Paru le 05/12/2014 | Relié 455 pages
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Individual life scripts are most clearly manifested in a person's home. The center of one's life is expected to provide fulfillment and personal happiness while also expressing the resident's unique personality : An opulent dining room shows the desire for prestigious entertainment, a well-assorted library the love of knowledge of the occupants, a fitness room stands for their joy of exercise, and an eat-in kitchen for the pleasure of cozy gatherings.
Presenting a kind of contemporary cultural history of lifestyles this volume show-cases more than 100 carefully selected residences and interiors. They include large villas and small apartments, romantic chalets and cool lofts, minimalist bungalows and innovative townhouses for singles and couples, small and large families, and other forms of cohabitation. Each one of these living environments from around the world is fascinating and inspiring in its own special way.
Chris van Uffelen was born in 1966. The graduate art historian and freelance author focuses on medieval architecture, classical modernism and contemporary art of building. Magazine articles and several books on this topics as well as numerous contributions in encyclopedias on the entire history of art and architecture bear his name.
