Great Escapes

Fülszöveg

GREAT ESCAPES
From Roman emperors in their country villas, through Europe's ruling classes with their hunting lodges and rural estates, to the wealthy visiting spas and embarking on Grand Tours, people have always sought to escape the mundane realities of life. In America of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, massively rich industrial tycoons headed for the mountains and the beaches, while in eighteenth-century Europe, perhaps the most extravagant escape was that of Queen Marie-Antoinette, whose Petit Hameau at Versailles enabled her to play at being a milkmaid. In modern times, a lucky few have managed to achieve a similar state of bliss by retreating to homes in some of the world's most beautiful places. Here, in mountains, hills, and woods, in waterscapes and even in cities, these fortunate people have found rest and relaxation—somewhere to restore their spirits and recharge their batteries.
Great Escapes focuses on the design and architecture of escape,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

GREAT ESCAPES
From Roman emperors in their country villas, through Europe's ruling classes with their hunting lodges and rural estates, to the wealthy visiting spas and embarking on Grand Tours, people have always sought to escape the mundane realities of life. In America of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, massively rich industrial tycoons headed for the mountains and the beaches, while in eighteenth-century Europe, perhaps the most extravagant escape was that of Queen Marie-Antoinette, whose Petit Hameau at Versailles enabled her to play at being a milkmaid. In modern times, a lucky few have managed to achieve a similar state of bliss by retreating to homes in some of the world's most beautiful places. Here, in mountains, hills, and woods, in waterscapes and even in cities, these fortunate people have found rest and relaxation—somewhere to restore their spirits and recharge their batteries.
Great Escapes focuses on the design and architecture of escape, celebrating each wonderful refuge in turn, be it a tiny fisherman's cottage set in a medina on the Moroccan coast, a new but traditionally constructed chalet in the Swiss Alps, a Welsh farmhouse that has been added to over the centuries, or a concrete and glass water tower standing in a wooded glade and now converted into a serene minimalist home.
Sfl
Great Escapes joins the owners in their private retreats, discovering what made them choose their particular magical spot and witnessing how, through their inspired vision, they have made the place their own. In every case the result is idiosyncratic—a dazzling combination of environment and the proprietor's personality There is no doubt that the evocative decor and restorative atmosphere of these homes will stay with you long after you have finished reading the book. Vissza