Medieval Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 4th-14th Century

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Looks at the history of Christian art, discusses Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic art, and considers the historical background of the art.... More >>

Medieval Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 4th-14th Century

Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All

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Tiny Houses contains the plans for forty-four houses so small that anyone can afford to have one—and so thoughtfully designed that anyone can build one—each offering the dream of solitude, a place to escape for a weekend of romance, meditation, or whimsy. Award-winning architect Lester Walker shows how, with a little energy and imagination, everyone’s dream of owning a home, or having a second home in the country, is within reach.... More >>

Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All

Schematic Design: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

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To pass the Schematic Design division of the ARE, you will need to successfully design two vignettes—one building layout vignette and one interior layout vignette. Schematic Design: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam gives you the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare for this division. Sharpen your problem-solving skills, increase your problem-solving speed and confidence, and assess essential knowledge. Each vignette includes a site plan where ... More >>

Schematic Design: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Easy-to-Make Bird Feeders for Woodworkers

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Detailed, simple-to-use guide offers common sense coverage of the basics of construction, materials, tools, plus selecting the right type of feeder, how to attract the species you want, how to hang and support your feeder, and much more. Text and illustrations for 12 classic and contemporary designs.
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Easy-to-Make Bird Feeders for Woodworkers

Build Like a Pro Windows and Doors: Expert Advice from Start to Finish

• ISBN13: 9781561584833
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This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of an often daunting task, including prepping and adjusting basic and specialized types of doors and windows. Step-by-step instructions take the homeowner through each process. Tips, shortcuts, and advice on solving common challenges cut even difficult jobs down to manageable size.... More >>

Build Like a Pro Windows and Doors: Expert Advice from Start to Finish

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History, Second, Revised Edition

• ISBN13: 9780486274300
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A total revision of the standard document on Fallingwater, the boldest, most personal architectural statement of Wright's mature years. Updated with valuable new material from the recently opened Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, the book gives special emphasis to Fallingwater's architectural innovations. "Fascinating." — The New York Times. 116 illustrations.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History, Second, Revised Edition

Castle

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Full-color photos. Take a look behind the walls of these fascinating

fortresses and learn how they were built to house hundreds of people and

animals; how a young boy rose from lowly page to noble knight; and what life

was like for the castle residents. "A welcome addition to the popular series."

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Castle

Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings

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A guide to green strategies for preservation and adaptive reuse—and the power of preservation/reuse as a green strategy.Buildings account for nearly forty percent of both total energy use and carbon emissions in the United States. With one of the country's leading preservation architects as your guide, Sustainable Preservation explores the power of adaptive reuse to reduce those numbers and move us toward sustainability. It shows how an icon such as H.H. Ri... More >>

Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings

Traffic Engineering

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A detailed exploration of the principles and practices of the design, operation, control, and management of highways and streets.... More >>

Traffic Engineering

The American Barn

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An examination of nearly 400 years of the American barn’s form and function illustrated with more than 200 of the authors stunning photographs. Barns come in many flavors: freshly painted or collapsing, adorned or plain, towering or long and low; tucked away in valleys or spotted from the highway; wood, stone or brick. The American Barn will be treasured by anyone intrigued by the country’s rich agricultural history and these deceptively complex buildings.... More >>

The American Barn

150 Best Kitchen Ideas

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New ideas on how to design, build, and decorate a kitchen are always of essential value to architects, designers, and homeowners. This new addition to a successful series offers an extensive collection of both modern and traditional kitchen designs from all over the world, plans devised by distinguished international architects and designers who have worked to achieve practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and particular tastes ... More >>

150 Best Kitchen Ideas

In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World

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In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humanists, French baroque gardens, the English landscape garden of Capability Brown and his followers. Here too are the gardens of the great modern designers, among them Robert... More >>

In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World

Rome

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Capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the center of Christian Europe, the city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world. In the new Second Edition of her popular handbook, Amanda Claridge again presents an indispensable guide to all significant monuments in Rome dating from 800 BC to 600 AD, including such breathtaking structures as the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian, the Circus Maximus,... More >>

Rome

The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy

• ISBN13: 9781568987057
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During the late nineteenth century, letterpress printers, engravers, and lithographers boldly challenged the rational sobriety of traditional design by introducing intricate borders, corner embellishments, quirky typefaces, and exotic imagery. The style was known as "artistic" and was quickly taken up by letterpress printers as the design idiom of choice for advertisements, packaging, and all of the other ephemera occasioned by the rapid expansion of America's econo... More >>

The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy

Foundations and Concrete Work

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Foundation work is not the glamorous side of home building. It is hard, dirty work. But it's also the work upon which all other work rests, and so a good foundation is critical to every home. No source of knowledge on foundations and concrete work is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of "Fine Homebuilding" magazine.
This latest edition from the editors of "Fine Homebuilding" is the biggest and most authoritative volume ye... More >>

Foundations and Concrete Work

Architecture Now! Museums

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Innovation and inspiration in today's museum architecture

Star architects from Zaha Hadid to Herzog & de Meuron have shaken up the formerly staid world of museum architecture, bringing bravura to new buildings and extensions. But the trend for new museums to opt for bold contemporary architecture goes well beyond the stunning work of Renzo Piano or Tadao Ando. Many less well-known architects have also designed remarkable p... More >>

Architecture Now! Museums

Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business

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Wind energy today is a booming worldwide industry. The technology has truly come of age, with better, more reliable machinery and a greater understanding of how and where wind power makes sense--from the independent homestead to a grid-connected utility-wide perspective. Heightened concerns about our environment mean that this resurgence of interest in wind--a natural and widespread power source--is here to stay. Wind Power is the completely revised and expanded ed... More >>

Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business

Interior Design Illustrated

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In an age of reliance on CAD programs, the skill to express a vision with hand-rendered
drawings gives an interior designer a distinct advantage in communication with clients.
With simple uncomplicated lessons that progress from beginner to intermediate skill
levels, Interior Design Illustrated: Marker and Watercolor Techniques helps student develop
this powerful marketing tool. Because the lessons are structured around small tasks,
students will beco... More >>

Interior Design Illustrated

Visio 2007 Bible

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Whether you're designing a network, a business plan, or an office building, Visio 2007 can transform your vision into sophisticated diagrams and drawings and this comprehensive reference shows you how. You'll discover how to use Visio for IT, architecture, engineering, and business projects; explore the new features of Visio 2007; learn to publish Visio diagrams to the Web; and much more. If you want to develop your skills in Visio, this is the book you need to succ... More >>

Visio 2007 Bible

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods

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The Seventh Edition of Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, follows in the footsteps of the previous editions by providing the reader with the fundamentals of machine utilization and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. Our text features expanded coverage of building in today's global environment. Hundreds of photos and illustrations have been added to the seventh edition to make this dynamic text even more accessible to both ... More >>

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods

The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru

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In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads.But this glittering culture only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari, and Chimu. Described as a "masterly study" and an "outstanding volume" on its first publication, The Incas and Their An... More >>

The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru

World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 911 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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"No school, public, or academic library could go wrong including the very affordable World Heritage Sites in both reference and circulating collections." -- Booklist In 1959, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeguard the world's most important sites, which led to the first World Heritage List. This new edition includes the 21 brand-new sites, such as: The first capital of the Saudi dynasty Colonial-period convict sites in Australia Biki... More >>

World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 911 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Builder's Essentials: Plan Reading & Material Takeoff

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A Complete Resource for Residential and Light Commercial Contractors -- based on the latest construction materials and methods.Learn how to:read and interpret building planscreate an accurate takeoff, using a complete set of working drawings.Each chapter covers a major construction division, such as concrete, masonry and carpentry -- and uses plans, details and tables to illustrate plan reading and takeoff procedures. A checklist for each material division helps ens... More >>

Builder's Essentials: Plan Reading & Material Takeoff

Unwin Student Pack: Analysing Architecture

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Clear and accessible, Analysing Architecture opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique ‘notebook’ of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author’s original drawings, examples are drawn from across the world and many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical th... More >>

Unwin Student Pack: Analysing Architecture