines structural ways to exploit volume, and looks at ways to balance open areas and private enclosures with the use of pods and screens. Part 2: Decor & Design assesses materials and furnishings--eveyrthing from glass, wood, and metal to plastic, rubber, and stone--and illustrates how loft spaces allow you to break free from the constraints of conventional decorating with the use of contemporary and sometimes unexpected materials. It also shows how devices such as lighting and photomurals can be employed to great effect. Part 3: Zones explains how to optimize the space at your disposal. Clever storage frees up space, while ingenious transformable fittings allow you to it for different needs. There are also solutions for creating a flexible flow of activities within a single space, integrating work areas within the home and making the most of outside spaces. Interspersed throughout are 14 case studies, complete with the architect's plan, which tell the fulls stories ofthe best examples of innovative architecture and design and offer insight into different spacial arrangements. Definitive, aspirational, practical, and authoritative, "New Loft Living" illustrates how, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, loft living has truly come of age.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dwell written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.

Author : Joe Beath
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Australia
ISBN 13 : 1922754927
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Never Too Small written by Joe Beath and published by Thames & Hudson Australia. This book was released on 2023-04-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joel Beath and Elizabeth Price explore this question drawing inspiration from a diverse collection of apartment designs, all smaller than 50m2/540ft2. Through the lens of five small-footprint design principles and drawing on architectural images and detailed floor plans, the authors examine how architects and designers are reimagining small space living. Full of inspiration we can each apply to our own spaces, this is a book that offers hope and inspiration for a future of our cities and their citizens in which sustainability and style, comfort and affordability can co-exist. Never Too Small proves living better doesn’t have to mean living larger.

Author : William Dean Howells
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.7F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Hazard of New Fortunes written by William Dean Howells and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-03-28T06:39:24Z with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basil March jumps at the chance to leave his boring job to become the founding editor of a new magazine. But this also means that he must leave comfortable Boston for the confusion and chaos of 1890s New York. As March and his wife try to find a decent place to live, he also struggles to find contributors and readers. The Marches are quickly drawn into the tangled lives of their fellow New Yorkers: a bitter German socialist who lost his hand fighting for the Union in the Civil War, a colonel nostalgic for slavery, Bohemian artists, increasingly desperate workers on strike, a slick publicist, a starchy society family, and a wealthy farmer-turned-speculator who hurts those he loves most. Born in Ohio, William Dean Howells was a highly successful magazine editor before he became a full-time writer. He believed that this midlife novel, which draws on his own family’s experiences moving from Boston to New York, was his “most vital work.” Mark Twain, whom Howells helped early in his career, called A Hazard of New Fortunes “the exactest & truest portrayal of New York and New York life ever written … a great book.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.