Houses and Apartments

A vital look at new city living, featuring seventy of the world's most innovative, extreme and ingenious houses.

A visual sourcebook of 25 modern interiors in a range of mountain settings that is organized into three sections - 'Cabin', 'Chalet', 'Villa' - the houses feature indoor - outdoor living, beautifully crafted materials and a mastery of natural light.

Considers buildings at the edge of possibility. This book presents over forty projects with plans, drawings and photographs. It includes a reference section that gives architect and project information.

Offering historical background to the development of the luxury real-estate market, this book features twenty fabulous residences, from French country house to downtown New York loft and London pied-a-terre, from Moroccan oasis to Florida oceanfront estate and Bahamian island home. It indicates dos and don'ts of investing in luxury property.

Living in Paradise brims with the best of tropical residential designs. Architecture and interior design experts Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter have selected unique interiors that will inspire readers to create their own paradises.

For this ode to summer living, noted designer and author Tricia Foley discusses how to create airy and relaxed homes, which capture the essence of the seaside.

Sri Lanka is a place of geographic and cultural contrasts, and its best architecture is structurally versatile, using features such as overhanging roofs, slatted walls and courtyards to cope with intense sunshine and sudden downpours in equal measure. This book deals with the interior, climatic factors, valuable antiques and more.

An atmospheric entree into Long Island's country houses from the 17th to the 20th centuries!