The coffee table book "The Story of the Interior," a new book by Graeme Brooker, is a 400-page design bible that charts interiors that have shaped the way we live.
The coffee-table book "The Story of the Interior," a new book by Graeme Brooker, is a 400-page design bible that charts interiors that have shaped the way we live, from ancient tombs and medieval castles to shopping malls, museums ... and, yes, a bicycle shed.
From traditional nomadic homes to ultramodern airports, through monumental temples and Baroque palaces to high-rise apartments and high-fashion boutiques, the interior design book "The Story of the Interior" explores a fascinating range of interior spaces from around the world to reveal how the fundamental elements of a space have evolved and endured.
Divided into three sections - The Room, The Private Interior and The Public Interior - the book offers a fascinating account of how interiors have been conceived and approached from ancient times to the present day. By focusing on the most basic components of interior space - walls, doors, windows, furniture and atmosphere, to name a few - this fascinating exploration delves deeper into how private and public interiors actively shape the way we live, work, learn and play.
The book includes a wide range of iconic and unusual examples from the worlds of architecture, urban planning and furniture design, as well as art installations and imagined spaces. Brooker deftly guides us through interiors as diverse as Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project, the Prada store in Marfa, Texas, and Sou Fujimoto's NA House, as well as the rock-hewn Buddhist temples of India, medieval European castles and anc
Specifications
Title: The Story of the Interior
Author: Graeme Brooker
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Size: 289 x 223 x 38
Size: 400 pages
Weight: 2217 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780500027592
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