Coastal Modern
Sophisticated Homes Inspired by the Ocean
Written by Tim Clarke and Jake Townsend

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $50.00

The beach house is more than just a place to live—it is a symbol of a life well lived. —from the Introduction
 
   Coastal homes capture our imagination because they hold the promise of freedom, escape, and pure relaxation. Celebrity decorator Tim Clarke is acclaimed for creating residences that are deep reflections of... Read more >

Landscapes in Landscapes

Written by Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury

Format: Trade Paperback, 282 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $65.00

A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches... Read more >

Thomas Heatherwick
Making
Written by Thomas Heatherwick

Format: Hardcover, 600 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $75.00

The first retrospective publication on the work of award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick (the subject of a 2012 exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum) offers an in-depth look at all aspects of the innovator's creative, design, and manufacturing processes.

Heatherwick is known as one of the greatest innovators of our era... Read more >

Designers Abroad: Inside the Vacation Homes of Top Decorators

Written by Michele Keith

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $50.00

Designers Abroad, Michele Keith's follow-up to her highly successful book Designers Here and There, features twenty-two vacation homes of today's top interior designers, exquisitely captured in over 200 lush color photographs.

For some, vacation homes offer an opportunity to escape from the office, to shut off, to wind down. For... Read more >

S, M, L, XL

Written by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau

Format: Hardcover, 1376 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1997
Price: $85.00

S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings. The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a... Read more >

Artful Decoration

Written by Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman
Introduction by Margaret Russell

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $50.00

Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman delight in the unexpected. They revel in beautiful contradictions to create interiors that blend the exotic and the traditional and refresh classic ideas with handmade, whimsical details. Both designers contribute an essential element to every project: Andrew Fisher injects opulence and glamour, hand-decorating chandeliers with shells... Read more >

Landscape Graphics

Written by Grant Reid

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2002
Price: $24.95

Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect’s ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. Progressing from the basics into more sophisticated techniques, this guide offers clear instruction on graphic language and the design process, the... Read more >

A Place of My Own
The Education of an Amateur Builder
Written by Michael Pollan

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 6, 2013
Price: $11.99

At a turning point in his life, writer Michael Pollan found himself dreaming of a small wood-frame hut in the woods near his house--a place to work, but also a "shelter for daydreams." Weaving the practical with the philosophical, this book presents a captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture... Read more >

Private Paradise
Contemporary American Gardens
Written by Charlotte M. Frieze
Introduction by Charles A. Birnbaum

Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $65.00

Sweeping, voluptuous, and authoritative, Private Paradise instantly joins an elite collection of great and inspiring garden design books. Charlotte Frieze presents forty-one cutting-edge gardens, all richly photographed and profusely illustrated, emphasizing design, climate, and horticulture. 

Overarching themes of Aqua, Arcadia, Bold Geometry, Color, Nightscapes, Oasis, Sanctuary, and Urban cogently frame chapters about... Read more >

740 Park
The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building
Written by Michael Gross

Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95

For seventy-five years, it’s been Manhattan’s richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day... Read more >