Studios and Lofts: One Room Living [Paperback]

Marcos Nastaras (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2003

In recent years it has become increasingly common to use very small uni-spatial apartments as living or working spaces. This kind of abode-also called the studio apartment-constitutes a great challenge for architects, designers and decorators in order to adapt and maximize the limited space to the user's requirements.

Studio Apartments provides the reader with an ample guided tour of different types of studio apartments, all of recent construction. Focusing on the visual impression of the apartments, the book is an ample source of ideas and inspiration that readers can easily put into practice.

The book shows to what limits imagination and creativity can be used to make the most of a limited amount of space in terms of functionality, comfort and attractiveness. All of the architectural projects included are less than 550 sq. feet.

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About the Author

Marcos Nestares: Born in Madrid, the author comes from a family with a great tradition in architecture and design.

He studied architecture at the Technical School of Madrid for Advanced Studies in Architecture.

After an internship at Gensler-Houston, where he learned how an international architecture studio operates, he returned to Madrid to work as Project Manager for the construction of the Warner Bros. Movie World Theme Park in Madrid. After working for various design and architecture companies, he founded NMfuture-Design and Communication, in 2001, where he collaborates with different companies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Universe (April 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789308495
• ISBN-13: 978-0789308498
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,741,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Ideals, April 28, 2005

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Marie Tachau (SOBE, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Studios and Lofts: One Room Living (Paperback)

It's a goreous book. Usually the people that live in these spaces are in cities that you can not afford to buy a house, but because of career choices, or location must live in limited spaces in a major international city. It's more of a coffee table book for the reader "to dream" that you can live in one of these studios for a summer.

Basically, if you live in a studio, and want to remodel your apartment into one these units, it will take a lot of creative resources to pay to transform a unit into one of the studios' seen in the pages of this book.

If you have some money to transform your studio apartment, I have one word for you..murphy bed...and please shop around....

The author besides focusing on international locations around the world, outlines the furniture used in these units (multi-functional), and the use of every inch of wall space-to help the dweller survive living in a small space.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ordinary, June 26, 2006

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Marcelo P. Santiago (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Studios and Lofts: One Room Living (Paperback)

Nothing special.
Just one among many others similar choices.

If you are an architect, looking for a good source book and innovative ideas, that's not the best choice. Just an ordinary book...