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Architectural Digest 8/05 SPECIAL ISSUE: EXOTIC LOCATIONS.
Rense, Paige (editor).

Publisher: Conde Nast Pub, Inc,
Date Published: 2005.

Description: Architectural Digest 8/05. Vol 62, No 8. 178 pages. Color illustrated. The magazine, in illustrated wrappers, is in NEAR FINE condition with minor shelf wear. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. COVER: An infinity- edge pool appears to merge seamlessly into the surf at a Dominican Republic beach house. Photography by Gordon Beall. See page 166. Private Homes in Faraway Places BIG ISLAND PRODUCTION Dayna and Steven Bochco's Getaway on the Kohala Coast Architecture by Hamlet Charles Bennett Interior Design by Charles Allem, ASID Landscape Architecture by Greg Boyer, ASLA Text by Paul Theroux Photography by Mary E. Nichols; A CAPE DUTCH ORIGINAL Living History at Stellenberg, One of Cape Town's Oldest Homesteads Interior Design by Graham Viney Text by Steven M. L. Aronson Photography by Tim Beddow; ON THE BOSPORUS With Echoes of Ottoman Exoticism, Waterfront Yali Rises Again in Istanbul Interior Design by Mica Ertegun of MAC II Text by Gerald Clarke Photography by Erhard Pfeiffer; AT HOME IN THE SURREAL WORLD Expanding on Edward James's Vision in Xilitla Architecture by Christopher H. L. Owen Text by Patricia Leigh Brown Photography by Curtice Taylor. Architect Christopher H.L. Owen has restored and expanded Las Pozas, a property begun by art patron Edward James that was once part of the gardens of Las Pozas; NATURE SANCTUARY Contemporary Polish and an Open Plan Transform a Lakeside House in San Juan Architecture and Interior Design by Solis Betancourt Text by Susan Sheehan Photography by Gordon Beall. Mildred and Raul Betancourt home on a private lake in Cupey, in the Rio Piedras section of Puerto Rico; PARADISE FOUND ON JAVA A Lush Oasis with Fanciful Pavilions and Secret Gardens Architectural, Interior and Landscape Design by Bensley Design Studios Text by Penelope Rowlands Photography by Erhard Pfeiffer; UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS IN AUCKLAND A Cliffside House Evokes Interest on Many Levels Architecture by Pip Cheshire Interior Design by Terry Hunziker Text by Michael Webb Photography by Erhard Pfeiffer. Sue and Peter Cooper's home in New Zealand; HOTELS: PENINSULA PALACE BEJJING Modern Luxury Reaches New Heights in the Forbidden City Interior Design by Chhada, Siembieda & Associates Text by Jean Strouse Photography by Erhard Pfeiffer; MOSCOW VARIATIONS Orchestrating Tradition and Modernity in a City Apartment Architecture by Dmitry Velikovsky Interior Design by Angie Diggle and Dmitry Velikovsky Text by Joseph Giovannini Photography by Tim Beddow; THE TROPIC OF PUNTA CANA Harnessing the Sea, Wind and Sky for a Family Retreat Architectural, Interior and Landscape Design by Juan Montoya, ASID Text by Wendy Moonan Photography by Gordon Beall; Departments LETTERS; CONTRIBUTORS; SHOPPING: BAHAMIAN BOUNTY Scouting for Treasure with Designer Scott Snyder on Harbour Island Text by Susan Sheehan Photography by Alec Marshall; DISCOVERIES BY DESIGNERS Architectural Digest's Editors Present Designers' Sources; DESIGN NOTEBOOK: AT VINA LOS VASCOS Baron Eric de Rothschild's Colonial-Style Vineyard Residence in Chile Architecture by Paula Gutierrez Erlandsen and Raul Irarrazabal Interior Design by Paula Gutierrez Erlandsen Text by Peter Haldeman Photography by Carlos Eguiguren; THE PROFESSIONALS: AXEL VERVOORDT From Belgium, with a Feeling for Objects Both Priceless and Plain By Nicholas yon Hoffman; ESTATES FOR SALE: EDITORS SELECT PROPERTIES AROUND THE WORLD A stone-clad villa with sea views amid modern luxury on Mykonos, Greece. Switzerland, Cielo Santo, a tropical villa designed by Balinese architect Ketut Arthana on Playa Espadill, Costa Rica. Private island allure in the South Seas, Mahare Island, is a 42-acre land mass off the eastern side of Huahine, in the South Pacific, French Polynesia. Villas clustered on a beachfront on Anguilla and are closely modeled after property's original three (AD, November 2002). Shingle Style house in Cover Neck, New York was constructed by architect Thorndike Williams in 1997. Chalet nestled in the Gstaad countryside in Switzerland. A four-bedroom house constructed above Wakatipu Lake in Queenstown, New Zealand; AD DIRECTORY A Listing of the Designers, Architects and Hotels Featured in This Issue.

Binding: Paperback
Condition: Near Fine

Book Id: 13327

Price: $14.00

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