Designing with Tile, Stone & Brick

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The timeless beauty and universal appeal of tile, stone and brick have inspired architects and designers since time immemorial. In today's style-conscious world, these natural materials — infinite in variety and unsurpassed in texture—are reaching new heights of expression in architecture and interior design.
Author Carol Soucek King takes us on a global tour that celebrates the virtuosity of talented architects and designers worldwide. From SoHo to St. Tropez, Designing with Tile, Stone d" Brick: The Creative Touch features an international showcase of stunning homes where classic, sophisticated, cutting-edge design is expressed through an astounding diversity of materials: French limestone, polished granite, rustic fieldstone, earthy terra-cotta and mosaic tile, rugged antique brick, volcanic rock, and even smooth beach stones.
Inspirational and informative, this stunning book is a superb resource for homeowners, designers, architects, and anyone who appreciates gracious... Tovább

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The timeless beauty and universal appeal of tile, stone and brick have inspired architects and designers since time immemorial. In today's style-conscious world, these natural materials — infinite in variety and unsurpassed in texture—are reaching new heights of expression in architecture and interior design.
Author Carol Soucek King takes us on a global tour that celebrates the virtuosity of talented architects and designers worldwide. From SoHo to St. Tropez, Designing with Tile, Stone d" Brick: The Creative Touch features an international showcase of stunning homes where classic, sophisticated, cutting-edge design is expressed through an astounding diversity of materials: French limestone, polished granite, rustic fieldstone, earthy terra-cotta and mosaic tile, rugged antique brick, volcanic rock, and even smooth beach stones.
Inspirational and informative, this stunning book is a superb resource for homeowners, designers, architects, and anyone who appreciates gracious living.
Dr. Carol Soucek King has long been interested in the ability of the arts to uplift and empower human life. To provide an ongoing forum for the arts she has established The Institute of Philosophy and the Arts at her home in Pasadena, California. From there she has -writ-tenAtffomc c^At Work: Architect/ and Dejigner/ Empowered Spaced (1993; first released as Empowered Spaced), and Furniture: Architect/ and Designer/ OriginaU, as well as this volume, all of which have
demonstrated her belief in the crucial role played by the environmental design arts in humankind's physical and mental well-being.
As editor-in-chief from 1978 to 1993 oiDejignerj WeJt, at that time one of the world's leading interior design publications. Dr. King was credited vrith award-winning editorial pages which covered the best in residential, corporate and hospitality design.


Dr. King has been named Woman of the Year by the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality. She has also received awards for distinguished service from the National Board of the American Society of Interior Designers and from the Los Angeles chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the International Society of Interior Designers.
Dr. King earned both a B.A. and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. She also studied at Cambridge University in England. Vissza