Provides a pictorial tour of residences from around the world that illustrate innovative combinations of styles, cultures, and functions. Essays by Francesco Alberti and Daria Ricchi Francesco Alberti has been a practicing architect with the Florentine firm Studio Giorgiere (which specializes in the design of interiors and public spaces) for ten years. He is also a professor with the School of Architecture at the University of Florence. Daria Ricchi studied School of Architecture at the University of Florence. She is currently a freelance journalist and has written for Corriere della Sera, A10, Frame, Il Giornale dell' Architettura, and Vanity Fair. Principal Photography by Mario Ciampi Mario Ciampi has been an architectural photographer for more than twenty-five years and his work has appeared in numerous magazines worldwide, most notably Casa Vogue and Architectural Digest. Used Book in Good Condition