Materials: A Directory for Home Design

By Elizabeth Wilhide

Book Overview

Modern interiors allow the unique characteristics of wood, stone, glass and metal to speak for themselves - from smooth matt plywood to translucent perspex, all are now popular design materials for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564968413
• ISBN13: 9781564968418
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Materials-a directory for home design

Wow - this is a great book, especially if you like contemporary spaces. Good general information and many pictures with creative use of materials and textures. As a teacher I assigned this book for a class - negative: only two students were able to get the book, so now I am hunting for a replacement...

Materials: A Directory for Home Design

this is a great book. i used it as a reference source as i planned the renovation of a building i had recently purchased. it offers great info (and pics) on different materials and how they can be used in an interior space....highly recommended; esp. good for detailed overview/survey...

All you wanted to know about hard finishes

If you're studying Interior Design, you learn about hard and soft finishes and where you can apply what. If you're a novice, you just want ideas on what can go where. This book caters for both. Lots of picture with examples of hard finish materials and applications for it. It doesn't exhaust all the advantages and disadvantages of each hard finish, nor does it mention them all... but it's a great book for understanding what can go where!

Picture Book.

There is a lot of good information, although it is very general. The photos are great for ideas of use of materials.