Saturday, May 31, 2008

Stonework: Techniques and Projects



Product Description
Readers will learn to collect and handle stone while creating walls, stairs, pools, and even waterfalls. ... More >>

Stonework: Techniques and Projects

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Earth Architecture


  • ISBN13: 9781568989457
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Product Description
Our groundbreaking survey Earth Architecture is now available in a paperback edition. Author Ronald Rael, founder of EarthArchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other interesting techniques. Earth Architecture presents a selection of more than forty projects that exemplify new, creative uses... More >>

Earth Architecture

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis



Product Description
Forgotten New York is your passport to more than 300 years of history, architecture, and memories hidden in plain sight. Houses dating to the first Dutch settlers on Staten Island; yellow brick roads in Brooklyn; clocks embedded in the sidewalk in Manhattan; bishop's crook lampposts in Queens; and a white elephant in the Bronx—this is New York and this is your guide to seeing it all. Forgotten New York covers all five boroughs with easy-to-use maps and sugges... More >>

Forgotten New York: Views of a Lost Metropolis

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

America's Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration of Our Victorians



Product Description
Now, the long-awaited companion to Painted Ladies, Daughters of Painted Ladies, and Painted Ladies Revisited is available in paperback. Presents a dazzling orgy of Victoriana inside and out with more than 400 color photographs of Painted Ladies across the country.... More >>

America's Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration of Our Victorians

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000


  • ISBN13: 9780375727214
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Product Description
A lively history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live, Building Suburbia chronicles two centuries in the birth and development of America’s metropolitan regions.

From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban development since 1820. An urban historian and architect, she portrays housewives and politicians as well as designers ... More >>

Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000

Friday, May 2, 2008

Rustic Elegance


  • ISBN13: 9781423605492
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Product Description
Focusing on the work of Larry Pearson, AIA, who is recognized as a leader in rustic design, Rustic Elegance exudes both luxury and comfort, history and innovation. Pearson Design Group was the recipient of Mountain Living Magazine's prestigious 2009 Home of the Year Award and has been featured on HGTV'S Spectacular Homes. Features thirteen rustic homes from Montana, Colorado, and Connecticut. Ralph Kylloe, leading authority on rustic furniture, is the author of ... More >>

Rustic Elegance