Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Blueprint for Tomorrow: Redesigning Schools for Student-Centered LearningThe United States has about $2 trillion tied up in aging school facilities. School districts throughout the country spend about $12 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing--and obsolete--model...
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How to Make Curtains: Measuring and Making the Perfect Window Coverings for Every Room in Your Home. a Storey Basics(r) TitleRebecca Yaker, co-author of the best-selling One-Yard Wonders, offers this complete introduction to making your own curtains, covering everything from measuring to calculating yardage, choosing the best fabrics, sewing your curtains, adding linings, and selecting the right fixtures and hardware for hanging. She includes...
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The Japanese Tea GardenA necessary addition to the library of any serious student.--The New York Times Sunday Book ReviewAlmost every Japanese garden is influenced by the tea garden. Here, Marc Peter Keane describes the history, design, and aesthetics of tea gardens, from T'ang China to the present...
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The American Builder's CompanionAmerican architect ASHER BENJAMIN (1773-1845) brought the influence of classical design to New England, and is hugely responsible for what we today consider the architectural charm of the region. He disseminated his ideas on elegance to ordinary builders via manuals such as this one,...
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A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological ContextWhy did the Victorians drape their buildings in elaborately ornate decoration? Why was the Arts and Crafts movement so popular with the American middle class at the end of the 19th century? Why did Modernism replace traditional architectural styles after World War II? Mark...
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The Finest Rooms in AmericaThe Finest Rooms in America: 50 Influential Interiors from the 18th Century to the Present is a selection by Thomas Jayne, one of America's best decorators and scholars of American design. It is a definitive record of the finest American interior design with an...
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The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited SpaceThe Very Small Home is an inspiring new book that surveys the creative design innovations of small houses in Japan. Eighteen recently built and unusual houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are presented in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author calls...
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Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame ArchitectureWinner of the 1993 LoPresti Award for excellence in art publishingCracker homes take the best advantage of the climate and terrain of Florida. This book provides a history of Florida wood-frame architecture, from the simplest "single-pen" homesteads to the latest homes at Seaside, and...
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Museums Objects Collec PaThis book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social reasons that people collect and identifies three modes of collecting: collecting as souvenirs, as fetishes, and as systematic assemblages. She...
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Des Moines Architecture & DesignDes Moines boasts a remarkable architectural portfolio rich in depth and quality. The town drew wide attention in the nineteenth century with structures like the Iowa State Capitol and the Terrace Hill mansion. Des Moines embraced the City Beautiful movement in the twentieth century...
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Lost Miami: Stories and Secrets Behind Magic City RuinsMiami architecture is world renowned, but many historic treasures have been forgotten. The Richmond Naval Air Station was a blimp base destroyed by hurricane in 1945. A Cold War missile base lies covered in graffiti. Homestead's old Aerojet complex was originally used in the...
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Mind Comic Book - 6 Panel,7"x10", 80 Pages, Make Your Own Comic BooksFor creating your own drawing comics, this is blank comic book offering 80 pages, each page with 6 borders panels. Large panels are designed to have a perfect space to put all creativity ideas into. Enjoy so much fun creating yours or buying as...
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How to Build Shipping Container Homes With PlansTABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: ADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: DISADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: CONTAINER SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS: NEW OR USED CONTAINER: PERMITS AND REGULATIONS: CHAPTER TWO FOUNDATION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: SITE CONDITIONS: CLIMATE: MARKET FACTORS: BUILDING...
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Form and Structure in Interior ArchitectureForm and Structure in Interior Architecture examines the basic ideas that underpin the design of interior space: From the establishment of a relationship between the existing building and the new components that inhabit it, to the design and positioning of significant elements within the...
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Building the British Atlantic World: Spaces, Places, and Material Culture, 1600-1850Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic world is deeply interconnected across its regions. In this groundbreaking study, thirteen leading scholars explore the idea of transatlanticism--or a shared "Atlantic...
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Unmasking of Our Interiors: A Queer Incubator of Courage, Resilience and Interior Design LeadershipA memoir of survival, rebellion, and tenacity, this narrative follows the author's incredible life journey, from survivor and outcast to mentor, ground-breaker, and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Born a preemie and raised in disfunction and poverty on Toronto's Skid Row, he was deemed a...
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Hiti Pranali (हिति प्रणाली): इतिहास वëहिति प्रणाली काठमाडौं उपत्यकाको मौलिक पानी व्यवस्थापन प्रणाली, यसको वास्तुशिल्प, उपादेयता र चुनौतीहरुमाथि मन्थन गरिएको विश्लेषणात्मक पुस्तक हो । हितिको जगेर्नामा लामो समय देखि संलग्न पद्मसुन्दर जोशीको यो नेपालीमा प्रकाशित पहिलो पुस्तक हो ।Author: Padma Sunder JoshiPublisher: Publication NepalayaPublished: 07/05/2022Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize:...
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Event Design Yearbook 2022 / 2023- Around 45 international events: real, hybrid, virtual, immersive After over two years of COVID-19, there is now a bright light at the end of the tunnel: most events can take place again. New formats and digital approaches have become established and professionalized and...
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ACADIA 2021 Realignments: Toward Critical Computation: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design inThe ACADIA 2021 Conference Proceedings contains the collection of Technical Papers and Projects describing research presented during this year's conference as well as Field Notes and transcripts of the Keynote conversations that served to anchor each day's discussion.Author: Kathrin DörflerPublisher: Acadia Publishing CompanyPublished: 10/26/2022Pages:...
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A+u 22:06, 621: Feature: Christian Kereza+u's June issue is dedicated to the Incidental Space series by Swiss architect Christian Kerez. The result of intense investigations, Incidental Space follows Kerez's attempts to gauge the potential of ornamental space as a generative device, to seek further liberations and precision in thinking...
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