Product Description

From a sandstone portal in Morocco to a bamboo-lined aperture in China, an exploration of door forms in vivid color. Savor a rich and colorful array of doors and doorways around the world, from a sandstone portal in Morocco to a classically austere double-paneled entryway with sculpted lintel on Ile-de-France in Paris to a bamboo-lined aperture in China. Here are Dutch, double-, sliding, and rotating doors, cornices, pediments, door knockers, lintels, and sculpted panels. Charged with a certain mystery—at once enclosing and exposing an interior space—the door is a primal and essential architectural element. Drawing on their extensive travels and years of research conducting site analyses of the chromatic palettes of villages and cities worldwide, Jean-Philippe and Dominique Lenclos show how the diverse proportions, designs, materials, and colors of entryways reflect the geography, traditions, and culture of local habitats. .

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #243242 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

Review
Enter a world of color and culture with Doors of the World. [P]rovides unique insight into cultures around the world through the most primal and essential architectural element—the door. (Home & Design )

Enter a world of color and culture…[I]nsight into cultures around the world through the most primal and essential architectural element. -- Home & Design

Full of bright, usable photographs. By showing, not describing, the authors reveal the colorful history of the world. -- Chesapeake Home, Brandy Keller

Glossy paperback with dynamic photographs displaying the brilliant diversity of…doors. -- Lovin' Life After 50

Glossy paperback with dynamic photographs displaying the brilliant diversity of...doors. (Lovin' Life After 50 )

Valuable additions to the knowledge and use of color in architecture and add to a beautiful family of books. -- Clem Labine's Period Homes, Martha McDonald

[C]hock full of colorful images. . . .The charm and beauty of these books lies in the colorful, exuberant photographs. . . . [T]hese two books provide valuable additions to the knowledge and use of color in architecture and add to a beautiful family of books. (Clem Labine's Period Homes )

[F]ascinating as you pick out the cultural differences. These glossy dictionaries of global architectural style have the ability to turn readers into armchair tourists in just a few colorful pages.[A] brilliant modern-day chronicle of the world's residential architecture. (Glasgow Herald )

[F]ascinating…turn readers into armchair tourists in just a few colorful pages…[A] brilliant modern-day chronicle of the world's residential architecture. -- Elizabeth McMeekin, Glasgow Herald

[F]ull of bright, usable photographs. By showing, not describing, the authors reveal the colorful history of the world. (Chesapeake Home )

About the Author
Dominique Lenclos, is a classics professor. She collaborates with her husband, Jean-Philippe, in his research. They have written extensively on the geography of color, including Colors of the World and Windows of the World, the companion to Doors of the World.

Jean-Philippe Lenclos is a designer-colorist and founder of Atelier 3D Couleur, a studio based in Paris that specializes in the conception and application of color in the environment, architecture, and industrial products. He has exhibited his work in Tokyo, London, Paris, and Lisbon, and he teaches color theory at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Dominique Lenclos, a professor of classics, assists her husband in his research and site analyses. Their book Color of France received numerous awards, including the 1983-84 International Color Design award. They are also the authors of Colors of Europe.