Monday, April 30, 2007

Ancient Town-Planning



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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: History / General; Architecture / General; Architecture / Urban... More >>

Ancient Town-Planning

Landscapes in Landscapes



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A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials--prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle--are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches to gardening that rely on short-lived bursts of color and constant maintenance and shows the delights of working wi... More >>

Landscapes in Landscapes

Sunday, April 29, 2007

More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw


  • ISBN13: 9780865715189
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Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder’s personal space needs, esthetics and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on “selling” the dream of straw bale building, but don’t adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field a... More >>

More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design



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For a hundred years, pencil, pen, markers, and watercolor have been the principal tools of representation for landscape architects and urban planners. Today, those hand-powered aids have been replaced by computers and Computer-aided design (CAD). Digital Drawing for Landscape Architects bridges the gap between the traditional analog and the new digital tools and shows you how to apply timeless concepts of representation to enhance your design work in digital... More >>

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design

Cordwood Building: The State of the Art


  • ISBN13: 9780865714755
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Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from "log ends" laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking, energy-efficient, and environmentally sound. Cordwood Building collects the wisdom of more than 25 of the world’s best practitioners, detailing the long history of the method, and demonstrating how to build a cordwood home using the latest and most up-to-date techniques, with a special focus ... More >>

Cordwood Building: The State of the Art

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: A Turn-of-the-Century Tribute to the City of Light


  • ISBN13: 9780811876988
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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower is an eminently giftable tribute to the greatest sight in the City of Light. A gorgeous re-creation of Henri Rivi re's original 1902 volume offers a stunning view of turn-of-the-century Paris. Sometimes looming in the foreground, sometimes a tiny detail on the horizon, the tower is always present: piercing the sky above a teeming street scene; populated with daring construction workers far above the earth; and peacefully distant ... More >>

Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: A Turn-of-the-Century Tribute to the City of Light

AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010: No Experience Required


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Completely updated on the latest releases of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, this book provides you with the skills needed to work in AutoCAD immediately and a step-by-step tutorial teaches you all the basics so you can quickly achieve results when creating 2D and 3D technical drawings. You’ll look at dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D and move on to examining more advanced features such as grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text i... More >>

AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010: No Experience Required