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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $16.89
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Manufacturer: Kodansha International
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Azby Brown
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Publisher: Kodansha International
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 728.37095209051
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Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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Reading Level: 112
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Description: Building small can be a sign of higher ambitions, and those who take the time to peruse these pages will undoubtedly grow to appreciate that creating a small home can be an amazingly positive and creative act, one which can enhance life in surprising ways. THE VERY SMALL HOME presents stunning design advances in Japan. Eighteen recent houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are explored in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author call the Big Idea—the overarching concept that does the most to make the house feel more spacious than it actually is. Among the Big Ideas introduced here are ingenious sources of natural light, well-thought-out atriums, snug but functional kitchens, unobtrusive partitions, and free-flowing circulation paths. An introduction by the author puts the house designs in the context of lifestyle trends, and highlights their shared characteristics. For each project, the intentions of the designers and occupants are examined. The result is a very human sensibility that runs through the book. a glimpse of the dreams and aspirations that these unique homes represent and that belies their apparent modesty. The second half of the book is devoted to illustrating the special features in the homes, from clever storage and kitchen designs, to ingenious skylights and nooks. As with his earlier SMALL SPACES, Azby Brown has given home owners, designers, and architects a fascinating new collection of thought-provoking ideas.
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Price: $60.00
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Sale: $37.14
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Manufacturer: Aperture/MoCP
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Natasha Egan::Geoff Manaugh
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Publisher: Aperture/MoCP
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Dewey Decimal Number: 778
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Publication Date: 2008-11-01
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Reading Level: 112
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Description: Chicago, like many urban centers throughout the world, has recently undergone a surge in new construction, grafting a new layer of architectural experimentation onto those of past eras. In early 2007, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, with the support of U.S. Equities Realty, invited Michael Wolf as an artist-in-residence to document this phenomenon. Bringing his unique perspective on changing urban environments to a city renowned for its architectural legacy, Wolf chose to photograph the central downtown area, focusing specifically on issues of voyeurism and the contemporary urban landscape in flux.
This is Wolf's first body of work to address an American city. Whereas prior series have juxtaposed humanizing details within the surrounding geometry of the urban landscape, in The Transparent City, his details are fragments of life--digitally distorted and hyper-enlarged--snatched surreptitiously via telephoto lenses: Edward Hopper meets Blade Runner. The material resonates with all the formalism of the constructed, architectonic work for which Wolf is well-known, but also emphasizes the conceptual underpinnings of his ongoing engagement with the idea of how modern life unfolds within the framework of the ever-growing contemporary city.
Michael Wolf, born in Munich in 1954, grew up in the United States and studied at UC Berkeley and with Otto Steinert at the University of Essen in Germany. Two previous books--Sitting in China (2002) and Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door (2005)--feature his much acclaimed photographs of China. Wolf lives and works in Hong Kong and Europe.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $11.03
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Manufacturer: HiddenSpring
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Richard Taylor
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Publisher: HiddenSpring
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Dewey Decimal Number: 246
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Publication Date: 2005-07
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols--all of which are packed with meaning. But today few people, from regular visitors to tourists, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there. How to Read a Church is must reading for anybody who wants to know more about what they see in a church or cathedral. It explores the principal features of churches and what each represents. It also explains: " the significance of church layout " the importance of such details as the use of colors or letters " the identity and significance of people and scenes " the symbolism of animals, plants, colors, numbers, and letters " the meaning of it all In addition to exploring these brick-and-mortar motifs, the author also reveals fascinating and unexpected details such as how to 'read' the priest and the congregation, and he shows the varied ways that church architecture and appointments reflect the Christian year. From major themes to small but vital details, How to Read a Church will serve as a fascinating guide to the history, meanings, and messages of these beautiful buildings and the treasures they contain.
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $16.77
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Barry Bergdoll
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 724.19
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Publication Date: 2000-12-07
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecture been tested so thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.
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Price: $22.99
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Sale: $13.25
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Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Katherine Dewey
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Publisher: North Light Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 731.42
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Publication Date: 2000-03-01
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: With polymer clay and the step-by-step instructions in this book, crafters can create 10 animal projects full of personality.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $13.07
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Carley Roney
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Publisher: Clarkson Potter
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Dewey Decimal Number: 747
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Publication Date: 2008-05-06
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Reading Level: 192
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $23.84
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Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Brian Coleman
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Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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Dewey Decimal Number: 747.092
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Publication Date: 2008-07-07
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Preeminent designer Barry Dixon approaches each project with the design philosophy that the greatest quality a home might possess is that of innate, soulful hospitality. His work features a masterful blend of traditional and contemporary decor that mixes color and texture in astounding ways. Barry Dixon Interiors exemplifies Dixon's belief that our homes reflect our past, emanate our present and suggest our future.From a Manhattan loft choreographed for entertaining to Arts and Crafts in a woodland glade, to embassy elegance in Washington, D.C., Barry Dixon has seen and designed it all.
From a Manhattan loft choreographed for entertaining to Arts and Crafts in a woodland glade, to embassy elegance in Washington, D.C., Barry Dixon has seen and designed it all. As one of America's top up-and-coming designers, Dixon's work is a masterful blend of traditional and contemporary that mixes color and texture in creative ways that have clients across the country clamoring for his designs. Barry Dixon Interiors (subtitle?), written by well-known author Brian Coleman (Scalamandre; Farrow & Ball), with luminous photography by Edward Addeo and a foreword by Sherrie Donghia, is the highly-anticipated first book to highlight Dixon's innovative designs. His work has been featured in scores of publications, including House Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens, Traditional Home, and more, and Dixon's own furniture and soft furnishings line is carried in showrooms nationally.
Brian D. Coleman, MD, divides his time between Seattle and New York. His articles have appeared in magazines ranging from Old House Journal, where he is the West Coast editor, to Period Living in the U.K. Brian is the author of seven books on the decorative arts, including the recent hits Farrow & Ball and Cottages. Edward Addeo is a New York-based photographer whose work has appeared in Vogue, House Beautiful, and the New York Times magazine among other publications. He has also photographed several books, including Cherished Objects and The Art of The Party. He lives with his family in New York. www.barrydixon.com
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Price: $50.00
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Sale: $29.92
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Manufacturer: Abrams
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nancy D'Oench::Bonny Martin
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Publisher: Abrams
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 712.0973
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Publication Date: 2008-10-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: More than 90 exquisite gardens were photographed all around the United States especially for this book by Mick Hales, one of the world’s leading garden photographers. Organized according to parts of the garden—entryways, herbaceous borders, water features, hedges, etc.—the pictures are accompanied by insightful commentaries and extended captions. Quotations from the owners—dedicated gardeners all—offer an additional source of inspiration to any garden lover.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $4.55
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Henry Petroski
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 620.0042
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Publication Date: 1992-03-31
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: The moral of this book is that behind every great engineering success is a trail of often ignored (but frequently spectacular) engineering failures. Petroski covers many of the best known examples of well-intentioned but ultimately failed design in action -- the galloping Tacoma Narrows Bridge (which you've probably seen tossing cars willy-nilly in the famous black-and-white footage), the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel walkways -- and many lesser known but equally informative examples. The line of reasoning Petroski develops in this book were later formalized into his quasi-Darwinian model of technological evolution in The Evolution of Useful Things, but this book is arguably the more illuminating -- and defintely the more enjoyable -- of these two titles. Highly recommended.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $19.99
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bruce Smith::Alexander Vertikoff
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720.922
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Publication Date: 1998-10-01
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: With Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Sumner Greene and brother Henry Mather Greene defined the Arts & Crafts movement in America. From their offices in Pasadena, they created "Ultimate Bungalows," finely crafted homes characterized by the integration of architecture and interior design into a harmonious whole. Though both brothers had long and distinguished careers, the highpoint of their work came between 1903 and 1909, when they created such lasting masterpieces as The Gamble House in Pasadena, the Pratt House in Ojai, and the Thorsen House in Berkeley. Greene & Greene: Masterworks presents their work in this era in loving detail. Bruce Smith, who wrote the text for the book, is an authority on the Arts & Crafts movement, and is currently working on a biography of Charles Greene. Alexander Vertikoff's lush photography is the perfect accompaniment to the text, beautifully capturing the sweeping grandeur of each house as well as capturing the subtle details that make each Greene & Greene home a treasure. After an overview of the Arts & Crafts movement and a brief biography of the of the brothers, the book turns its attention to various details that characterized the brothers' style. In the section on entryways, for instance, they point out that Rarely in a Greene and Greene house is there an abrupt division between inside and out. One enters by transitions, in stages. Brick steps my lead up from the garden to a porch. Shelter comes from a gabled overhang or sleeping porch that extends from above--one is covered but still able to feel the breeze. The pattern in the door's art glass evokes the natural world being left behind. Stepping inside, one still does not feel totally enclosed; across the entrance hall are doorways framing a vista of gardens beyond. After exploring the details, they move on to the houses themselves, looking at 24 houses ranging from the modest, unassuming Brandt-Serrurier House in Altedena--a single story cottage built in 1905--to their greatest creation, The Gamble House in Pasadena. A short history and examination of details is given to each house, but by and large the houses are allowed to speak for themselves through dazzling photos. One of the most striking features of each house is the honey-colored light that fills each room as it pours through Japanese-inspired stained glass chandeliers and is reflected from rich mahogany and teak floors and furniture. To walk through a Greene & Greene house was to walk through a work of fine art. As Henry Greene said, "The idea was to eliminate everything unnecessary, to make the whole as direct and simple as possible, but always with the beautiful in mind as the first goal." As Greene & Greene: Masterworks clearly shows, they succeeded brilliantly. --Laszlo Simonyi
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