Main entry:

Gilliatt, Mary, author.

Title & Author:

Dream houses / Mary Gilliatt.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, ©1987.

Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Conceived, designed, produced and first published by Conran Octopus Limited, London, England"--title page verso.
Includes index.
The Romantic Ideal. Glenveagh Castle ; Liselund ; Nindooinbah House ; The convent ; French country house ; Château de Bachen ; Reddish ; Massachusetts farmhouse -- The Past Relived. Villa Kerylos ; Georgian restoration ; Samode Palace ; Chicago townhouse ; Alnwick Castle ; Oak Alley ; Groombridge Place ; Italian villa ; Brussels townhouse -- The Personal Vision. Texas villa ; Villa Trianon ; Wurlitzer House ; New York loft ; La Fabrica ; Pennine farmhouse ; Old Malt House ; Paris apartment ; Converted factory -- The Spirit of Place. Pennsylvania vernacular ; St. Michael's Mount ; Chelsea studio ; Sydney beach house ; La Huerta de la Palma ; Mediterranean watchtower ; The Blackhoe ; Manhattan apartment ; Casa Palapas.

Summary:

"'Dream Houses' provides a guided tour of the world's most glamorous homes, from New York to Jaipur, from an ancient English castle to an avant-garde beach house in Sydney. Grand country houses and historic homes, magnificent modern creations, houses set in remote private paradises, and sophisticated urban apartments with the mots fashionable addresses -- these are the stuff of dreams. Here is the work of the world's finest architects, interior designers and decorators. With an in-dept account of how each home was designed and decorated, the book shows precisely how to achieve the very best in domestic style. Brilliant full-color photographs are accompanied by individual stories -- why the owners chose a particular architect, designer, and style of decoration, where they discovered their treasures and antiques, and how they selected their furniture and fittings from the best in modern design and craft work."-- taken from book jacket front flap.

ISBN:

0316313645 hardcover
9780316313643 hardcover

Subject:

Interior decoration Themes, motives.
Architecture, Domestic Themes, motives.
Décoration intérieure Thèmes, motifs.
Interior design Themes, motives.
Domestic architecture Themes, motives.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231
Call No.: ID:87-B18927
Status: Available