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Product Description: From Aragon, Galicia, and the Basque regions in the north to the central cities of Madrid and Toledo, from the fabled Andalusian cities of Seville and Granada in the south to the Catalan capital, Barcelona, more than thirty enchanting and historically significant properties are visited in this landmark volume...read more

Covering more than forty properties scattered throughout France, a lavish volume captures their diverse architecture; rich interiors; priceless furniture, paintings, and sculpture collections; and fabulous gardens in all their glory.

Product Description: This beautiful trilingual volume (English, German, & French) documents the pioneering architecture & spectacular interiors of the exciting metropolis of Miami, Florida. Explores Miami s great architectural treasures, from the well-known landmarks of the Villa Vizcaya & the Morris Lapidus apartment to lesser-known houses by such young architects as Teofilo Victoria, Jorge Hernandez, Carlos Zapata...read more

An authoritative, visual exploration of the eminent twentieth-century architect's buildings features newly commissioned photography and includes coverage of such structures as the Chapel of Ronchamp and the Carpenter Arts Center.

Filled with beautiful images capturing some of the most interesting and compelling beach houses in the world, this inspiring introduction to the architecture of ocean-front living features 120 original photographs. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A companion to Roman Gardens: Villas of the Countryside, this extraordinary volume documents the tradition of gardens and villas within the city of Rome. Roberto Schezen's exquisite photographs capture the atmosphere and lush surroundings of the villas, many of which are closed to the public and seen here for the first time...read more

More than 170 photographs, drawings, and plans, accompanied by engaging commentary by a noted architectural historian, chronicle the development of the villa as a building type from ancient Roman times to the present day and capture some of the world's premier examples that range from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompei to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and modern incarnations by Frank Lloyd Wright. (view table of contents)

Depicts the villas designed by Andrea Palladio, along with later buildings inspired by his influence (view table of contents)

Product Description: During the end of the nineteenth century and the first decades of this century, the French Riviera became the most desirable of getaways, first for European aristocracy and then for the young American "smart set." Against the dramatic background of plunging mountains, rocky harbors, and sweeping bays, the glitterati of the Cote d' Azur built exquisite villas in styles ranging from Medieval, Romanesque, and Classical Revival to the modern...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Since its very founding, Rome has been the seat of kings and popes, politics and intrigue, prelates and infamous aristocracy-- and the remarkable palaces of the Eternal City testify to its magnificent history. Built by the greatest architects of the Renaissance and Baroque, decorated by the most important artists of Italy with frescoes that are landmarks in the history of art, and filled with masterpieces of painting and decorative arts, Roman palaces are astonishing in their grandeur...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Depicts the interiors of the New York City homes of a variety of artists, designers, collectors, and businesspeople, including Bill Blass and Mica and Ahmet Ertegun (view table of contents)

Product Description: Roman Gardens: Villas of the Countryside is the first in a two-volume set; the second, Roman Gardens: Villas of the City, was published in 1998. In this volume, photographer Roberto Schezen, together with Italian art historian Marcello Fagiolo, explores the fantastic villas and great gardens located within a thirty-mile radius around Rome, in the region of Lazio...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A lavish presentation of Vienna's greatest built monuments. From neoclassicism to the secession to rationalist modernism the spirit of each building with vivid color photographs of the interiors, exteriors, and grounds. Twenty-eight works in all - including the Karl Marx Hof by Karl Ehn, the Michaelerplatz Building by Adolf Loos, the Villa Skywa-Primavesi by Josef Hoffmann, the Steinhof Church by Otto Wagner, the Secession Building by J...read more

Product Description: A landmark volume on the country's resplendent architecture.

Illustrates some of the architectural splendors, inside and out, of Newport