Art&DesignSpring2025

42 | RECENTLY RELEASED ISBN: 978-0-7643-6805-9 Size: 7" x 9 1/2" (178 x 241 mm) Pages: 328 Price: $34.99, £31.99, 48.99 CAD Illustrations: 233 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Re- sorts & Spas Huts Full of Character 52 Charming Huts in the Alps By Katinka Holupirek, Contributions by Janina Meier, Markus Meier & Annika Voigt Huts Full of Character reveals 52 Alpine retreats, offering travel and hiking tips for mountain exploration This photo-heavy guidebook invites readers to an unparalleled hut holiday. These huts are small Alpine hotels or bed and breakfasts that offer food and accommodations to travelers, hikers, and mountaineers. The book unveils 52 captivating Alpine retreats across France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia. Readers can embark on a seamless journey as one explores the unique charm of each hut. This guidebook is one’s passport to the art of hassle-free mountain hospitality, providing essential travel tips, hiking suggestions in the immediate surroundings, and enthralling local stories woven throughout the text. Whether one seeks breathtaking landscapes or serene escapes, each hut offers a distinctive experience. Discover the joy of rustic elegance, Alpine architecture, and the warm embrace of mountain culture. This guide can inspire one’s next adventure, where every hut stay becomes a story worth sharing amid the majestic Alps. Janina and Markus Meier are a Bavarian mountaineering couple. A geographer and a banker, respectively, they have been out and about in the mountains since their youth. Initially hiking, they later discovered their passion for climbing, mountaineering, and ski touring. Their love of mountains led them to become trainers at the German Alpine Club. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6739-7 Size: 8" x 10" (203 x 254 mm) Pages: 176 Price: $34.99, £31.99, 48.99 CAD Illustrations: 160 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential The Well-Designed Accessory Dwelling Unit Fitting Great Architecture into Small Spaces By Lydia Lee, Foreword by Barbara Bestor An inspirational look book for conceiving, planning, and building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a small house that is on the same property as the main house—a quickly growing trend that is transforming our vision of a dream home ADUs offer homeowners opportunities to host family and friends, add studio or office space, or generate passive income through a long-term rental on their existing property. Combine these practical benefits with broad and preferential rezoning in many municipalities throughout the US, and ADUs are one of the biggest developments in housing. Written by award-winning architecture and design writer Lydia Lee, this thoughtful exploration of ADUs answers many of the questions that arise when thinking about investing in an ADU. From design strategies and challenges to understanding zoning regulations to financing and material selection, this title covers the need-to-know basics on ADUs in addition to presenting expert advice from architects, builders, and homeowners. Accompanying this information are extensive looks at 15 carefully designed ADUs from the US and Canada, complete with showstopping photos, floor plans, and informative text boxes. Readers will learn unique perspectives from each project, including green building solutions, practical architectural solutions to optimize limited space, and the pitfalls homeowners encountered and resolved. Lydia Leeis a frequent contributor to leading architecture and design publications and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her award-winning writing focuses on design that reduces our carbon footprint. ISBN 978-0-7643-6805-9 ISBN 978-0-7643-6739-7