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  1. Super Potato Design

    Super Potato Design is the first full-length book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned Japanese design firm Super Potato, founded by Takashi Sugimoto. Super Potato's powerful designs for the interiors of... (read more)

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  2. Vietnam Style

    Vietnam has long captured the imagination of travelers, both real and armchair. It is an appealing country, filled with natural beauty, tranquil village life and fascinating cities. Vietnam also has an inimitable architectural and interior design style... (read more)

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  3. China Living

    China Living presents a fascinating overview of China's diverse design landscape today. From modernist mountain villas to high-rise condominiums, and from artistic retreats in former industrial buildings to refurbished courtyard homes - the array of... (read more)

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  4. Japan Houses

    Japanese residential design has evolved as a distinctive response to social, political, and climatic pressures--along with the powerful individual ideas of its architects. Japan Houses presents 26 of the country's finest contemporary houses in... (read more)

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  5. Japan Living

    Natural serenity, unostentatious refinement, clean lines and the balancing of light and space are all hallmarks of Japanese interior design. In the new book from noted authors Marcia Iwatate and Geeta Mehta, Japan Living continues the themes of their... (read more)

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  6. Paradise By Design

    Eclectic, baroque and sophisticated--such are the characteristics of the lifestyle resorts and extravagant private residences crafted by the renowned Bensley Design Studios in Bangkok and Bali. The 27 resorts and homes featured in Paradise by Design are... (read more)

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  7. Structure for Architects

    An introduction to the concepts and principles of architectural structures in an easy-to-read format Written as an easy-to-understand primer on the topic, Structure for Architects engages readers through instruction that uses a highly visual format and... (read more)

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  8. Traditional Japanese Architecture

    hick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. Intricate carved wood transoms and precisely woven tatami mats--each element of traditional Japanese architecture tells a story. InTraditional Japanese Architecture, author Mira Locher explores how each of... (read more)

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  9. Modeling the Environment

    A single-source guide to harnessing the power of 3D visualization tools for analysis and representation of landscapes Current technology allows designers to model environmental phenomena and space in new and exciting ways that go beyond the two... (read more)

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  10. Architectural Graphics

    Francis D.K. Ching's architectural bestseller, thoroughly updated Since 1975, Architectural Graphics has been a bestselling classic that has introduced countless students of architecture and design to the fundamentals of graphic communication. Featuring... (read more)

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  11. The Australian Ugliness

    Brilliant, witty, scathing, The Australian Ugliness is the classic postwar account of Australian society, how we live in the environments we create, and the consequences of our failure to think about how we live.... (read more)

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  12. Large-Scale Solar Power System Design (GreenSource)

    The GreenSource guide to design and construction of large-scale solar power system projects Large-Scale Solar Power System Design is the definitive, standard-setting solar power system design and construction resource. It is essential for consulting... (read more)

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  13. Crabgrass Frontier

    Traces the development of American suburbs, suggests reasons for their growth, compares American residential patterns with those of Europe and Japan, and looks at future... (read more)

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  14. Critical Architecture

    Critical Architecture examines the relationship between critical practice in architecture and architectural criticism. Placing architecture in an interdisciplinary context, the book explores architectural criticism with reference to modes of criticism in... (read more)

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  15. Green Buildings Pay

    Buildings have a major impact upon the world's resources and upon the health of people who occupy them. Green buildings are designed specifically to reduce the level of resource consumed, whether energy, raw materials or water. This successful guide... (read more)

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  16. Making Competitive Cities

    ‘You have heard the hype about creative cities and footloose knowledge workers …  [this book] reveals what is happening on the ground, in cities and regions across Europe.  Drawing on a collaborative research program, this welcome... (read more)

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  17. Chilean Modern Architecture since 1950

    Chilean architecturealong with that of Sao Paolo and Mexico Citysets a benchmark for the intersection of modernism with vernacular influences in Latin America. Culture, landscape, and the geology of this earthquake-prone region have all served as... (read more)

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  18. Changing Architectural Education

    Architectural education is under pressure to meet the demands of an evolving construction industry and to cater to the increasingly varied career destinations of graduates. How should architectural education respond to these professional challenges? How... (read more)

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  19. Drawing Boundaries

    Qing China (1644-1912) witnessed a resurgence in architectural painting, a traditional subject category known as jiehua, or boundary painting. Drawing Boundaries concerns itself with the symbolic implications of this impressive and little studied... (read more)

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  20. Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling

    COMPLETE YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FASTER - USING THE LATEST CONCEPTS IN PERFORMANCE CONTROL A comprehensive review that gives you insight into the latest innovations in network-based project planning, scheduling, and control…saving you time and money... (read more)

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