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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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