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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $23.27
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Francis D. K. Ching
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Publisher: Wiley
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Edition: 4
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720.284
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Publication Date: 2002-06-20
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: The completely updated, illustrated bestseller on architectural graphics with over 500,000 copies sold
Architectural Graphics presents a wide range of basic graphic tools and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. Expanding upon the wealth of illustrations and information that have made this title a classic, this Fourth Edition provides expanded and updated coverage of drawing materials, multiview drawings, paraline drawings, and perspective drawings. Also new to this edition is the author's unique incorporation of digital technology into his successful methods. While covering essential drawing principles, this book presents: approaches to drawing section views of building interiors, methods for drawing modified perspectives, techniques for creating accurate shade and shadows, expert styles of freehand sketching and diagramming, and much more.
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Price: $19.99
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Sale: $8.99
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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: Jack Reid
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Publisher: North Light Books
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 751.422
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Publication Date: 1998-10-15
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Reading Level: 128
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $3.95
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Macaulay
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 726.6
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Publication Date: 1981-10-26
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Reading Level: 80
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Description: The Gothic cathedral is one of humanity's greatest masterpieces--an architectural feast that couldn't help but attract the attention of renowned author-illustrator David Macaulay. Once an architectural student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Macaulay glories in the intricacies and beauty of structure, as evidenced in his masterful pen-and-ink drawings in critically acclaimed children's books such as Castle, Pyramid, and Rome Antics. He begins Cathedral in 1252, when the people of a fictitious French town named Chutreaux decide to build a cathedral after their existing church is struck by lightning. We first meet the craftspeople, then examine the tools, study their cathedral plans, and watch the laying of the foundation. Week by week we witness the construction of this glorious temple to God. Macaulay intuitively hones in on the details about which we are the most curious: How were those enormously high ceilings built and decorated? How were those 60-foot-high windows made and installed in the 13th century? And how did people haul those huge, heavy bells up into the skyscraper-high towers? Thanks to Macaulay's thorough, thoughtful tribute to the Gothic cathedral, not a stone, turret, or pane of stained glass is left unexamined or unexplained. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson
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Price: $24.99
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Sale: $14.25
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Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gordon Mackenzie
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Publisher: North Light Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 751.422
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Publication Date: 2000-03-01
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: This attractive, inspirational guide is full of sound techniques, advice and hands-on instruction for anyone looking to explore the magic of watercolor.
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Price: $22.00
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Sale: $15.74
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Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kevin Lynch
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Publisher: The MIT Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 711.40973
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Publication Date: 1960-06-15
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Reading Level: 202
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Description: What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $20.00
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Manufacturer: Monacelli
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rem Koolhaas
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Publisher: Monacelli
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720.97471
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Publication Date: 1997-12-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: In this fanciful volume, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.), both analyzes and celebrates New York City. By suggesting the city as the site for an infinite variety of human activities and events--both real and imagined--the essence of the metropolitan lifestyle, its "culture of congestion" and its architecture are revealed in a brilliant new light. "Manhattan," Koolhaas writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Filled with fascinating facts, as well as photographs, postcards, maps, watercolors, and drawings, the vibrancy of Koolhaas's poignant exploration of Gotham equals the heady, frenetic energy of the city itself. Anyone who loves New York will want to own this book.
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Price: $19.00
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Sale: $10.73
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Manufacturer: North Point Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Andres Duany::Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk::Jeff Speck
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Publisher: North Point Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 725
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Publication Date: 2001-04-16
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design.
There is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement patterns of the past fifty years with a return to more traditional planning principles. This movement stems not only from the realization that sprawl is ecologically and economically unsustainable but also from a growing awareness of sprawl's many victims: children, utterly dependent on parental transportation if they wish to escape the cul-de-sac; the elderly, warehoused in institutions once they lose their driver's licenses; the middle class, stuck in traffic for two or more hours each day.
Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of this movement, and in Suburban Nation they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. It is a lively, thorough, critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia-characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots-and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It is an indictment of the entire development community, including governments, for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is that rare book that also offers solutions.
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Price: $21.99
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Sale: $5.33
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Manufacturer: For Dummies
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eric Corey Freed
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Publisher: For Dummies
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Dewey Decimal Number: 690
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Publication Date: 2007-12-10
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You’ll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We’ll help you do that, too. This book will also help you discover how to: - Understand the lifecycle of building materials
- Choose the right system for your green building project
- Put together a green team
- Work within your budget
- Use green building methods and sustainable systems
- Speed construction and reduce energy use and waste
- Refinish old fixtures and materials
- Beware of asbestos and lead-paint hazards
- Avoid costly mistakes
Complete with lists of ten green things to do on every project and ten things you can do right now in your home in order to go green, Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to planning and building the home you’ve always wanted.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $17.27
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Manufacturer: Sterling
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Marianne Cusato::Ben Pentreath::Richard Sammons::Leon Krier
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Publisher: Sterling
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Dewey Decimal Number: 728
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Publication Date: 2008-01-01
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates qualities that once were taken for granted in home design: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and even sustainability. Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, has authored and illustrated this definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right—to the eye and to the soul. She teaches us the language and grammar of classical architecture, revealing how balance, harmony, and detail all contribute to creating a home that will be loved rather than tolerated. And she takes us through the do’s and don’ts of every element of home design, from dormers to doorways to columns. Integral to the book are its hundreds of elegant line drawings—clearly rendering the varieties of lintels and cornices, arches and eaves, and displaying “avoid” and “use” versions of the same elements side by side.
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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $7.48
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ross King
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 726.6094551
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Publication Date: 2001-11-01
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Filippo Brunelleschi's design for the dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence remains one of the most towering achievements of Renaissance architecture. Completed in 1436, the dome remains a remarkable feat of design and engineering. Its span of more than 140 feet exceeds St Paul's in London and St Peter's in Rome, and even outdoes the Capitol in Washington, D.C., making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. The story of its creation and its brilliant but "hot-tempered" creator is told in Ross King's delightful Brunelleschi's Dome. Both dome and architect offer King plenty of rich material. The story of the dome goes back to 1296, when work began on the cathedral, but it was only in 1420, when Brunelleschi won a competition over his bitter rival Lorenzo Ghiberti to design the daunting cupola, that work began in earnest. King weaves an engrossing tale from the political intrigue, personal jealousies, dramatic setbacks, and sheer inventive brilliance that led to the paranoid Filippo, "who was so proud of his inventions and so fearful of plagiarism," finally seeing his dome completed only months before his death. King argues that it was Brunelleschi's improvised brilliance in solving the problem of suspending the enormous cupola in bricks and mortar (painstakingly detailed with precise illustrations) that led him to "succeed in performing an engineering feat whose structural daring was without parallel." He tells a compelling, informed story, ranging from discussions of the construction of the bricks, mortar, and marble that made up the dome, to its subsequent use as a scientific instrument by the Florentine astronomer Paolo Toscanelli. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk
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