Apartment Living: New Design for Urban Living [Paperback]

Barbara B. Buchholz (Author), Margaret Crane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

This guide should be of interest to apartment owners and interior decorators who are trying to create the perfect living space, whether it be in a penthouse, townhouse or studio. Colour photographs and profiles of real-life apartment dwellers offer solutions to typical problems such as eliminating clutter, working with small or large spaces, paring down decorations or pumping up the personality and style of a room. It also offers advice on using colour, layout and lighting to solve common design dilemmas.

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About the Author

Barbara B. Buchholz and Margaret Crane have co-authored several books, including Successful Homebuilding and Remodeling: Real Advice for Getting the House You Want Without the Roof (or Sky) Falling In and Corporate Bloodlines: The Future of the Family Firm. Both also write independently; their articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, Midwest Living, House Beautiful, Chicago Home and Garden, and the New York Times. Both live in houses in St. Louis, Missouri, but they and their families have lived in apartments in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564969134
• ISBN-13: 978-1564969132
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,226,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars suprisingly large examples of small spaces, September 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Apartment Living: New Designs for Urban Living (Hardcover)

i would recommend this book to anyone interested in contemporary interior design, storage ideas or just small living space inspiration. unlike many of the modern "style guides" on the market, this book shows real livable spaces, full of peoples junk and shows that it can work for you, not against you. i would have liked to have seen some floor plans, actual details of how big these small apartments were, i also found much of the examples a little bit crowded though i am speaking as a john pawson admirer so im biased towards minimalism, yet despite that i found the presentation of the apartments and the wide range of examples given (such as how to fit a whole family into two bedrooms and still have floor space) very useful and very clearly written and stylishly presented.if you want something smaller on smaller spaces there is a series called stylish ideas that has a book on small living spaces. i was also suprised at how large this book on small living spaces was. overall a lovely reference and point of inspiration.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars APARTMENT LIVING falls short of it's new design promises, December 1, 2001

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Souris "hustler of culture" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apartment Living: New Designs for Urban Living (Hardcover)

I've lived in apartments for the last decade. Always on the lookout for books that guide oneself to small home perfection, I bought this book in hopes of learning something new.

A collector of mid century modern furniture, the cover caught my eye. Hmmm, a hip looking couple with even cooler looking furniture. Why not? Flipping through, I noticed the book had delightful pictures nicely detailing wishful scenarios. What it lacked, I later found was serious content. Apartment Living promised new designs for urban living yet failed to deliver anything NEW.

The book takes the reader through different kinds of apartment spaces: pieds-a-terre, empty nester retreats, lofts, larger apartments and then offers solutions for apartment living (making the most of your small space). The promise to transform your dull home into a chic living space is not realizable for most living with a reasonable budget. The solutions offered were recycled from the best books of the past.

Apartment Living: New Designs for Urban Living is really more a look book than anything else. You look a few times and then forget about it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great concepts behind the photos.., October 23, 2002

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Rae (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apartment Living: New Design for Urban Living (Paperback)

At first glance, as someone who prefers open space to crowded rooms, the photographed apartments in this book appeared busy, and often gaudy. However, when I actually read it, I understood the subtle concepts behind the design choices. So while I would not personally chose to mix leopard print, neon pink, and baroque furniture in a small space, I understand what the owners were going for. (And I actually took a liking to that room. It has a lot of personality!) In the end, this book inspired me to rethink my entire living space! I am usually a visual person who prefers photo inspiration to text. But in this case, it was the little bits of writing and advice that sparked my creativity.
I'd recommend it to anyone with a sense of fun about their living space, or anyone willing to look a little deeper than the photos. :)