The History of Hell

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A “lively...generously illustrated” (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts.
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The History of Hell

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

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Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a "repository of cultural meaning" and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof's innovative ideas, this has become one of the most important works on urbanization.... More >>

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

The Farmhouse: New Inspiration for the Classic American Home

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Farmhouses evoke nostalgic memories--real or imagined--of a simpler life and a deep, nourishing connection to the seasons and the land. While most of us don't live that way anymore, we all share a longing for the values that this classic American house form represents.
So what makes a true American farmhouse? A farmhouse is intimately connected to the land and all its seasons, dominates a community of buildings, and is built to last using natural, indigenous mat... More >>

The Farmhouse: New Inspiration for the Classic American Home

At Home with Town & Country

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At Home with Town & Country, the first-ever home book from the magazine that is the last word in defining the affluent lifestyle, opens the doors to 30 distinctive dwellings, providing rare glimpses of lives being lived in sleek urban showplaces and luxurious rural retreats alike-and offering advice and inspiration for creating stylish, soul-sustaining spaces of your own.
 These remarkable homes, lavishly photographed to the publication's singular standard, refl... More >>

At Home with Town & Country

Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies

• ISBN13: 9780470277393
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Google SketchUp is the exciting free software package that makes 3D available to everybody. Whether you need to build 3D models for work, or you’ve just always wanted to explore 3D modeling, Google SketchUp was made for you. Still, it does take a bit of understanding to get started, so turn to Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies.In classic For Dummies tradition, Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies gets right to the point so you can start creating 3D models right away. You’l... More >>

Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies

Typographic Systems of Design

• ISBN13: 9781568986876
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Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Ela... More >>

Typographic Systems of Design

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art

• ISBN13: 9780684172866
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For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdiness but because it can be easily insulated, it is attractive, and it offers the builder the unique satisfaction of working with timbers. Building the Timber Frame House is the most comprehensive manual available on the technique. In it you will find a short history, of timber framing and a fully il... More >>

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art

Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition

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Since 1932, the ten editions of Architectural Graphic Standards have been referred to as the "architect's bible." From site excavation to structures to roofs, this book is the first place to look when an architect is confronted with a question about building design. With more than 8,000 architectural illustrations, including both reference drawings and constructible architectural details, this book provides an easily accessible graphic reference for highly visual pr... More >>

Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition

Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2011

• ISBN13: 9780470626375
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Master all the core concepts and functionality of Revit MEPRevit MEP has finally come into its own, and this perfectly paced reference covers all the core concepts and functionality of this fast-growing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing software. The authors collate all their years of experience to develop this exhaustive tutorial that shows you how to design using a versatile model.You'll discover tips, tricks, and real-world exercises that only authors w... More >>

Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2011

Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler

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The first monograph one of the most influential and famous architects to leave his mark on modern and midcentury architecture.... More >>

Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler

Better Homes and Gardens Fireplace: Design and Decorating Ideas

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This must-read planning tool covers fireplace building, layout, materials, accessories, and decorating. The revised edition provides updates on fireplace options that have come onto the market since the first edition was published.Easy-to-read, problem-solving text offers hundreds of helpful tips.Inspirational photos plus design ideas for indoor and outdoor hearth spaces.Secrets on how to update an aging fireplace and rearrange furnishings around the hearth.Technic... More >>

Better Homes and Gardens Fireplace: Design and Decorating Ideas

Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces

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No component of graphic design has attracted as much interest or inspired as much innovation in recent years as lettering and type. These fundamentals of design, once the exclusive domain of professional typographers, have become an essential starting point for anyone looking for a fresh way to communicate. Practical information about creating letters and type often amounts to a series of guidelines for executing a particular process, font program, or style. But wha... More >>

Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces

How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home

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The Classic Blueprint for Do-It-Yourself Homebuilders Updated to Reflect the Latest Materials, Techniques, and Options! Covering everything from hiring the right vendors to choosing fixtures, this information-packed guide is a step-by-step roadmap for building a new home or remodeling an existing one. The heavily-revised Fourth Edition focuses on the latest technologies, materials, money-saving options, and environmentally-friendly methods, allowing homeowners ... More >>

How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home

Color Idea Book

• ISBN13: 9781561589142
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Seeing red? Feeling blue? Or even a bit green? No worries! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated book makes it easy for anyone to express themselves though color. Strangis -- an award-winning interior designer with over 20 years of experience -- goes beyond simple paint schemes to show how the combined colors of walls, trim, furniture, fabrics, and accessories can give every room a unique personality. From bright and bold to cozy and comfortable, this indispe... More >>

Color Idea Book

Think Like an Architect

• ISBN13: 9780292716360
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The design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environment useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest. We dream about how we might live, work, and play. From these dreams come some 95 percent of all private and public buildings; professional architects design only about 5 percent of the built environment. While much of what non-architects build is beautiful and useful, the ugliness a... More >>

Think Like an Architect

Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy

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I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this house—where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how Bramasole traveled to America and took root, how the doors there are open to the breeze from San Pablo bay and to the distant view of Mount Tamalpais, how the table has expanded and the garden has burgeoned…


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Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy

Venice from the Ground Up

• ISBN13: 9780674027527
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Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongsi... More >>

Venice from the Ground Up

Island Life: Inspirational Interiors

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It's the ultimate escape fantasy: Trade in the rat race for life on a tropical island and all the languid luxury that it evokes. For India Hicks and David Flint Wood, the dream became reality when, after high-profile careers-she as a fashion model, he as an advertising executive-the couple left the city behind for the Bahamas. Five years and three children later, the husband-and-wife team have impeccably restored three houses and one hotel. Fusing traditional Europe... More >>

Island Life: Inspirational Interiors

American City: St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Design

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-Showcases 50 of St. Louis' most important structures ranging from nineteenth century masterpieces to groundbreaking designs in the Modern style -One of the most architecturally impressive cities in the United States American City: St. Louis Architecture is the first large-format book on the city's architecture since the 1920s and includes over 100 new color photos and text for 50 of the city's most important structures. These range from such nineteenth century mast... More >>

American City: St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Design

Perfect English Cottage

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"Perfect English Cottage" explores 18 inspirational homes that celebrate the best of cottage style in the English countryside. The book looks at the decorating and design solutions that make the cottages as attractive inside as out, as well as practical and comfortable to live in. Bestselling author Ros Byam Shaw takes a fresh look at this perennially appealing style, which she divides into five chapters: Character, Holiday, Romance, Simplicity and Elegance. The fea... More >>

Perfect English Cottage

Green Urbanism: Learning From European Cities

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As the need to confront unplanned growth increases, planners, policymakers, and citizens are scrambling for practical tools and examples of successful and workable approaches. Growth management initiatives are underway in the U.S. at all levels, but many American "success stories" provide only one piece of the puzzle. To find examples of a holistic approach to dealing with sprawl, one must turn to models outside of the United States. In "Green Urbanism," Timothy Bea... More >>

Green Urbanism: Learning From European Cities

The Irish Country House

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A land of legend and lore, Ireland is also home to some of the most breathtaking residences in the world, ten of which are explored in this charming book. Take a once-in-a-lifetime tour through these historical homes and castles—all still owned and lived in by the original families—furnished with heirlooms and cherished hand-me-downs. From cabinets filled with monogrammed china to cabbage-rose slipcovered sofas nestled beneath tall Gothic windows, the lavish... More >>

The Irish Country House

Pools and Spas: Everything You Need to Know to Design and Landscape a Pool

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Let Sunset test the waters for you--so you can dive right in! This new edition of Swimming Pools and Spas helps you navigate the many choices and steps involved in making your dream pool or spa a reality, from exploring gorgeous design and landscape options, to estimating costs and working with contractors. You'll find chapters on design and equipment that detail the types of materials used to build pools and maintain them; plus options for buying vs. building ... More >>

Pools and Spas: Everything You Need to Know to Design and Landscape a Pool

A History of Interior Design

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The first edition of this major survey on interior design by John Pile won the 2001 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/Joel Polsky Prize. Now this standard history has been updated to reflect greater coverage of non-Western design, as well as vernacular and residential interiors. A deeper exploration of sustainable design and a CD-ROM with an interactive presentation of periods and styles makes this the most relevant text available.... More >>

A History of Interior Design

Universal Design for the Home: Great Looking, Great Living Design for All Ages, Abilities, and Circumstances

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Universal Design (UD) is coming of age. Once a home design specialty that was little known, of limited interest, and a source of embarrassment more than pride, it is attracting widespread media attention and taking on (as befits its name) almost universal appeal -- and with good reason. The concept emerged years ago out of the need to make homes safe and accessible for the elderly, the handicapped and the very young. Some of the design options were good-looking, but... More >>

Universal Design for the Home: Great Looking, Great Living Design for All Ages, Abilities, and Circumstances

Building Code Basics: Residential: Based on 2009 International Residential Code

• ISBN13: 9781435400634
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The first book of its kind to hit the market, BUILDING CODE BASICS: RESIDENTIAL, BASED ON THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE departs from traditional code books by using non-code language, detailed illustrations, and an emphasis on practical information to give readers a solid, working knowledge of critical code applications. Part of Building Code Basics, a series dedicated to providing high-quality, technically accurate, simplified code texts for anyone seekin... More >>

Building Code Basics: Residential: Based on 2009 International Residential Code

Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD

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The leading text and reference on wood design, updated to include the latest codes and data Continued the sterling standard set by earlier editions, this indispensable reference leads you through the complete design of a wood structure (except for the foundation), following the same sequence used in the actual design/construction process.... More >>

Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD

Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright

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Masterful renderings of 44 extraordinary structures designed by one of the 20th century’s most influential architects. Finely detailed renderings of the Wright home and studio, the Ward Willits residence, Unity Temple, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, Guggenheim Museum, and more. For coloring book enthusiasts and students of modern American architecture.
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Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright