Cool Homes in Hot Places

Name: Cool Homes in Hot Places
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ISBN: 9780060890384

ISBN-10: 006089038X

ISBN-13: 9780060890384

Edition: N/A

Authors: Suzanne Trocme, Andrew Wood

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Cool Homes in Hot Places showcases real homes from the hottest territories around the world. Featuring a wide variety of environments and styles-from wilderness to hillside, from waterside to woodside, and from cultivated to streetside-this book shows how careful decisions around layout, materials, color, and furniture can create elegant yet functional and comfortable spaces in even the world's hottest climates. By designing each home holistically and taking into consideration all of the factors that impact the site-the occupants, region, climate, terrain, culture, and resources-Cool Homes in Hot Places will show any architect, interior designer, or homeowner the key to staying cool in any…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/7/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English

Suzanne Trocmé is the architecture and design editor ofWallpaper*magazine and the author ofCool Homes in Hot Places,Influential Interiors,The New Classics, andRetro Home. She has written for such publications asArchitectural Digest,House and Garden, andnbsp;The New YorkTimes Magazine.



Controlling the environment


Terrain


Wilderness


Wooded


Cultivated


Waterside


Hillside


Streetside


Materials


Wood


Stone


Earth & brick


Glass


Concrete


Metal


Color


Natural


Subtle


Bold


Furnishing


Cooking & eating


Living


Bed


Bath


Directory


Index


Credits


Acknowledgements