Stones of Venice

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Architecture / History / General; Architecture / Decoration... More >>

Stones of Venice

Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

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The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America. 

In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manhattan, a fierce rivalry was born.  Two architects, William Van Alen and Craig Severance (former friends and successful partners, but now bitter adversaries), set out to imprint the... More >>

Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England

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In this brilliant new work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants w... More >>

Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England

Switch-Mode Power Supplies Spice Simulations and Practical Designs

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Harness Powerful SPICE Simulation and Design Tools to Develop Cutting-Edge Switch-Mode Power Supplies Switch-Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs is a comprehensive resource on using SPICE as a power conversion design companion. This book uniquely bridges analysis and market reality to teach the development and marketing of state-of-the art switching converters. Invaluable to both the graduating student and the experien... More >>

Switch-Mode Power Supplies Spice Simulations and Practical Designs

Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service Student Workbook

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Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service Student Workbook

Room and Furniture Layout Kit

• ISBN13: 9780486242132
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Moving into a new house or apartment? Refurnishing your present living space? Now you don't have to waste time and energy repositioning heavy pieces. Use this handy furniture layout kit to design your rooms before you purchase a single item. Includes 215 furniture shapes, graph paper, and complete instructions.... More >>

Room and Furniture Layout Kit

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

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Humans have long turned to gardens—both real and imaginary—for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh’s garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as restorative, nourishing, necessary havens.With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-rang... More >>

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

Not Built in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of Rome

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This book is a unique, eye-opening guide to one of the world's most magnificent cities, celebrating the special character of Rome's buildings, fountains, piazzas, streets, and ruins with illuminating insight and irresistible enthusiasm — for the first-time sightseer, the frequent visitor, or the armchair traveler. Not Built in a Day moves beyond the names, dates, and statistics of the traditional guidebook to provide a loving, personal, and instructive analysis of... More >>

Not Built in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of Rome

The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs

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The Well-Designed Mixed Garden is a design book with a difference. Written for gardeners who are passionate about plants of all kinds, it reflects decades of professional experience and artistic innovation.

Tracy DiSabato-Aust provides not only inspiration but also scrupulously organized information on design and connoisseur plants. A gallery of detailed design plans is included, as is an encyclopedia of plant combinations with notes on design considerations... More >>

The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs

Tile Designs from Portugal

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Beautifully made tile patterns are one of the most striking expressions of Portuguese culture and dazzling tableaux are ubiquitous in Portugal?s old cities. This book contains a wonderful collection of designs originating from the 17th and 18th century. All have been meticulously restored and vectorized for this book, and the enclosed CD-ROM contains the images for use as a graphic resource, or for inspiration.... More >>

Tile Designs from Portugal

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering

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Intended as an introductory text in soil mechanics, the seventh edition of Das, PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING offers an overview of soil properties and mechanics together with coverage of field practices and basic engineering procedure. PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING contains more figures and worked out problems than any other text on the market and provides the background information needed to support study in later design-oriented courses or in pr... More >>

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering

Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence

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Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence, Sixth Edition, covers the fundamentals of residential design. The text provides a thorough, how-to explanation of each of the steps of the design process–from initial contact with the client to a completed master plan. The text's numerous illustrations and useful case study examples offer a rich learning experience for students. Whether you are just starting your design career or ... More >>

Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence

The Rammed Earth House: Revised Edition

• ISBN13: 9781933392370
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The Rammed Earth House is an eye-opening example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past. By rediscovering the most ancient of all building materials —earth—forward-thinking homebuilders can now create structures that set new standards for beauty, durability, and efficient use of natural resources.

Rammed earth construction is a step forward into a sustainable future, when ... More >>

The Rammed Earth House: Revised Edition

A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller

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Edmondson clarifies Buckminster Fuller's synergetic geometry in conventional language and mathematics and illuminates his effort to employ synergetics as a strategy for human survival. Updated author Preface and new Foreword by J. Baldwin... More >>

A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller

Hartmann & Kester's Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices

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The world standard for plant propagation and horticulture for over 50 years, Hartmann and Kester’s Plant Propagation continues to be the field’s most complete, up-to-date text on plant propagation. It now contains color figures throughout, promoting learning and making it an even more useful working text and reference. It also contains extensive updates reflecting the latest commercial techniques and understanding of propagation biology. Like previous editions, ... More >>

Hartmann & Kester's Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices

Bali Home: Inspirational Design Ideas

• ISBN13: 9780804839822
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Bali is an island paradise that inspires countless dreams of tropical beaches, exotic people and gorgeous views. More than just an increasingly popular tourist destination, Bali is also a global leader in tropical design, showcased in all its glory in Bali Home. Covering over 100 homes, garden estates, hotels, restaurants and more, this book gives a tantalizing glimpse of the latest design trends coming out of Bali. Full-color photography, both of decorative details... More >>

Bali Home: Inspirational Design Ideas

Yurts: Living in the Round

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Yurts: Living in the Round journeys from Central Asia to modern America and reveals the history, evolution, and contemporary benefits of yurt living. One of the oldest forms of indigenous shelter still in use today, yurts have exploded into the twenty-first century as a multi-faceted, thoroughly modern, utterly versatile, and immensely popular modern structure whose possibilities are still being explored. Kemery introduces the innovators who redesigned the yurt ... More >>

Yurts: Living in the Round

1000 Architectural Details: A Selection of the World's Most Interesting Building Elements

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A study of detail in contemporary world architecture in photographs and drawings. 1000 Architectural Details is a reference catalog to buildings' structural features. In photography and drawings (floors, elevations, cross-sections, axonometrics and sketches), the authors discuss how function meets form to create outstanding architecture and design. The material has been selected for its capacity to inspire and propose innovative ideas on how to approa... More >>

1000 Architectural Details: A Selection of the World's Most Interesting Building Elements

The Investigation of Buildings: A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Owners

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An essential reference for building professionals, owners, managers, and individuals planning to purchase or renovate a building An experienced investigator explains why buildings should be inspected, what to look for, how to do it, when to hire a professional, and how to understand what architects and engineers are talking about once a survey has been carried out. The scope includes ordinary wood-frame houses and small commercial structures a... More >>

The Investigation of Buildings: A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Owners

Classical Language of Architecture

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Classical architecture is a visual 'language' and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren described them as the 'Latin' of architecture and the analogy is almost exact. There is the difference, however, that whereas t... More >>

Classical Language of Architecture

Ike Kligerman Barkley Houses

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John Ike, Thomas Kligerman, and Joel Barkley speak architectural languages of the past with a sure command of grammar and syntax and a rich vocabulary of form and detail. As designers they build upon what went before to extend the trajectory of architecture.
—Robert A. M. Stern

The signature residential works of Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects bring together historic precedent and contemporary taste with a considered approach to detail, material, and cr... More >>

Ike Kligerman Barkley Houses

Stone by Design: The Artistry of Lew French

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More than 125 gorgeous photographs showcase the beauty of award-winning stonemason Lew French's work in eight different homes, illustrating how rounded fieldstone, gray slate, rough granite, and even curvy driftwood can be incorporated into stunning pieces of functional art.

French provides charming narration for each project: how an idea came to be; how a stone-splitting technique is executed; even how one of his most difficult pieces, a three-year-long... More >>

Stone by Design: The Artistry of Lew French

Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes

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For gardeners who want to conserve water, the color, fragrance, shade, and lush vegetation of a traditional garden may seem like a mirage in the desert. But such gardens can flourish when native plants grow in them. In this book, Judy Mielke, an expert on Southwestern gardening, offers the most comprehensive guide available to landscaping with native plants. Writing simply enough for beginning gardeners, while also providing ample information for landscape profess... More >>

Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2010 and Multimedia CD

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Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2010 & Multi-media CD is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a solid foundation in SolidWorks by utilizing projects with Step-by-Step instructions for the beginning to intermediate SolidWorks user. Explore the user interface, CommandManager, menus, toolbars and modeling techniques to create parts, assemblies and drawings in an engineering environment. Follow the Step-by-Step instruc... More >>

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2010 and Multimedia CD

Capes: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling and Building New

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Cape Cod homes are a perennial favorite among small and growing families, and they can often benefit from being brought up-to-date. Capes is a combination of practical, attractive designs and proven ideas for renovating, remodeling, or building a Cape Cod-style home. Featuring over 20 case studies of updated homes and Capes built from scratch, the book is illustrated with inspiring original color photographs and before-and-after floor plans.... More >>

Capes: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling and Building New

Listening to Stone

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A master craftsman provides us with the timeless wisdom he has gained from heaving and hewing stone.

In his highly anticipated second book, Vermonter Dan Snow once again proves that he is not just one of America's premier artisans, but also one of our most articulate voices on the natural world and our relationship to it. Snow's medium is stone: He is the nation's premier drystone wall builder. Schooled in this ancient craft, he painstakingly creates structu... More >>

Listening to Stone

Tricia Guild: Colors, Patterns, and Space

• ISBN13: 9780847835065
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Published on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of Designers Guild, this lavishly illustrated portfolio showcases the latest interior designs by one of the world’s most acclaimed designers. This is Tricia Guild’s most ambitious and sumptuous book to date: a stunning survey of interiors that feature her signature sense of "contemporary traditional" style with layers of pattern, bold colors, and varying textures. Always at the forefront of interior design, Tricia... More >>

Tricia Guild: Colors, Patterns, and Space

Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2011

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A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2011 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD with commands presented in the context of each tutorial. In fifteen clear and comprehensive chapters, author Shawna Lockhart guides readers through all the important commands and techniques in AutoCAD 2011, from 2D drawing to solid modeling and finally finishing with rendering. In each lesson, the author provides step-by-step instructions with frequent illustrations showing exactly what... More >>

Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2011