Sunday, December 31, 2006

I Wish I Worked There!: A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business


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Revealing some of the world's most inspiring workplaces, I Wish I Worked There! investigates the way 20 famous brands have put innovation at the heart of their culture. Photographs and illustrations detail the way in which companies accommodate creative activity through spaces that: stimulate, enable reflection, promote collaboration and encourage play. Easy-to-adopt principles assist the design, creation or selection of spaces that support creative endeavour. Never... More >>

I Wish I Worked There!: A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business

Friday, December 29, 2006

Rustic Fireplaces


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Rustic Fireplaces Written and photographed by Ralph Kylloe Fireplaces have become elaborate works of art in rustic home design. From stone and rocks to elaborately carved wood and antlers to a variety of metals and wrought iron, Kylloe has collected designs for more than 100 fireplaces and hearths that will inspire homebuilders, homeowners, craftspeople and anyone looking for ideas on how to incorporate the warmth and artisanship of a good fireplace into the... More >>

Rustic Fireplaces

What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture, Revised Edition


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Architectural style is defined as a definite type of architecture, distinguished by special characteristics of structure and ornament.
This revised edition of What Style Is It? includes new sections on Neoclassical, Romanesque and Rustic Styles. It also provides more examples of how pure styles vary by geographic region across the US.
* Includes sections on 25 of the most significant architectural styles including Early Colonial, Federal and Second Empire
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What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture, Revised Edition

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture


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Detailing makes a landscape unique, and a landscape architect outstanding. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed landscape architects, the book presents 40 of the most recently completed and influential landscape designs.

Each project is presented with color photographs, site plans, and sections as well as numerous construction details. There is also a brief descriptive text, detailed captions, and in-depth information for each project. The pro... More >>

Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture

Monday, December 25, 2006

Bungalow Kitchens



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Filled with handsome photographs of retro style kitchens, Bungalow Kitchens is for those who want to learn how to restore or re create a bungalow era kitchen. It is filled with invaluable information describing what was in these kitchens, when it was available, how it went together, and how to update period aesthetics for modern practicality. Chapters include information on layout and design, dealing with professionals, and a helpful resource list. Photographs t... More >>

Bungalow Kitchens

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Living in the Arts and Crafts Style: Your Complete Home Decorating Guide



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Now available in paperback, this practical handbook is designed to help both beginners and aficionados decorate in the Arts and Crafts style. The movement's timeless appeal, characterized by superior craftsmanship and natural materials, is at home in any interior. Living in the Arts and Crafts Style helps readers understand what makes an Arts and Crafts space, from fabrics and wall treatments to warm lighting. For each element, whether a dining chair or a bathroom t... More >>

Living in the Arts and Crafts Style: Your Complete Home Decorating Guide

Thursday, December 21, 2006

The Faces Of Jesus: A Life Story



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With timeless insight, Frederick Buechner introduces us to the Jesus of the Gospel. The old, old story begins to ring new as Buechner revisits the ancient stories and shows us different aspects of the face of Jesus. Here we see the story behind the story. The story which we are invited into. Our story.... More >>

The Faces Of Jesus: A Life Story

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

A Constructed View: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman


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Julius Shulman, one of the great master of architectural photography, is the preeminent recoreder of early California modernism. By 1927, when he was sixteen, Shulman was already using the family Brownie box camera to document his Southern Californis surroundings and experiences; in 1936, his professional career was launched when he sent Richard Neutra some uncommissioned photographs of the architect's Kun House. Shulman went on to document the famous Case Study Hou... More >>

A Constructed View: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman

Monday, December 18, 2006

The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines for Preserving Historic Homes


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From removing graffiti in Manhattan to rebuilding a hops barn in Oregon, the National Park Service-a part of the Department of the Interior-has faced just about every problem an old structure can encounter. Here for the first time is a collection of their hardwon know-how and official guidelines, written by the top experts in their respective fields of preservation.

Forty-two fully illustrated chapters include:

-- cleaning and waterproof coating for ... More >>

The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines for Preserving Historic Homes

Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings



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Designed to bridge the ever-widening gap between textbooks and the realities that confront engineering, and construction professionals, this text provides an overview of the principles and applications of all basic mechanical and electrical systems - with a focus on what, why, and basic design data examples. It explores emerging technology and environmental issues, and makes reference to essential engineering calculations and condensed data to illustrate principles.... More >>

Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings

Detail in Contemporary Bathroom Design


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This book examines over 30 bathroom designs from around the world, each one designed by a notable architect and created especially for a specific residence.

For each bathroom there is an image of the whole house (placing it in context and providing a flavor of the general design style), images of the bathroom, and a floor plan showing its relation to the other spaces. The pages that follow are entirely devoted to detailed drawings showing the arrangement an... More >>

Detail in Contemporary Bathroom Design

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Caribbean Houses: History, Style, and Architecture



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Caribbean Houses is a lavishly illustrated account of the development of historically significant houses in the West Indies. Author Michael Connors, a West Indian decorative arts scholar, examines venerable houses that remain as a testimony to the rich history and vibrant lifestyle that was, and continues to be, an important part of Caribbean culture. The book is divided into five chapters, one for each European heritage: the Spanish Antilles, the Dutch Leewards, th... More >>

Caribbean Houses: History, Style, and Architecture

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Poolscaping: Gardening and Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa


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Bare, stark swimming pools - those rectangular concrete holes in the ground surrounded by a chain-link fence - are going the way of the dinosaurs. Pool owners (and there are 7 million of them across North America) have begun to see the pool and the area around it as an outdoor living space, a place for entertaining a crowd or relaxing alone. In response to this hot, new trend, gardener and landscape designer Catriona Tudor Erler has written POOLSCAPING, a one-of-a-k... More >>

Poolscaping: Gardening and Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Mastering mental ray: Rendering Techniques for 3D and CAD Professionals


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Proven techniques for using mental ray effectivelyIf you're a busy artist seeking high-end results for your 3D, design, or architecture renders using mental ray, this is the perfect book for you. It distills the highly technical nature of rendering into easy-to-follow steps and tutorials that you can apply immediately to your own projects. The book uses 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design to show the integration with mental ray, but users of any 3D or CAD software can... More >>

Mastering mental ray: Rendering Techniques for 3D and CAD Professionals

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

AutoCAD Electrical 2011 for Electrical Control Designers



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The AutoCAD Electrical 2011 for Electrical Control Designers textbook has been written to assist the engineering students and the practicing designers learn the application of various AutoCAD Electrical tools and options for creating 2D industrial controls. After reading this textbook, the users will be able to create professional electrical-control drawings easily and effectively. Moreover, the users will be able to automate various control engineering tasks... More >>

AutoCAD Electrical 2011 for Electrical Control Designers

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America


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Explores the tools and technology that the American colonists use to build homes that could stand the test of time.
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Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America

Sunday, December 10, 2006

For Pros by Pros Roofing W/ASP


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Asphalt is the most common roofing material in North America. This book is an in-depth guide to working with it -- whether the reader is a professional installing a brand-new roof or a do-it-yourselfer simply making necessary repairs.... More >>

For Pros by Pros Roofing W/ASP

Saturday, December 9, 2006

Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism 1900-1970



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An authoritative survey of the masters of twentieth-century modernist architecture in Los Angeles. This revisionist study explores the history of modernist architecture in Greater Los Angeles from the early twentieth century to the 1970s, focusing on both its regional and international contexts. Thomas Hines critically analyzes the concepts of modernism and regionalism and begins his exploration by contrasting the turn-of-the-century Craftsman work of Charles and He... More >>

Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism 1900-1970

Friday, December 8, 2006

Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People


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In January of 2008, with a thousand dollars, a laptop and an outsized conviction that design can change the world, rising San Francisco-based product designer and activist Emily Pilloton launched Project H Design, a radical non-profit that supports, inspires and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design. "We need to go beyond 'going green' and to enlist a new generation of design activists," she wrote in an influential manifesto. "We need big hearts, bigge... More >>

Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Thermal Delight in Architecture



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Our thermal environment is as rich in cultural associations as our visual, acoustic, olfactory, and tactile environments. This book explores the potential for using thermal qualities as an expressive element in building design.

Until quite recently, building technology and design has favored high-energy-consuming mechanical methods of neutralizing the thermal environment. It has not responded to the various ways that people use, remember, and care abo... More >>

Thermal Delight in Architecture

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture



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The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture is a comprehensive portrayal of the finest built architecture from around the world completed since the year 2000. Divided into six world regions, the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture provides an important overview of global and local trends in architecture for a wide range of users. The geographical contexts for twenty-first century architectural production are explored in a global framework prese... More >>

Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture

Sunday, December 3, 2006

New Classic American Houses: The Architecture of Albert, Righter & Tittmann



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Named one of the best architecture firms of 2008 by Best of  Boston®, Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects create finely crafted houses that pay homage to classic American house styles yet are adapted with skill, mastery, and a good dose of irreverence to suit contemporary American life. At first glance, the Cambridge Cupola House looks like a typical mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival house, but on closer inspection, one realizes that nothing is quite where ... More >>

New Classic American Houses: The Architecture of Albert, Righter & Tittmann

Saturday, December 2, 2006

The French Room



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In The French Room, best-selling author and interior designer Betty Lou Phillips explains the age-wisdom and fervent beliefs that have long defined French decorating and reveals the principles behind designing the perfect French room. With more than 150 awe-inspiring photographs, Tres French also shares secrets on the ways color solves irksome design problems without moving walls or making other structural improvements, addresses the art of hanging art and dressing ... More >>

The French Room

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile


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Since the time of ancient Rome, architects, engineers, and builders have struggled with the problem of building domed ceilings over large spaces. No one was more skilled at this than the Rafael Guastavino family, a father and son team of Spanish immigrants who oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular thin-tile vaults across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. These versatile, strong, and fireproof vaults were built by Guastavino in more th... More >>

Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself


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Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your party planner's? How about some personalized stationery? An upgrade to your website? A business card? A poster for your political campaign? A CD package for your band? Sound good? Then get up off your couch and Design It Yourself! Avoid graphic identity theft: build your own. Ellen Lupton, bestselling author of Thinking with T... More >>

D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself

Earth-Sheltered House, Revised Edition: An Architect's Sketchbook


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The Earth-Sheltered House is a classic in the annals of sustainable building books, written by a legend in the field of environmentally responsible architecture. Malcolm Wells has a fundamentally different way of looking at the design and building process, and his iconoclastic perspective has never been more apparent.Wells’s work is revolutionary, but readers will find his message to be pure common sense. Earth sheltering offers superior comfort with minimal energ... More >>

Earth-Sheltered House, Revised Edition: An Architect's Sketchbook

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Design of Concrete Structures



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The 13th edition of the classic text, Design of Concrete Structures, is completely revised using the newly released 2002 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Code. This new edition has the same dual objectives as the previous editions: first to establish a firm understanding of the behavior of structural concrete, then to develop proficiency in the methods used in current design practice. Design of Concrete Structures covers the behavior and design aspects of concr... More >>

Design of Concrete Structures

Sunday, November 26, 2006

The New Decorating with Architectural Trimwork



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In this new, expanded edition of Jay Silber's ground-breaking first book, The New Decorating with Architectural Trimwork focuses on the aesthetic uses of architectural trimwork. There are plenty of books that tell the reader how to install trim around windows and doors, but few that also explain how architectural trim can enhance a room's aesthetic appeal. Silber shows readers even more ideas on how to choose and use a wide variety of moldings, trim, and design conc... More >>

The New Decorating with Architectural Trimwork

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries



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At Home with Books is a visual delight, a helpful resource, and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library. Includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, restoring, and storing rare books; finding out-of-print books; and choosing furniture, lighting, and shelving. Full-color photographs.Amazon.com Review
For the bibliophile anxious to enhance the home library, A... More >>

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way


  • ISBN13: 9780930031855
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This is a comprehensive manual of design and building methods for owner-builders as well as professional builders and their clients. In addition to presenting specific building techniques, the book explains the design principles and planning processes that underlie all good building, so that readers can develop their own exceptional designs, independently.
The Real Goods Independent Builder develops subjects not covered thoroughly in other books, but critical t... More >>

Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space



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Our cities are "smart" and getting smarter as information processing capability is embedded throughout more and more of our urban infrastructure. Few of us object to traffic light control systems that respond to the ebbs and flows of city traffic; but we might be taken aback when discount coupons for our favorite espresso drink are beamed to our mobile phones as we walk past a Starbucks. Sentient City explores the experience of living in a city that can remember, co... More >>

Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Full-Color Decorative Butterfly Illustrations CD-ROM and Book


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This treasury of dazzling butterfly illustrations — accurately portrayed in a wide array of colors and sizes — offers illustrators, graphic artists, and craftspeople a glorious variety of eye-catching design options. The 388 finely rendered images are perfect for adding a graceful touch to poster art, fabrics, stationery, newsletters, catalogs, and many other projects. ... More >>

Full-Color Decorative Butterfly Illustrations CD-ROM and Book

Monday, November 20, 2006

Constructing Landscape: Materials, Techniques, Structural Components



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Constructing Landscape is a systematic introduction to technical and constructional open space planning, with all the relevant topics, from the most common materials and surfaces to the construction of open space elements and the use of plants. For landscape architects and architects it is an indispensable guide to correct and professional execution planning as well as to preparing solid and well-thought-out requests for proposal.

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Constructing Landscape: Materials, Techniques, Structural Components

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers, 2nd Edition



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Reliable theory and practical solutions for every color-related design problem
Prepare to change the way you look at color. In Understanding Color, Second Edition, Linda Holtzschue shows you how to forge an alliance between your emotional, intuitive response to color and the theories that explain it. More importantly, she shows you how to use color more comfortably, creatively, and effectively than ever before.
Mastering basic color concepts through st... More >>

Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers, 2nd Edition

Saturday, November 18, 2006

New Natural Home: Designs for Sustainable Living



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Inspirational houses from around the world: how architects and home owners can achieve harmony between dwellings and nature.Our houses can be seen as living, breathing entities, extensions of ourselves and our families. This carefully considered publication provides the design inspiration to build and live in domestic spaces in a balanced, natural, sustainable way.

With the demands of all contemporary dwellings in mind—whether th... More >>

New Natural Home: Designs for Sustainable Living

Friday, November 17, 2006

The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book


  • ISBN13: 9780486244723
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Crisp renderings of over 40 extant structures from Taos Pueblo to striking contemporaries. Spanish Colonial, Georgian, Stick, Gothic, many other styles. Rich and informative captions date, identify, and describe each dwelling. 43 black-and-white illustrations.
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The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book

The Japanese House: Architecture and Interiors


  • ISBN13: 9780804832625
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The simple beauty of Japanese architecture and design has inspired many of the world's top architects and designers, such as Bruno Taut, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Terence Conran, to name just a few. The grace and elegance of the Japanese sensibility is reflected in both modern and traditional Japanese homes, from their fluid floor plans to their use of natural materials. In The Japanese House, renowned Japanese photographer Noboru Murata has captured this Eastern spir... More >>

The Japanese House: Architecture and Interiors

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Building the Pauson House: The Letters of Frank Lloyd Wright and Rose Pauson



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Never before published drawings and letters by Frank Lloyd WrightOn April 11, 1943, in the desert hills of Phoenix, Arizona, Frank Lloyd Wright's Pauson House burned to the ground. The fire had erupted just one year after the building's completion. But the complete obliteration of this remarkable structure was avoided by way of an astounding archive of letters between Wright (American, 1867-1959) and his client, artist Rose Pauson.In Building the Pauson House... More >>

Building the Pauson House: The Letters of Frank Lloyd Wright and Rose Pauson

Engineering Analysis with SolidWorks Simulation 2010



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Engineering Analysis with SolidWorks Simulation 2010 goes beyond the standard software manual because its unique approach concurrently introduces you to the SolidWorks Simulation 2010 software and the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) through hands-on exercises. A number of projects are presented using commonly used parts to illustrate the analysis features of SolidWorks Simulation. Each chapter is designed to build on the skills, experiences and underst... More >>

Engineering Analysis with SolidWorks Simulation 2010

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The Design Process



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Karl Aspelund is a seasoned explorer and guide through the seven stages of The Design Process. Beginning at Inspiration, readers travel through Identification, Conceptualization,
Exploration/Refinement, Definition/Modeling, and Communication on the way to Production. The tour is enhanced by the accompanying Perspectives of designers who travel parallel paths in the design of fashion, interiors, industrial and consumer products, and public art projects. End-of-cha... More >>

The Design Process

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Schaum's Outline of Computer Architecture



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A problem/solution manual, integrating general principles and laboratory exercises, that provides students with the hands-on experience needed to master the basics of modern computer system design Features more than 200 detailed problems, with step-by-step solutions; many detailed graphics and charts; chapter summaries with additional "rapid-review" questions; and expert sidebar tips Describes analytical methods for quantifying real-world design choices ... More >>

Schaum's Outline of Computer Architecture

Friday, November 10, 2006

Code Check for California: An Illustrated Guide to Building a Safe House


  • ISBN13: 9781600850844
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An indispensable guide for homeowners, do-it-yourselfers, and every building professional. San Francisco Chronicle. Specially created for California to address the unique differences in the new California Building Codes, Code Check for California is the latest addition to the indispensable Code Check series. Cross-referenced to the Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Mechanical Code, and National Electrical Code, this foolproof reference helps builders and homeowners get... More >>

Code Check for California: An Illustrated Guide to Building a Safe House

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes: Personalize Your Craft with Organic Colors from Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee, and Other Everyday Ingredients



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Buttery yellow from garden weeds or gorgeous garnet-red dye from flowers — achieving stunning colors for your fabric, yarn, and other natural materials is almost as easy as boiling water, with ingredients as close as your spice cabinet and as plentiful as fallen leaves on an autumn day.
 
Through step-by-step instructions and color-saturated photographs, textile designer Sasha Duerr explains the basics of making and using natural plant dye, from gathering m... More >>

The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes: Personalize Your Craft with Organic Colors from Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee, and Other Everyday Ingredients

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Decks 1-2-3


  • easy to read, understandable directions plus photos

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73% of homeowners building a deck do most of the work themselves. * Getting started, understanding building codes, and figuring out location * How to design, build, accessorize, repair, and maintain decks * Expert tips on how to customize plans * 75 projects * More than 600 photographs * More than 30 illustrations * More than 150 tips... More >>

Decks 1-2-3

The Well-Dressed Home: Fashionable Design Inspired by Your Personal Style


  • ISBN13: 9780307406248
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Create a personalized living space that reflects your fashion and style sensibilities with the help of interior designer Annette Tatum in The Well-Dressed Home. Founder of the popular and successful House and Little House lines of high-end apparel, accessories, bedding, and furniture, Tatum reveals how to draw inspiration from the fashion world, pop culture, and especially your own closet to create stunning, one-of-a-kind room designs.

Personality is key whe... More >>

The Well-Dressed Home: Fashionable Design Inspired by Your Personal Style

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Quiet Living: Unique Country Interiors



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- Unique Country Interiors -Illustrates rural interior design from around Europe -Includes almost 300 colour photographs Quiet Living is a brand new interiors book by Piet Swimberghe and Jan Velinde, showcasing one of the most popular styles in Europe. It explores the current trend for a rural approach to interior design in Europe, featuring country-style interiors from city homes as well as sprawling country houses. Text in English, French and Dutch. Art historian... More >>

Quiet Living: Unique Country Interiors

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers



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A revision of the classic reference covering all important principles and techniques needed by practicing civil engineers. The 5th Edition incorporates changes in design and construction practices, especially in design specifications for construction materials, buildings and bridges, safety and health concerns, and the most current codes changes including ACI, AISC, ASTM, NDS for wood structures, etc. The Handbook covers systems design, community and regional plan... More >>

Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers

Friday, November 3, 2006

Mosque


  • ISBN13: 9780618240340
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An author and artist who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern people, David Macaulay here reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late-sixteenth- century Turkey. Through the fictional story and Macaulay’s distinctive full-color illustrations, readers will learn not only how such monumental structures were built but also how they functioned in relation to the so... More >>

Mosque

The Architecture of Patterns



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Through a precise and expansive definition of what a pattern is, this book offers ways to understand and use patterns in contemporary design.From the structure of the universe to the print on your grandmother’s couch, patterns are found in a variety of concrete and conceptual phenomena. For architecture, something that so easily traffics between science and taste demands attention, which partially explains patterns’ recent revival across diverse... More >>

The Architecture of Patterns

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Sprawl: A Compact History


  • ISBN13: 9780226076911
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As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to capture the complexity of these vast regions with their superhighways, subdivisions, industrial areas, office parks, and resort areas pushing far out into the countryside. Detractors call it sprawl and assert that it is economically inefficient, socially inequitable, envir... More >>

Sprawl: A Compact History