Luxury Houses: Holiday Escapes

Kempen: teNeues, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. The format is approximately 10 inches by 13 inches. 220 pages. Map. Illustrations (color). Index. DJ has some edge wear and soiling. Text is in English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian. This is a large and heavy item that if shipped outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. A beautifully illustrated book that gives the reader a tour through the world's most gorgeous and luxurious houses. Martin has more than 35 years of experience in magazine & book publishing as well as digital media and public relations. He started his career as photographer and editor, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (Random House). He managed several magazines, such as "design report" and was in charge for electronic media. After 3 years of senior vice president with designhotels he co-founded fusion publishing and visaya publishing which creates and packages bestselling books on lifestyle, travel, architecture and design. He edited and produced more than 150 books, many of them about hotels, restaurants and travel. For the German art & design book publisher avedition he branded the book series best designed and green designed. With teNeues publishing group, he co-created the bestselling book series Cool Hotels, Cool Restaurants, Cool Shops, Cool Cities, AAD Art, Architecture, Design City Guides and Luxury Hotels. As publisher of Cool Cities Media he co-developed the multimedia series and brands "Cool Cities" and "Cool Escapes" with the app "Cool Cities Collection", such as book series like Luxury Hotels, Golf Resorts, Cool Escapes, Cool Hotels and Cool Restaurants. Every villa presented here is as unique as the landscape in which it was built. However, here's what they have in common: maximum standards of esthetics and convenience. Each one is a work of art in its own right that responds to its surrounding by neatly integrating itself and by quoting elements from it. Leafing through these pages is would to kick your imagination into high gear and leave you with one thought: These are the palaces of the modern age. Some of the villas featured are: Villa Bear's Creek, Aspen, Colorado; Villa Grandioso, South Miami Beach, Florida; Bajacu, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean; Amanyara, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands; Katitche Point Greathouse, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean; Villa Indigo, Anguilla, British West Indies, Caribbean; Bird of Paradise, Anguilla, British West Indies, Caribbean; Mes Amis, Saint Martin, Caribbean; Wyler House, Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Carabbean; Villa Sama, Marrakech, Morocco; and Villa Sungai, Bali, Indonesia.