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| COURTYARDS FOR MODERN LIVING | |||
| CONTEMPORARY OUTDOOR SPACES | |||
STEPHEN CRAFTI
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The homes in Courtyards for Modern Living feature courtyard gardens and terraces designed to become part of their interior spaces. Providing an attractive solution for often time-poor owners, these low-maintenance gardens function as outdoor rooms and become extensions of everyday living spaces. This book illuminates the important connection between architecture and the landscape in contemporary gardens. Many of the outdoor spaces featured in this book are architect-designed, while others are the work of landscape architects and designers. A spectacular garden by landscape architect Jane Irwin is featured, together with designs from the award-winning landscape designer Jack Merlo. While each designer's approach to the outdoors is unique, all demonstrate a mindfulness of the need to bring the outdoors inside - to extend the sense of space on both sides of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and doors. Materials used within these homes are often extended to the outdoor space, allowing a feeling of continuity that cannot be achieved with distinctly separate indoor and outdoor spaces. | |||
| ISBN13 | 9781864702828 | ||
| Publisher | THE IMAGES PUBLISHING GROUP | ||
| Pages | 224 | ||
| Published | 15 September 2008 | ||
| Retail Price | |||
| WAN Price | £33.25 | ||
| Approx equivalent | USD58.79 | ||
| EUR42.58 | |||
| CAD63.66 | |||
| AUD75.63 | |||
